Expert insights on preventing & reversing cognitive decline

The mindbodygreen Podcast

“Unequivocally, you can reverse cognitive decline,” explains Dale Bredesen, M.D. 

In this compilation episode, we highlight the best insights from some of our most popular conversations on brain health and Alzheimer’s prevention. You’ll hear from:

  • Dale Bredesen, M.D., neurologist and the Chief Science Officer at Apollo Health, on his protocol for reversing cognitive decline

  • Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., neuroscientist, nutritionist, and author of The Menopause Brain, on how hormones and nutrition influence the female brain

  • Charles Piller, investigative journalist at Science, on how scientific misconduct has slowed Alzheimer’s progress

Tune in to learn about how you can shape your brain health, plus:

- Why Alzheimer’s isn’t inevitable (~1:45)

- How to determine your cognitive health (~4:00)

- The 4 phases of cognitive decline (~5:40)

- The lies we’ve been told about Alzheimer’s (~8:12)

- Where the research went wrong for Alzheimer’s (~11:20)

- Promising areas of brain health research (~14:35)

- How menopause impacts cognitive function (~17:50)

- Menopause symptoms & the brain (~20:20)

- How the female brain changes (~23:00)

- Your genes are not your destiny (~25:03)

- Your guide to better brain health (~28:45)

- The 7 basics to protect yourself from Alzheimer’s (~31:00)

Listen to the full episodes here: 

- How to prevent & reverse cognitive decline | Neurologist Dale Bredesen, M.D. 

- Fraud, failure, & new frontiers in Alzheimer's research | Journalist Charles Piller 

- The best brain health tips for women | Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., neuroscientist & certified nutritionist 

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