Ornish Alzheimer’s Results

May 31, 2024

Concerning Early Alzheimer’s:
Over 45 years of pioneering lifestyle medicine research

Breaking Alzheimer’s News
For the first time, a randomized, controlled peer-reviewed clinical trial demonstrated that an intensive lifestyle intervention (without drugs) may significantly improve cognition and function in many patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

400%
improvement in blood flow to the heart

90%
reduced angina by 9 weeks

46%
increase in exercise capacity

49%
reduction in depression scores

Evidence will be published June 2024.

https://pmri.org/

Life Transformed: 25 Years of Heart Failure Gone in Just 1 Month

https://youtube.com/live/r1DmshHdlKI?si=Km8E0uR7qtMe5yVX

In this episode, witness the remarkable turnaround of a 61-year-old woman grappling with severe heart failure stemming from a lifetime of unhealthy habits, including smoking for 10 years and a poor diet.

After a recent hospitalization for heart failure, our patient started her journey to reclaim her health. She was prescribed a 105-day raw plant-based detox diet coupled with intermittent fasting.

Within just one month, her condition drastically improved.

She regained the ability to exercise, eliminated medications, and saw her heart’s pumping strength – her ejection fraction – double, from a mere 10% to 20%. Even her body’s signs of inflammation decreased significantly by 57%. Despite not achieving a normal ejection fraction, her functional status normalized without the need for heart failure medications.

Don’t miss this story! It’s a powerful testament to the life-changing impact of simple dietary interventions on severe heart disease.

She spends 40 minutes cleaning produce to make them last for weeks

In the video, she started with the carrots, rinsing them in tap water with vinegar, and rubbing them to remove any final dirt.

For the lemons and avocados, she removed their stickers and put them in a bowl of water to rinse.

She washed and chopped celery tops to freeze for stocks, while the celery stalks were added to a pot of water and vinegar.

Peppers, lettuce, cucumbers and potatoes were similarly rinsed individually.

With onions, Amy said she ‘listens’ to hear if the skin sounds ‘crinkly’ – an indicator that it is getting dehydrated, in which case she will use it first.

Berries and grapes were soaked in water and vinegar and tossed so all sides were cleaned.

She showed how filthy the strawberry water looked after the initial clean, calling it ‘absolutely disgusting’.

Herbs were also bathed before going in the salad spinner to dry, alongside salad leaves and lettuce.

Amy explained that after washing everything, she leaves the produce out to dry for two to three hours on the kitchen counter on tea towels, before spending a further 10 minutes storing it in glass jars for longevity.

For spring onions, she placed them root-down in a jar of water and keeps them on her counter-top.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13475269/food-blogger-wash-fruit-veg-fresh-weekly-shop.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

Chef AJ’s Balsamic Dressing (thick & fatfree!)


I just use 6% acidic balsamic & it came out a-m-a-z-i-n-g! 


Barefoot Dressing
Ingredients


*1 and ¼ cups low acid balsamic vinegar
*¼ cup unsweetened rice vinegar
*¾ cup lime juice, add zest if using fresh
*5 unsweetened pear halves (canned)
*1 cup nutritional yeast
*½ cup of salt-free stone-ground mustard (or your favorite low-sodium Dijon mustard)
*¼ cup of shallots, about an ounce
*4 cloves of garlic (about ½ an ounce)
*½ Tablespoon chia seeds dissolved in ½ cup of water or the unsweetened pear juice from the can or jar.


Steps
*Dissolve chia seeds in the water or unsweetened pear juice.
*Place remaining ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
*Add chia seed slurry and blend again.
*Refrigerate.


Notes
Author prefers using a 4% acidity vinegar like Napa Valley Naturals Grand Reserve, which is thick and syrupy, as opposed to a traditional less sweet balsamic, which has 6% acidity.


https://www.copymethat.com/r/YeL6WO5/barefoot-dressing/

How a Medical Mystery in Guam Led to a New Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease

May 2024

As part of his reporting for “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient” documentary, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta travels to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to learn more about an ethnobotanist’s audacious theory on treating Alzheimer’s disease. After Dr. Paul Cox, founder of the nonprofit Brain Chemistry Labs, discovered the source of a mysterious neurodegenerative disease afflicting people in Guam, those clues led him to a novel way of thinking about Alzheimer’s and a simple amino acid called L-serine. His novel theory and possible treatment are now being tested in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients at Houston Methodist. Watch the full documentary on CNN’s “The Whole Story” premiering on May 19 at 8p ET/PT and streaming on MAX on June 18. #cnn #News #health

Ornish dementia reversal randomized controlled trial

May 2024

This is the big dementia RCT we’ve been waiting for. Dr Dean Ornish did a randomized control trial of dementia patients to be published in June 2024.  Study was featured on CNN! How did he maneuver that!?  Great publicity for a plant based diet!

Apparently some of the plant based diet dementia patients showed at least partial reversal of their symptoms.

Augason Farms Gluten-Free Black Bean Burger Mix

RECIPE SUGGESTION:

Per patty —

4 tablespoons of rinsed canned black beans (partly mashed)

1 tablespoon of tapioca flour (for thickening)

2 generous tablespoons of the burger mix along with the suggested amount of water

Form into patties and then cover and refrigerate until ready to cook.

https://www.amazon.com/Augason-Farms-Gluten-Free-Black-Burger/dp/B01NAVJ1UW/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

EASY OIL FREE SUMMER SALAD WITH CREAMY DRESSING/VEGAN

Easy oil free summer salad with a creamy dressing that is vegan is what I am sharing with you today. This summer salad is so healthy and bursting with flavor, color, fiber and nutrients that it will be a staple for you this summer. 


CREAMY BERRY DRESSING 

3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar (I like to use flavored ones) 

2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard 

1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup 

1/4 cup defrosted frozen berries of your choice 

1/4 cup vegan plain Greek yogurt ( I use Kite Hill brand) 

1/4 cup fresh blueberries 

1/4 cup sliced or chopped fresh strawberries 

1/4 cup shredded carrots 

1/4 shredded red cabbage 


Add the first 5 ingredients into a blender or bullet and blend till smooth 


Next Add 2 big handfuls of **spring mix and add the rest of the ingredients and add 1-2 Tablespoons of dressing and toss well. 


I like to sprinkle garlic salt and cracked black pepper over the top. This makes one serving. 


**I like to chop my spring mix to make it a bit more manageable to eat.