WHAT TO EAT TO BEAT DEMENTIA

BY TWO OF THE WORLD’S TOP NEUROLOGISTS

LAST Saturday, two eminent neurologists who specialise in Alzheimer’s told how their cutting-edge research has led them to believe simple lifestyle tweaks can help fend off the disease. Today and all this week, they share the personalised plan that could change your life . . .

THERE’s a fear that haunts us all: will we, or someone we love, one day develop Alzheimer’s disease?

someone in Britain is diagnosed with dementia every three minutes — it’s now the leading cause of death in women and there’s no known cure. No wonder we are all becoming increasingly afraid.

But what if we told you that you could sharpen up your mental capacity straight away? And that you could significantly reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s and even reverse any early symptoms of forgetfulness or confusion?

And what if, better still, we told you that after following our steps, you may not need to take a drug or worry about harmful sideeffects? (Though if you are taking prescribed medication, you should continue to take it and follow your GP’s advice.)

This might seem too good to be true, but working together as a husband and wife team, we have spent the past 20 years on a mission to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, and we are now convinced that 90per cent of cases can be prevented.

For the remaining 10per cent with a strong genetic risk, we believe the disease can be delayed by as much as 15 years.

The answer lies in making a few simple changes to your lifestyle.

For the past 15 years, we have been analysing decades of research into the connections between lifestyle and chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer, hoping to find insights into any risk factors that might also play a role in Alzheimer’s.

Buoyed by our findings, we have been carrying out further tests on patients who are at risk of developing and in the early stages of dementia. The results have been astonishing. Our findings have formed the basis of our life-changing new book, The Alzheimer’s solution, which is being serialised all this week in the Daily Mail.

At the heart of our message is the fact that brain health is influenced by five main lifestyle factors: nutrition, exercise, managing stress, restorative sleep and ‘brain training’. In saturday’s paper, we introduced our programme with a comprehensive quiz to help you work out your risk of developing Alzheimer’s and show you how you can reduce that risk.

The key lies in taking responsibility for your health and creating a personalised plan of action that encompasses healthy changes in diet, exercise, stress levels, sleep and activities to keep your brain challenged.

The free magazine we gave away in saturday’s Mail forms an important part of this programme’s personalisation process (if you missed it you can get a copy by calling 0808 272 0808).

Personalisation is the foundation of the plan because your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and cognitive decline is as individual as your fingerprint and life experience.