Eat to Beat Alzheimer’s

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Francie Healey

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Perfect bound, 162 pages, 6" x 9"
ISBN 978-1-938288-61-6 
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About the Book

Eat to Beat Alzheimer’s offers a practical guide and an empowering tool to bring nourishing, healthful, and delicious food into the lives of people concerned about Alzheimer’s and other cognitive problems. Almost 9 million people in the U.S. suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and the toll is rapidly increasing. This book will appeal to everyone concerned about dementia and memory loss in either themselves or a loved one.

Recent research makes clear that the impact of aging on the brain can be reduced by simple diet and lifestyle modifications. The delicious food choices and easy-to-prepare recipes in this book are based on the latest findings showing that they can help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s and other conditions like it, or prevent them entirely.

Readers will gain the knowledge and tools to take charge of their health by incorporating tasty, healing foods into their diet. The information in this cookbook will be as relevant and useful 20 years from now as it is today. And the recipes will still be just as delicious.

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Eat to Beat Alzheimer’s offers a practical guide and an empowering tool to bring nourishing, healthful, and delicious food into the lives of people concerned about Alzheimer’s and other cognitive problems.

Almost 9 million people in the U.S. suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and the toll is rapidly increasing. This book will appeal to everyone concerned about dementia and memory loss in either themselves or a loved one. Recent research makes clear that the impact of aging on the brain can be reduced by simple diet and lifestyle modifications.

The delicious food choices and easy-to-prepare recipes in this book are based on the latest findings showing that they can help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s and other conditions like it, or prevent them entirely. Readers will gain the knowledge and tools to take charge of their health by incorporating tasty, healing foods into their diet. The information in this cookbook will be as relevant and useful 20 years from now as it is today. And the recipes will still be just as delicious.


About the Author

Francie Healey is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice in Santa Fe, N.M. She specializes in the psychology of eating, helping people with health conditions to develop conscious eating habits and understand how food contributes to healing. Using her expertise to help clients manage cognitive decline through nutrition, Francie educates them on meal planning; the creation of simple, nutritious meals; and other keys to achieving a healthy relationship with food. She holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling, and is a Certified Health Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

Praise for Eat to Beat Alzheimer's

A Strongly Argued Case that Eating Well Can Help Our Brains
4.0 out of 5 stars

I read it with a skeptical, "prove it to me" eye. This is because I read a lot of cookbooks and a lot of medical research relating to diet and exercise. Overall, I'd say that I'm quite impressed with this book.
 
It begins with a rather comprehensive section dedicated to making the case that healthy eating can have positive consequences on "brain health." Several scientific studies are mentioned, referred to, and taken as substantial evidence for the premise behind this book. I'm a bit uncomfortable with the ultimate idea here, that eating in a certain way can really help you "beat" or avoid Alzheimer's dimentia. But there is some research in this area and the book is good in pointing out that following this diet (and others like it, which I'll mention in a moment) isn't going to hurt you ... and just might help you.
 
So, what is the diet? Readers of paleo, whole-foods, and anti-inflammatory diet books will find a lot that is familiar here. There are strong suggestions against refined sugars and for whole foods of various kinds. This is not a raw-food diet, however, as some brain health advocates suggest. It's instead truly a "cook book" that advocates recipes such as soups and skittle dishes. Oils are used, in case you're worried about things not tasting good, and coconut milk is featured in many dishes.
 
Sometimes I get a bit concerned by a book like this in that it can be seen as casting blame for something like Alzheimer's on the person with the disease. "If only I'd eaten better!" Medical research I've read points to many factors and causes of Alzheimer's -- not just diet. With that said, however, this diet and others like it can lead to a wide array of health benefits ... so why not try it?
 
I found the recipes to be well described and easy to follow. They are also quite simple: no complex sauces or techniques here. It's just basic, easy cooking with healthy ingredients.

—Spencer in Seattle
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