I’m only 6 chapters in, but this book, The End of Alzheimer’s, is amazing! (Borrow the audiobook for free on Libby with your library card).

I need to keep track of my diet and I’m noticing when I veer off the “protocols”. Most protocols I had already been following, because of multiple medical journal articles I’ve been keeping up on. Such as supplements, saunas, meditation, herbal remedies, sleep, diet (because of Shaun, thanks honey).

This book tells you the testing, blood levels and remedies to reverse dementia, be it genetic, toxic, hormonal or the multiple other causes of cognitive decline. It’s never going to be a pill that treats this disease, it’s a multidimensional, whole body approach. And every person may be different.

BUT regardless, This week we started with a rice casserole dish that I had leftovers enough to take to work the last few days for lunch. It was great, but not our usual ketogenic diet. Shaun is heavy into keto and fasting, for weight-loss. So most family meals we keep keto as a baseline.

Then grandma sent over warm bread pudding on Tuesday which we ate with ice cream. After a high carb meal. Yesterday I ate oatmeal for breakfast, rice for lunch and potatoes for dinner. All high starch, gluten filled.

And I am noticing my brain is not as sharp! I have had a few patients remind me they had been there before when I was going over discharge instructions at work this week. I’m usually great at remembering faces (Facial blindness). I mixed up garbage and groceries, no I didn’t eat garbage, but telling the boys the grocerys needs to go out to the curb. I forgot when I fed the fish, and I’m having nightmares of getting lost in the local mall.

I need this protocol, and it really seems my diet is a big trigger. He talks about a holistic, multiple factor approach. The American diet is horrible for our brains and I’m struggling to keep up. I need to get back on the keto train. And cutting out processed foods is my first priority.

This was a good wakeup call and if I hadn’t been reading this book, I would have brushed it off as coincidence.

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I'm trying to live the most meaningful and intentional life possible. Minimalist, Vegetarian, Fierce protector of a full night sleep, Mother, Wife, Daughter -caretaker, Sister, Friend, Nurse. Sharing day to day life with family and friends. A quest to minimize effects of Alzheimer's Disease. View all posts by KaGardn1