Lisa’s Reviews > Reversing Alzheimer's: The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health ― An Instant NYT Bestselling Dementia Care Guide > Status Update

Finished reading; RTC.

The ketogenic diet is high-fat, high-veggie, low-carb, and moderate-protein eating plan that has been used safely and successfully since the 1920's to reduce seizures in children with drug-resistant epilepsy
Keto is about restoring metabolic flexibility--the ability to burn either sugar or fat--bring glucose and insulin levels back into a healthy range, reduce inflammation, and feed your brain with its preferred fuel

This feeling is so pervasive that it has an official name--time poverty, or the feeling that there's never enough time to do all the things you need and want to do.

If you're a caregiver, be sure to include an entire day off from caregiving so that your have time to take care of yourself and enjoy some regular downtime. Even if you aren't caregiving on a daily basis--perhaps you live far away and do more coordinating of care from a distance--you need a day a week during which any emergency calls go to someone else so you can relax and recharge without that nagging feeling

nothing here is revolutionary. Yet taken together, these 8 tools compose a holistic brain care plan because not only does it give the brain what it needs to thrive, they also address the root causes of brain dysfunction.

The tools: brain nourishing diet; exercise for resilience; brain challenging activities; reduction of stress; supportive environment; refresh and restore with sleep; prioritize connection; selfcare

Despite the fact that dementia is a complex disease with many factors, we've been training our sights on the neuropathology of the disease. . . .

Even though they are widely prevalent, the presence of plaques and tangles sometimes has no effect on cognition. In fact, a full 30% of people over age 65 have enough plaques and tangles to meet the criteria for Alzheimer's, yet only 10% experience experience impairment.