Holistic Program for an “Ageless Brain”

TOPIC

Our July meetup will dive into Dr. Dale Bredesen’s latest book--The Ageless Brain: How to Sharpen and Protect Your Mind for a Lifetime. Whether you’ve read the book or not, come share your thoughts and learn practical strategies for dementia prevention.

Let’s discuss his updated program and explore where we can put more of it into practice. Depending on interest, discussion may include:

• Focus on Prevention: Dr. Bredesen’s shift toward emphasizing prevention (rather than reversal) of dementia symptoms before they manifest.
• The Bredesen 7: Strategies for diet, exercise, sleep, stress resilience, toxin reduction, cognitive stimulation, and targeted supplementation. Hope our meetup provokes an “aha” moment on another step you would like to take to boost your brain health.
• Health Detective Work: Bredesen’s dozen pivotal biomarker tests. New blood tests for the early detection of neurodegeneration. (FDA just cleared the first Alzheimer’s blood test on May 19th.)
• Commonly Recommended Treatments: Bioidentical hormones, oral health treatments, Herpes outbreak suppression, more expansive approaches to sleep apnea, Kaatsu, HBOT and EWOT oxygen treatments, and photobiomodulation. Dr. Bredesen acknowledges how other additional treatments are “experimental”, “unproven”, or “difficult to provide”.
• Practical Implementation: Navigating financial and practical barriers. Prioritizing what seems to be the most needed and most accessible parts of the protocol.
• Criticism: Reviewers are now calling his 2025 lifestyle program “not revolutionary,” despite that Dr. Bredesen’s initial pioneering publication “Reversal of Cognitive Decline: 100 Patients” just seven years ago was doubted as even being possible. Was a recent New York Times article fair?

Our meetup will be a chance to connect with others who work to stay sharp and vibrant. The review will be an opportunity to remind yourself about the many facets of the program and/or learn practices for better brain health. Feel free to express your support, skepticism, and questions about Dr. Bredesen’s ideas, no prior reading required.

WHO

All attendees should first review our San Diego Dementia Prevention Support Group guidelines by applying to JOIN our private Facebook group "The Brain Health Bunch" athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/brainhealthsupport

WHAT TO BRING

A hat, sunscreen, jacket, and/or water may be useful depending on the weather. Consider bringing a portable chair for ease of repositioning under changing shady or sunny conditions.

LOCATION

We'll meet at the NORTHEAST end of San Dieguito COUNTY Park, referred to as the "lower park", at 15998 El Camino Real, Del Mar, CA 92104. See the map above and double check the that you are NOT headed to a different park called "San Dieguito River Park".Find us near the three picnic tables and large pepper tree southeast of the beautiful BUTTERFLY GARDEN entrance. Use Facebook messaging to reach out to me if you cannot spot our group when you get to the location.

DIRECTIONS

From the 5 freeway, take the Lomas Santa Fe Dr exit and turn right to head westward on Lomas Santa Fe Dr for about one mile. Turn left onto Highland Drive. Take Highland Dr northeast until it crosses El Camino Real. Turn RIGHT on El Camino Real and look for parking on the righthand side.

PARKING

If you park in the free spaces outside the northeast park entrance, you'll have a two-minute walk between two ponds toward the Butterfly Garden (pictured). Or pay $3 to drive through the entrance, then take the first right to park in one of the 20 spaces surrounding the Butterfly Garden.

AMENITIES

Nearby bathrooms, drinking fountains, and handicap parking.CHECK THIS EVENT PAGE

FOR UPDATES

Please check this event page BEFORE leaving in case any changes have been made in venue/timing. If the forecast the day before the event shows likelihood of very hot or rainy weather, people who have RSVP'd "yes" may receive an invitation to a videoconference instead.

IMPORTANT:

By attending, you agree to PARTICIPATE YOUR OWN RISK and to make your own decisions about whether to engage in any of the diet, movement, lifestyle, or other activities discussed. All participation in this support group is entirely at your own risk and not a replacement for seeing a licensed healthcare provider