Posted on 08/17/2023 7:41:08 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Dr. Heather Sandison has recently published a groundbreaking study highlighting significant improvements in cognitive function among individuals with cognitive decline. The study is the second to employ a multimodal, individualized care plan and offers further hope for managing and potentially reversing cognitive impairment.
The study focused on individuals with objective cognitive impairment (OCI), a precursor to Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Sandison and her team recruited 34 participants from the San Diego, CA area to receive a comprehensive intervention based on potential contributors to cognitive decline, such as lifestyle changes, nutraceutical support, and medications.
Over the course of six months, the participants underwent regular clinical visits and received ongoing nutrition support through weekly phone calls. Cognitive function was assessed using the Cambridge Brain Sciences (CBS) battery and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) at baseline, one, three, and six months.
The results of the study were highly encouraging. After six months of intervention, the participants demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive function. MoCA scores increased from 19.6 ± 3.1 to 21.7 ± 6.2 (p = 0.013), indicating enhanced cognitive performance. Moreover, significant improvements were observed across all domains of the CBS cognitive battery, including memory, reasoning, verbal ability, and concentration.
Dr. Sandison commented, "It is so fulfilling to see patients improve and watch meaningful change not only for the patient but also their loved ones as they regain cognitive function. I'm hopeful these findings start the process of turning anecdotes into statistics and more patients begin to have access to this type of treatment."
This study highlights the importance of addressing cognitive decline through a holistic and personalized approach, targeting various factors that contribute to the progression of the disease. The study demonstrates the feasibility and impact of a multimodal intervention approach to cognitive impairment.
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It all improved their prior cognitive decline.
The main table of options they had available follows. Again, they used tests to determine what people got from all of these.
I wonder what kind of experimental cocktail they have Biden on.
I found Vitamin D lead to a good improvement for my partner in her last years. So I would certainly recommend that.
A low carb diet? I want to avoid carbs, but it’s hard to stop; it’s like an addiction. But maybe knowing that cutting carbs is good for cognition will motivate me.
Thanks for your usual informative post.
You’re right, but carbs aren’t just like an addiction; they actually are an addiction. And like other addictions, you probably have to go cold turkey to break the addiction. Hence the popularity of ketogenic diets. After a few weeks the desire for sweet junk really goes away, but again like the addictions to drugs, alcohol, or nicotine, you always have to avoid subjecting yourself to temptation.
If you really want to stay away from carbs read “Grain Brain” by Dr David Petlmutter. Scared me away from carbs for life. Of course I still eat vegetables but I’ll never eat a piece of cake again.
I saw a youtube recently that high carb diets lower metabolism.
This objectively different from the roller coaster feeling that a high carb diet will cause. That is a couple a half hour of feeling good followed by a couple hours of feeling drugged and hung over. This up and down is similar to the alcohol high and hang over. In fact, its like the same thing since the path for sugar and alcohol to the brain is the same. refined carbs convert directly into sugars.
Its the sugar path from the stomach to the liver that’s the killer. Sugar that’s bound up in fruits doesn’t get broken up until it reaches the lower gut where your gut buddies the bacteria break open the fruit and consume their sugars.
I’m going to the library today to get “Grain Brain.” Thanks for the resource.
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