Amy Berger - The Alzheimer’s Antidote: Using a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory Loss, and Cognitive Decline

PRAISE FOR THE ALZHEIMERS ANTIDOTE

Magnificent.... The Alzheimers Antidote harvests our most highly regarded scientific research to create an empowering, user-friendly game plan that rewrites our health destiny as it relates to the brain. And this is a program for everyone, whether already diagnosed, at high risk, or even if there is no family history of this disease.... In these pages are your highly empowering tools that will allow you to gain control over your genetic and cognitive destiny.

David Perlmutter , MD, author of Grain Brain, #1 New York Times bestseller (from the Foreword)

There are few things people fear more than cancer, with the possible exception of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers disease (AD). Not only does AD ultimately cut lives short, it effectively steals who the person is long before they die. Traditional treatment methods have been lackluster at best, but there is hope. The Alzheimers Antidote is a scientifically sound method of nutrition and lifestyle that combats AD at a molecular level. If you or someone you know suffers from AD, I highly recommend this book.

Rob Wolff , New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat

Amy Berger elegantly explains how Alzheimers, a devastating disease that has touched virtually every American family (or soon will), is much more than just a normal manifestation of growing old, and its management must include much more than just cholinesterase-inhibiting drugs. She delves deep into Alzheimers as a complex metabolic disease, one that can be greatly reduced, and likely avoided completely, with the right combination of lifestyle modifications within our control. Berger offers comprehensive treatment approaches that go way beyond what most patients are told by their physicians. This book is long overdue and a must-read for health care providers and laypeople alike.

David M. Brady , ND, CCN, DACBN, author of Amazon bestseller The Fibro Fix ; vice president for health sciences and director of the Nutrition Institute, University of Bridgeport

Amy Berger brings a fresh, new perspective to the rising problem of Alzheimers disease. She proposes a natural treatment that has, in my opinion, a far greater chance of clinical success than standard medications. The Alzheimers Antidote is a terrific book.

Jason Fung , MD, author of The Obesity Code

A growing body of research suggests brain insulin resistance is strongly linked to Alzheimers disease (AD). In The Alzheimers Antidote , Amy Berger provides a clear understanding of the pathology of AD and explains how a low-carb, high-fat lifestyle can improve cognitive function and increase quality of life by providing an alternate fuel source for the Alzheimers brain to use: ketone bodies. This exceptionally well-written, well-researched book is a must-read for family members and caregivers of people with AD.

Franziska Spritzler , RD, CDE

Real hope and real help are finally here. Amy Berger expertly explains the fascinating connection between diet and dementia, in plain English and from every conceivable angle, arming you with the scientific understanding and practical strategies you need to change the course of your future. The Alzheimers Antidote will completely change the way you think and feel about Alzheimers disease.

Georgia Ede , MD, psychiatrist and nutrition specialist

Copyright 2017 by Amy Berger.

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Disclaimer

This book is intended as information, not medical advice. You must not rely on the information in this book as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional health care provider. If you have any specific questions about any medical matter, you should consult your doctor or other professional health care provider. If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition, you should seek immediate medical attention. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice, or discontinue medical treatment because of information in this book.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Berger, Amy.

Title: The Alzheimers antidote : using a low-carb, high-fat diet to fight Alzheimers disease, memory loss, and cognitive decline / Amy Berger, MS, CNS, NTP.

Description: White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016050356| ISBN 9781603587099 (paperback) | ISBN 9781603587105 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Alzheimers diseasePreventionPopular works. | Alzheimers diseaseDiet therapyPopular works. | Self-care, HealthPopular works. | BISAC: HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Alzheimers & Dementia. | MEDICAL / Nutrition. | COOKING / Health & Healing / Low Carbohydrate. | COOKING / Health & Healing / General.

Classification: LCC RC523.2 .B48 2017 | DDC 616.8/310654dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050356

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To individuals with Alzheimers disease,

mild cognitive impairment, and other forms of dementia and cognitive decline, I present this information to you, your loved ones, and your caregivers with my sincerest wishes that it helps you reclaim what has been so devastatingly taken from you.

Contents

FOREWORD

Alzheimers disease, like so many other degenerative conditions, is highly influenced by factors over which each of us has control. Unfortunately, however, we have been coerced to shift the responsibility for our health and wellness to professionals and, as such, upon the coin of medical commercethe prescription. The pervasive mentality is one that portrays a paradigm in which our lifestyle choices produce no consequence in terms of our health destiny. And should we happen upon a disease of any sort, our misguided belief holds that highly successful medical developments will certainly get us back on our feet.

But this misplaced reliance has failed us miserably across a wide panorama of diseases, most notably Alzheimers. For there exists no pharmaceutical, magic-bullet cure for this pernicious process. Moreover, despite what advertisers may portray on the evening news, there is no pharmaceutical intervention that has any meaningful effect even in terms of reducing the progression of this disease.