A revolutionary and much-needed exploration of Alzheimer’s, how it is a complex disease that requires a complex approach, how the vast majority of dementia research overlooks this fundamental truth, and how patients and their caregivers can simplify this complexity and take back control from this insidious disease.
An estimated 6.7 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's dementia today. The toll is stunning: it is the fifth-leading cause of death among older Americans, and in 2023 alone, the cost of health care, long-term care, and hospice services for people with dementia has been estimated at $345 billion.
But that doesn’t mean most of us are doomed to develop Alzheimer’s. Research in neuroplasticity has proven that our brains have the capacity to keep changing, learning, and growing even into our later years. Few know better about what Alzheimer’s does to people—to their brains, their bodies, their families, their lives—than Dr. Heather Sandison, one of the foremost Alzheimer’s dementia-care clinicians. In Reversing Alzheimer’s, she shows how we can alleviate the factors that nudge the brain into decline, add more of the things that contribute to brain regeneration, and either make significant improvements in cognitive function or prevent cognitive decline from happening in the first place.
Hers is an individualized, step-by-step, whole-body approach: Dr. Sandison systematically guides the reader through addressing the factors that contribute both positively and negatively to our cognitive health—from the biological and the physical (toxins, nutrition, hormones, infections, exercise) to the psychological (negative self-talk, trauma); from the social (personal engagement with our community, loneliness and relationships); to the cultural (ageism, stress). She provides patients and caregivers with an evidence-based approach to reversing and preventing cognitive decline—and distills a multi-factorial approach to treating this complex disease into a doable, step-by-step, customizable program.
Reversing Alzheimer’s aims to help people suffering from dementia return to themselves, to give families their loved ones back, and to help those who are living in fear of developing dementia the confidence of knowing they are taking good care of their current and future brain health.
About the AuthorDr. Heather Sandison is a renowned naturopathic doctor specializing in neurocognitive medicine and the founder of Solcere Health Clinic, San Diego’s premier brain optimization clinic, and Marama, the first residential memory care facility to have the goal of returning cognitively declined residents to independent living. She is the primary author of the peer reviewed research “
Observed Improvement in Cognition During a Personalized Lifestyle Intervention in People with Cognitive Decline” published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Sandison hosts the annual online Reverse Alzheimer’s Summit where she shares cutting-edge and tried-and-true insight into what is possible for those suffering with dementia.
Industry Reviews
"Reversing Alzheimer’s challenges the reader to abandon the antiquated and ineffective approaches to treating Alzheimer’s offered by standard pharmaceutical intervention and embrace an empowering paradigm shift that leverages multiple modalities to finally and dramatically reverse the cognitive decline that typifies this disease." — David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain
"In these pages, Dr. Heather Sandison has clearly outlined a road map of evidence-based practices that systematically address the underlying causes of declining cognition. Better brain health is possible, even with a chronic degenerative disease like dementia." — Terry Wahls, MD, author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions
"Reversing Alzheimer's will be the new go-to guide for anyone looking to optimize cognition, prevent memory loss, or support a loved one struggling with dementia. Read this for the latest practical, science-backed steps for achieving brain health." — Dr. Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever
"Dr. Heather Sandison has helped numerous patients in her practice overcome Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. Sandison shares the details of her effective program and many success stories in her comprehensive, easy-to-understand book, Reversing Alzheimer’s. Her approach to preventing and overcoming cognitive decline is based on solid science, is personalized, and can be reasonably integrated into a person’s everyday life. Dr. Sandison's experience with her own patients proves that Alzheimer's disease does not have to be inevitable or hopeless." — Dr. Mary T. Newport, MD, author of Clearly Keto: For Healthy Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
"Dr. Sandison's dedication to reducing dementia's toll on patients and caregivers is extraordinary. By creating a long-term care facility that has the goal of returning residents to independent living, putting science behind everything she does, and laying out her approach so clearly in this book and her online courses, she is changing the future of healthcare." — Dr. Kara Fitzgerald, author of Younger You: Reduce Your Bio Age and Live Longer, Better
