If you ask the man on the street what's driving Alzheimer's, they'll probably say it's in the genes or that it is just what happens when you age. -- Now, neither of these statements are strictly true. Alzheimer's is a largely preventable disease. The big question...
By Patrick Holford In recent years the number of children diagnosed with learning, behavioural and mental health problems has escalated. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders, all classifying children as...
Part 1 Introduction 1. 100% Health Survey, link t/f. 2. https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/global-data-is-key-to-tackling-the-rise-in-brain-health-conditions/ Chapter 1 3. Ogundipe E, Johnson MR, Wang Y, Crawford MA. Peri-conception maternal lipid profiles predict pregnancy...
Are You Wasting Money On Your Omega-3 Supplements? Are You Wasting Money On Your Omega-3 Supplements? Omega-3 supplements are becoming increasingly popular - and rightly so - as another recent UK BioBank study (1) reported a 30% lower risk of dementia in those with higher omega-3 status...
By Patrick Holford Alzheimer’s is a preventable, but not reversible disease. Less than one in a hundred cases are directly caused by genes. Prevention is entirely possible if you can identify who is at risk early enough and encourage the right diet and lifestyle...
What is the forgotten factor of mental health - despite the research being positive? Homocysteine. This is why we launched our highly accurate and groundbreaking at-home homocysteine test just before Christmas (and quickly sold out) because knowing this marker - your H factor - can help...
By Patrick Holford. This is part one, read part two here. Few people realise the catastrophic decline in mental health that has occurred over the past 50 years. -- ‘Brain health conditions have become a global health emergency,’ according to the Federation of European...
Early-onset dementia, often talked about as ‘genetic’, has been linked to exactly those factors that our Dementia Risk Index questionnaire, part of the Cognitive Function test, assesses. -- In other words, what you do and how you live protects you from losing cognitive function at...
By Patrick Holford The winter months aren’t always the happiest of times. Come December, January or February it has become normal for people’s mood to be low and anxiety to be high. But what if you could reduce your anxiety and boost your mood this winter? -- What cannabis,...
