The Ageless Brain

From the bestselling author of The End of Alzheimer’s comes a revolutionary new approach to preserve brain health, for life.

Ask people what they fear most about ageing, and memory loss is likely to be top of their list. Whether we’ve watched loved ones suffer from diseases such as dementia, or we have begun to experience moments of forgetfulness ourselves, losing our cognitive abilities is a worrying prospect. Until now.

In this empowering and transformative book, Dr Dale Bredesen shows us how brain ageing and neurological diseases are completely avoidable, regardless of our genes.

Bringing together a lifetime of clinical work and research, you’ll find out the very best brain health strategies that can be put into action straight away, along with a comprehensive background on what the new science says about how to reverse and prevent cognitive decline. Whether you’re in your twenties or nineties, a healthy, highly functional brain is your greatest asset – this book will show you how.

Review

For far too long, we’ve been led to believe that keeping a sharp mind and a strong memory is beyond our control. Dr Dale Bredesen’s groundbreaking work proves otherwise. The Ageless Brain is a practical and inspiring guide that equips readers with essential knowledge to combat the most debilitating effects of ageing. As a global leader in cognitive decline and brain degeneration, Dr Bredesen gifts us with the tools and insights needed to support lifelong brain health. For everyone, this book is essential. ― David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and Drop Acid

Dale Bredesen is at the forefront of research on cognitive decline and neurodegeneration. With The Ageless Brain, he arms readers with the essential information they need to avoid some of the most debilitating effects of ageing. And it’s never too early to get started. If you have a brain – and you want to protect it – you need to read this book. ― Terry Wahls, MD, bestselling author of The Wahls Protocol

Dr Dale Bredesen is a world-class neuroscientist/neurologist who through his innovative and exacting research has discovered a safe and effective approach to the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease that will revolutionise the way we think about the disease. ― Jeffrey S. Bland, PhD, FACN, FACB, bestselling author of The Disease Delusion

Dale Bredesen does it again in The Ageless Brain. He shines the light of hope on circumstances where many patients face only hopelessness. His own tireless research informs this new book and gives anyone looking to protect brain health as they age the information they need. ― Heather Sandison, bestselling author of Reversing Alzheimer's

About the Author

Dale Bredesen, MD, is internationally recognised as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. He graduated from Caltech, then earned his MD from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He served as chief resident in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) before joining Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner's laboratory at UCSF as an NIH postdoctoral fellow. He held faculty positions at UCSF, UCLA and the University of California, San Diego. Dr Bredesen directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before joining the Buck Institute in 1998 as its founding president and CEO. He is Professor of Neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles.