A Testimonial from Dr. Ornish’s Alzheimer’s Progression Reversal Study

What does improving the cognition and function of Alzheimer's patients with lifestyle medicine actually translate to in terms of human impact?

If you missed Friday’s video, check out Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Reversed with a Plant-Based Diet? ( ).

For more on Alzheimer’s disease, see these videos:
• How Not to Age ( )
• Controversy Around FDA’s Approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab ( )
• Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain ( )
• How to Prevent Alzheimer’s with Diet ( )

For more on Dr. Dean Ornish’s work, check out his book Undo It! ( ). And these videos ( ); for more on heart disease, see these videos ( ).

I have more than 500 videos on plant-based diets. You can check them out here ( ).

The best available balance of scientific evidence suggests that the healthiest way to eat is a vitamin B12-fortified ( ) diet centered around whole plant foods. I go into specifics of the Daily Dozen foods I recommend in Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen ( ). For a more thorough dive into the science on these foods, check out my New York Times bestselling book, How Not to Die ( ).

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Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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