Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Reversed with a Plant Based Diet?

Dr. Dean Ornish publishes the first randomized controlled trial investigating whether a plant-based diet and lifestyle program may reverse the course of early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

[PlantChompers]

I talked to Dr. Ornish about this study months ago and HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WAIT for it to be published! 🎉 Great video. 👏

[TheStewieGriffinShow]

2:39 Genes load the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger.

[surfdog]

I was convinced 50 years ago and went vege. Now at 70, normal BP, no prescriptions, active life. Glad you're continuing to confirm my choice, I appreciate your efforts!

[VeganLinked]

I was at ethos Farm event last year and when I went out to eat after the event I met somebody who had reversed their cognitive decline and presumed Alzheimer's progression by employing what they learned from the Alzheimer's solution book by Dr Dean and Ayesha Sherzai. I even went out to my car and grabbed my camera and interviewed him real quick in the restaurant! That interview is on my channel. He was going to ethos Farm to Dr Dean and Ayesha Sherzai do a talk there and I videoed that talk as well and it's on my channel if anyone's interested 🙂

[Vunderbread]

I've literally met a man who was well on the road to reversing his Parkinson's on a raw fruit-based diet in combination with specific herbal tinctures. Went from wheelchair-bound, could barely speak, to walking around freely, and speaking with little trouble. That was just in the short time I saw him, a year ago. Amy Elise was the health coach helping him out. Wonderful woman

[fjalar]

This is huge. Thank you for facilitating the healthiest path.

[pdblouin]

Compliance is the major factor here. There is no amount of evidence that will convince my parents/step-parents/in-laws to start eating from the How Not to Die cookbook.

[stavokg]

I love Dr Greger! And I love his humor. I said it before: he is a national treasure.

[Aidan_Au]

This video can save many people's lives

[katzensindweich]

This is great news!!! My Mum started a wholefood plantbased diet 10 years ago and became sharper every year. Both her parents suffered from dementia for years. She started because of IBD, which has been in remission ever since ❤

[soilikasanen]

This is great news! Here in Finland - the Dairy Land - we have a high mortality rate of Alzheimer's disease. All our deceased presidents since 1960's have died on Alzheimer's. But for government nothing is as important as keepin' on consuming dairy, eggs and flesh...

[VeganLinked]

Those with high cholesterol end up with amyloid plaques in their brain 10 to 15 years later, makes me think of those transient results the carnivores boast about getting...

[parkersavage]

Fantastic! I heard that Dr. Ornish was doing this study late last year and was very hopeful. Despite there being some problems with the study (compliance, placebo, etc.) the results look very promising for people who take it all the way on good lifestyle habits! Hopefully we start seeing more studies like this sprout up.

[brianrcVids]

CNN just did a mini documentary on this. Check out The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: The Last Alzheimer's Patient.

[BedCrunch]

Mindblowing. Even though I have decades of experience in public health, I really did not see this coming. I expected mediocre results at best.

And I love it how you got a hint from Ornish so that you timed your video as an instant response to publication. Now I have both the publication for my doctor friends and the video for others.

[kristinek]

I impatiently have been waiting for this information to come out. Of course I am doing my happy dance.Thank you Dean Ornish. And, a special thanks to you Dr Greger who gave me the courage to go full vegan 10 years ago. Just went for my annual doctor visit. My labs keep getting better. I feel like I am getting younger every day. I am 73 years old but my results are more like someone 20 or 30 years younger. Can't argue with that!. (Shout out to all the plant based Doctors including. Drs. Klapper, Khan, Fuhrman, Goldner and influencers like Chef AJ, Well Your World, Vegan Mic, Chris of Plant Chompers, etc. who all provide free information. Thank you, thank you thank you....:-)

[Susanonwow]

This is super exciting! Can’t wait for more studies.

[Hyperion]

Don't forget to supplement B12 kids :)

[michaelmackey]

Thanks to you 12 years ago. I went vegan because of you and I appreciate it because you saved my life.

[biowm]

Disappointing - due to covid they halved the participants and lost the neuroimaging. It's also not that supportive of a PBD since it included many other lifestyle changes and (high-dose) supplements. Regardless, great it provides further evidence that cognitive improvement is possible.