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 While modern medicine is well regarded for developing powerful new drugs to prevent and reverse chronic health problems, it's becoming quite clear in recent years that diet and lifestyle habits might be more effective and much safer.
In This Anti-Alzheimer's Disease Article:
Overview
The Anti-Alzheimer's Diet
Daily Anaerobics for the Body and Brain
Brain Boosters
Rest and Recovery for Alzheimer's
Comprehensive studies in the field of Neurology determine that diet and lifestyle habits can significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's and other dementia diseases by 2400 percent or decrease it by 1800 percent. Whereas the American Academy of Neurology warns that prevention of dementia should begin before age 65. Throughout the program, Dr. Fortanasce places readers at center stage by focusing on their risk factors for getting Alzheimer's disease. As those following the program go on, they'll find that it quickly moves beyond a discussion of Alzheimer's disease and the specific risk factors, and presents many personalized self-help tips one can use right now to reduce their risks.
Dr. Vincent Fortanasce's 4-step Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription is the first scientifically substantiated program ever to prevent Alzheimer's disease. Written from the unique perspective of a board certified neurologist, psychiatrist, and neurological rehabilitation specialist and one of our nation's foremost authorities on brain's disorders, the 4-step Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription is a groundbreaking diet and lifestyle plan for dealing with what Newsweek magazine calls the "greatest socioeconomic crisis just around the corner."
The Four Step Program For Alzheimer's Disease
The Anti-Alzheimer’s Prescription is UNIQUE because Dr. Fortanasce is the only author expert in psychiatry, neurology, and rehabilitation medicine. The sentinel risk factors originate from his psychiatric insights, the brain boosters from his training in neurology, the unique Fortanasce isometric exercise formula from his rehabilitation experience, and the diet from his extensive research of over 200 studies and articles.
The Anti-Alzheimer's Diet
Daily Anaerobics for the Body and Brain
Brain Boosters
Rest and Recovery for Alzheimer's
Step #1: The Anti-Alzheimer's Diet: Food for Thought
In Step 1, Dr. Fortanasce explains to participants that it's not only "what" we eat that's important in preventing Alzheimer's disease, it's also the proportions, combinations, types and amounts of nutrients, and specific supplements that help to maximize the hormonal enzymatic, and biorhythms that control an optimal state of neuronal health and mental capacity.
Participants in the program are asked to follow the Anti-Alzheimer's Food Guide Pyramid, using a food ratio at each meal that is one-third carbs, one-third protein, and one-third good fats. Dr. Fortanasce explains that this proportion is vital to maintain one's hormonal balance of insulin and glucagons, which is essential for brain health. They will also learn about specific foods, nutrients, and natural dietary supplements that work to protect the brain from disease and even heal the brain from injury. As an example, blueberries are filled with anthocyanins, special chemicals that give them their dark purple color and incredible healing power. In studies, blueberries show a significant reversal in motor dysfunction and dopamine (a neurotransmitter and “messenger”) deficiency that correlates with aging. Food is high in folate (spinach, chickpeas) reduce the risk of cognitive dysfunction. Eating just one fish meal a week is associated with a 60 percent reduction in the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (Rotterdam and Chicago studies), while eating meat may increase the risk of pro-inflammatory markers linked to Alzheimer's disease. Curcumin, an antioxidant and component of the spice turmeric, reduces oxidative damage and decreases beta-amyloid peptides in the brain by 43 to 50 percent. Supplementing the diet with at least 400.
Step #2: Brawn Boosters: Daily Anaerobics for the Body and Brain
With a black belt in karate and an Olympic athlete with a Gold Medal in the Junior Olympics, Dr. Fortanasce knows the importance of physical activity, both personally and professionally. Physical exercise stimulates human growth hormone; regulates blood glucose levels, blood pressure, and blood lipids; and helps to maintain a normal weight. Exercise also increases blood flow to the brain, which is necessary for quick thinking and creativity. In Step 2, Dr. Fortanasce teaches his recommended daily regimen of Anti-Alzheimer’s Brawn Boosters - specific physical activities and exercises for participants to undertake which he calls the “3 Ss - Stretching, Strengthening, and Stepping” - all to boost brawn and brain power.
Isometric Exercises to Avoid Alzheimer’s
Included are some basic isometric exercises that will increase strength, bulk, and lean body mass. By isometric exercise we mean strength training without movements of a joint. It is performed by using the force of one limb against another, or a limb or body part against an immovable object such as the floor or a wall.
In the 1964 Olympics, the American weightlifting team which had been invincible prior to this time, suddenly became a second-rate team behind the Soviet Block Countries, part of the reason for this was the Soviets understanding of physiology and their use of isometric exercises that maximized the strengthening of Type II muscle fibers while minimizing the chances of injury to the joint.
Note: isometric exercises can be done home, alone, and without equipment, and is the best way to increase one’s strength.
The Effects of Aging
This is research reviewed by the Fortanasce and Associated staff. Here you will learn about aging and one’s musculoskeletal system. You are not a victim of aging, you can be in control.
Step #3: Brain Boosters: Daily Neurobics for the Brain
So what keeps a brain from growing and rewiring? A dearth of stimulation. Findings show that people who are less educated and who do not challenge themselves mentally have three to four times the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. In this step, Dr. Fortanasce teaches program participants the “use it or lose it” principle with the brain and how “neurobics” or training for the mind can help build a big brain. Scientific studies show that when people use their brains in challenging ways, more blood flows into neural regions and new connections form. Giving yourself daily "brain boosters," such as math problems, sections to read aloud, lists to memorize, organizational tasks, and more can help. In addition, Dr. Fortanasce divides these "brain boosters" into categories, including Memory, Visualization, Thinking, and Reasoning.
Step #4: Rest and Recovery: Finding Your Circle of Quiet
Dr. Fortanasce wants participants in his program to understand the deleterious effects of lack of sleep and chronic stress on the brain. For instance, he’s identified a link between snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, and Alzheimer’s disease and explains the science that supports this link. He’s also found that people who are chronic worriers ("the worried well") are twice as likely to develope some form of dementia. Even autopsy reports confirm the link between stress and dementia, showing fewer tentacles or dendrites linking the brain cells in people who were identified as being under chronic stress. In this step of his program, Dr. Fortansce explains the science, and then outlines a practical and proven plan for participants to sleep well and give their brains time without stress.
Dr. Fortanasce also discusses the spiritual meditation, the left frontal gyrus, the center of optimism. The importance of both religion and spirituality is explained with studies that link religion, prayer, meditation, and optimism with optimal health and less worry with aging. No matter what their belief system, all participants are instructed in how to increase a spiritual awareness in their own lives.
In the last part of the program, Dr. Fortanasce explains all about the Diagnosis,Treatment, and Future of Alzheimer’s disease, giving pertinent information on selecting the best doctor, understanding the various medications, and his personal and professional take on the Alzheimer’s vaccine, stem cell research, genome therapy, and other highly publicized treatments. Then he explains Home Insurance, the FIVE method, to assure oneself home rather than the impersonal of a nursing home.
The older we get the more grudges we hold and the more forgiveness we need for those who have trespassed against us. That is how we see it. Those trespassers may in fact feel trampled upon themselves. Be it that you are the trampled or the trampler, one thing for sure is that there is a lot of bad feelings and heartbreak.
My years as a psychiatrist and neurologist and a Father, Husband, and friend to many have taught me that whenever one has bad feelings, heartbreak, they also have anger and not infrequently hold grudges. It is those grudges, more than the heartbreak, that causes the damage, not only to the spirit, but also to the brain itself. The following review hopefully will help in understanding anger and how to let it go. Those who don’t will in fact cause not only damage to those trespassers, but definitely damage to their own bodies and souls.
It is well-known that people who are able to forgive, rather than those who hold onto it, have a decrease in cardiovascular disease, a decrease in blood pressure, and an overall improvement in mood and a decrease in depression.
In one study done, at Hope College in Michigan, 71 people were asked about transgressions that had been done to them. They found that once they had forgiven the transgressor, their blood pressure showed a marked decrease and overall they had decreased coronary artery disease. This is one of many studies.
There are three steps we talk about for forgiveness.
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Refusing to see oneself as a victim. For instance, if a husband leaves his wife the wife should not consider herself a victim, but rather that she was a devoted person and was stronger than her spouse.
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Empathize, however, do not condone what had been done. Try to put yourself in the other person’s shoes so to say.
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Don’t think forgiving will give full relief. Often one who does the transgression does not see it that way, but remember by forgiving it lets you move on. You do not waste time.
Here some quotes on anger and forgiveness to contemplate:
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“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.” -Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac
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“Don’t get mad, don’t get even, get ahead.” -Christopher Matthews
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“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” -Proverbs 15:1
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“It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.” -St. Francis of Assisi
About the Author: Dr. Vincent Fortanasce is a renowned bio-ethicist, author, and radio show host with twenty years experience dealing with medical issues on a national and international level. His rehabilitation center was ranked in the top 10 on the West Coast in 2003, and Dr. Fortanasce was selected as in the top 100 physicians in Los Angeles County and Best Physicians in the USA in 1998. Over the past decade, he has treated such notables as the Dali Lama and Pope John Paul II.
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