I’m healthy, right?

After reading The End of Alzheimer’s by Dr. Dale Bredesen, I was super motivated to get a “cognoscopy” done. That’s right, a cognoscopy. Like a colonoscopy for the brain, kinda. This is the term Dr. Bredesen uses for performing a full assessment of risk factors in the human body that, once addressed, have been shown to prevent and reverse cognitive decline. Since my grandmother died from Alzheimer’s, I am keenly interested in avoiding that same fate!

So, I finished the book and immediately got online to find a provider in Houston who is trained in Dr. Bredesen’s methodology. This is when I hit the first wall. Turns out, if I want to find a Bredesen Protocol provider in my local area, I have to pay $150. Just to find one. And if I find one, I may not even be a good candidate for the protocol. WTH?

Needless to say, my excitement was quickly replaced with irritation. What’s up with this guy? In his book, Dr. Bredesen lays out the case that he’s found a potential cure for Alzheimer’s — based on reducing inflammation, optimizing hormones and other trophic factors (trophic factors are things that make your cells function properly and live and die according to their proper lifecycles) and eliminating toxic substances such as exposure to molds and heavy metals. So simple and seemingly so effective that over 200 people had complete and sustained reversal of Alzheimer’s symptoms without drugs. It could help millions of people get better today and prevent hundreds of millions from developing Alzheimer’s in the coming decades.