Podcast: New Research on Alzheimer’s from Dr. Dean Ornish

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[bonniebryan]

I'm sitting on the couch next to my dad who has advanced dementia. I'm eating banana, oranges and black grapes. I've only been WFPB for 10 days but feel realky good. Healing my gut from IBS-D already. I'm hopeful this new lifestyle will help with the dementia that is on both my maternal and paternal families.

[jencollier]

I have 2 grandparents, one maternal and one paternal, that have died from Alzheimer’s. I have been vegan for 10 years and WFPB more recently cutting way back on salt, oil, processed foods.
I exercise daily and walk after lunch as a rule. Hoping these things pull me thru… so much thanks Dr Gregor and team for the hard work on videos like this that help keep us motivated to stay the course.♥️♥️♥️

[KJSvitko]

Hospitals, doctors offices and schools should be places where good nutrition is taught and provided not places that contribute to disease and obesity. It is crazy the hospitals are feeding people the very food that caused the heart disease, high blood pressure or cancer that they are treating. Every person in the hospital should receive some nutrition education before being released. Every doctor visit should be an opportunity to educate patients about how food choices impacts their health outcomes. The fact that doctors do not get nutrition training as part of their training makes no sense. Medicare and Medicaid should require nutrition education as part of patient care. Focus should be on food choices. Fasting should be investigated as a treatment for disease.

[carmadefries]

The worst thing was privatizing and approving for profit medicine. If we had universal healthcare, I can’t help but think we would ALL be taught Dr. Greger’s knowledge. 💯

[elizabethmadness]

Thank you to Ornish, Greger and many others for going head to head with the hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that have pulled the wool over our eyes about the reversibility of many if not all conditions. We are in control and our choices and heart/mindset does matter!!! 💚🙌🌱✨

[kiwifeijoa]

That's wonderful, listening to the man's joy at regaining his musical memory, priceless. So grateful to Dr Dean Ornish for doing such amazing research that could help so many older persons, plus relieving the anxiety of those who fear getting that condition. WFPB scores yet again.

[ForagersGarden]

Covered the nuance well I feel like thank you!

[jonisolis]

Plants, plants, and more plants! Yes! And the more different kinds of plants the better! Grow some plants and eat them!

[naftalibendavid]

Keeping me motivated. Thank you. My children thank you.

[catherinekasmer]

My mom went plant based after going through Pritikin cardiac rehab following a heart attack 5 years ago. She is stricter than Pritikin- more like Ornish. 100% compliant. She also takes atorvastatin and blood pressure meds. Perfect weight and walks daily. Sadly she is now having mild cognitive disorder with memory issues.

[ddutton]

Dr. Dale Bredesen has gotten similar results for over ten years and has three best selling books.

[rwpresley]

It's no silver bullet, I'm sad to say. My wife and I have been vegetarian for 50 years, and whole food vegans since 2011, and my wife is slipping into dementia. She hasn't had a cold in years, and she is on no medications at the age of 79, but her memory is declining. We walk every day, and meditate, too. No alcohol or thc. Maybe declining more slowly than she would be on a SAD diet, but who knows.

[dumisanibhengu]

This is very encouraging, thanks Doc...greetings from Durban, South Africa 😊

[melanie.]

Great information. I follow WFPB and have found so many benefits for my body, digestive tract, LDL cholesterol levels and overall wellbeing. I wonder what Dr. Greger thinks about the use of Photomodulation and the NIH studies indicating the benefits of specific LED nm levels placed on the head and its impact on dementia/Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.

[maladaptedmalarkey]

I suspect the answer exists at the confluence of phytonutrients and gut microbiome. We still do not know enough about the gut microbiome. By far, easily the most exciting field of medical science.

[Jeffs]

The people in the study had very low cholesterol levels which means they must have been on statins which is what caused Alzheimer's disease. There is a chance they were already on a low fat vegan diet but the study did not say what they were eating for the last 70 years. Take your pick either 1) the low fat vegan diet or 2) the unknown diet with statins which lowered their cholesterol both destroyed their health. The study also had people using 14 unregulated synthetic supplements which eventually in time will destroy your health.

[shelabrown]

Dose overweight case alzheimer's

[SherylPaulFTP]

Most interesting, I wonder if plant based will stop vkd from getting worse. My mother, my sister (now on dislysis), and me all have ckd. I am just now starting to lose protein. Would l9ve to know if any research has been done

[abetterlivedlife]

Will we get a study where both have the non-dietary lifestyle interventions? It would be good to see the effect size of going vegan vs being more social and mindfulness exercises. If they then combined the results of the studies, we should learn a lot.

[rwpresley]

A whole food plant based diet is the only way to live, but it isn’t a silver bullet. We’re all gonna die of something. It won’t prevent 100% of dementias. Even false hope brings some relief, I suppose.