The Alzheimer's Solution: A Revolutionary Approach to Prevent and Reverse Alzheimer's, Offering Hope Through Groundbreaking Science and Personalized Treatment Plans Paperback – January 29, 2019

The Sherzai’s base all their recommendations on high quality research—large sample size, controlled-for variables that could affect results, and researchers without financial ties to their results and conclusions. They focus on long-term research studies. This is very much not the case of all health and dementia books. Some authors of similar books ignore long-term outcomes of their recommendations, even though they are poor, maybe because of their own financial incentives.I recommend listening to the Rich Rolls podcast where he interviews the Sherzai’s. It is long yet it had me hanging on every word. It is so worth your time and you will not be bored.As I apply the Sherzai’s recommendations I feel better and have gotten rid of brain fog. I listen to it on audible and refer to my printed copy. I keep reminding myself with it to help avoid “cheating.”Please know that the research on the benefits of eating fish are comparing eating fish to eating more highly saturated meat, NOT to plant-based diets supplemented with DHA & EPA from algae. The fish get it from algae and we can benefit from also getting it from algae and avoiding the saturated fat, mercury and micro plastics in the fish. Yes, fish is better than beef and even poultry, but we can do better. We are fortunate to be able to do better.I hope you read and apply the information in this cutting-edge book. We need to stop the horrific Alzheimer’s epidemic and this book explains how to do it. According to the authors mild cognitive impairment can usually be reversed and, started early enough, Alzheimer’s can be prevented except in a few rare genetic cases. But prevention is a lifetime program. It comes with the benefit of being good for your heart, anti-inflammatory and reducing cancer risks It’s also good for mood.The book includes about 40 pages of brain-healthy recipes. So far I’ve only tried one of them-turmeric milk. It’s made from just five ingredients. I put the ingredients in the blender and blend long enough that it heats. I’ve adjusted the amounts of the spices to my taste. I like it so much that I have it first thing every morning. It’s a treat I look forward to. Plus it’s made with ingredients that repair and rejuvenate the brain. I plan to try more of the recipes as some look easy and with inexpensive ingredients found in any grocery store. But, honestly, I like the turmeric milk so much that the book was worth the cost even if I got nothing else from it.Please do yourself and your family a huge favor and get this book from the library if you don’t want to buy it. Just read it. Alzheimer’s is no walk in the park-so it’s worth putting in some effort to prevent it.

In their book “The Alzheimer’s Solution,” Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai propose an ambitious plan with a promising positive influence not only over your memory performance and prevention of dementia, but your overall health. The bullet points of their plan are already mentioned in some previous reviews, but what stood out for me, as a psychotherapist with background in medicine, are the following:1. The Authors’ Holistic Approach: The authors, unlike many other professionals in their field, are fully aware - and proponent of – a holistic approach and its importance in treating (and most importantly, preventing) diseases, particularly dementia. They objectively highlight the problem of having a myopic approach to medical challenges, which is unfortunately rampant in the medical field, and which is often dismissive of prevention and behavioral change. This is critical because as long as our approach is myopic, and pathology/disease-oriented, we are looking for one-dimensional, simplistic solutions and ignore the role of lifestyle and multiple other factors that help ensure and maintain better health.2. The Authors’ Objectivity: If you are already exposed to the field of self-help and happened to have read a few self-help books, you probably know that there is plethora of information on the market in the form of books, e-books, magazines, websites, blogs, etc. Alas majority of the information offered for readers sandwiched as self-help is purely subjective and lacking sufficient, objective material. This is because a significant number of self-help books follow a familiar narrative style of focusing on few cases of individuals who have overcome a life challenge, achieved success in another domain of their lives. Such experiences are, to the most part, not replicable. Nevertheless, the Sherzais’ approach is objective, scientific, and well-researched, not to mention they have been working with hundreds of patients for years and had the resources to closely monitor their progress. Additionally, the "Notes" are particularly impressive, demonstrating the depth of their efforts in the subject matter and providing wealth of knowledge and resources for those who are interested to read more on the subject.3. Not only theoretical, but also practicalThe authors, who have done extensive research in addition to comprehensive meta-analysis of hundreds of studies on dementia, not only explain the theoretical and scientific mechanisms behind dementia (as much jargon-free as possible!), but they also offer workable strategies and practical solutions in the form of NEURO (Nutrition, Exercise, Unwind, Restore, and Optimize). The bullet points of the plan is already mentioned in other reviews, but it was a breath of fresh air to read the rationale behind their holistic plan, and much to the satisfaction of a scientific, objective mind, every step is supported by scientific data.Last but not least, I immensely enjoyed reading the book, learned a few new things on memory performance and overall optimal physical/mental functioning and, of course, the significance of behavioral change in preventing chronic diseases.And this simply means the authors got it right!