How a Diet Change Helped to Fight my Mum's Alzheimer's [SDxAbSxPPRh]

How a Diet Change Helped to Fight my Mum's Alzheimer's [SDxAbSxPPRh]

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"Alzheimer’s is not an inevitable part of growing old." Mark Hatzer, a personal injury lawyer, explains how his mother's diagnosis led to a new lifestyle of healthy eating, which he has taken to The Deck, the staff canteen at Slater and Gordon Lawyers to raise awareness of the impact a healthy lifestyle can have on Alzheimer's for all ages. Sylvia Hatzer, 82, was diagnosed in 2016 following months of memory problems she had attributed to old age. At one stage she became so confused that she had to be kept in hospital for her own safety, not recognising familiar surroundings or friends and family including Mark, her son. Read Mark and Sylvia's story here: Transcript: My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in December 2016 and her treating team suggested to improve her chances of fighting the disease, or at least slowing its progression down, that we should look, perhaps, at altering her lifestyle and, in particular, altering her diet. So the idea of a special, bespoke diet for her was born from that moment. What people don’t appreciate is that Alzheimer’s and dementia is now number one killer in this country. It’s actually overtaken cancer, it’s overtaken heart disease as well. Alzheimer’s is not an inevitable part of growing old. In other countries they’re living longer as well but they’re living healthier and that’s attributed to their diet and to their lifestyle, so this is why it was suggested to us that we should perhaps look at adopting the Mediterranean diet and a healthier lifestyle and it’s worked in my mother’s case and we would hope that by bringing it into Slater and Gordon, employees, people I work with, will be able to benefit as well. So what we’ve done is we’ve been working in conjunction with Ben and his team on The Deck and we’ve developed menus that we call Brain Boosters, which are brain-friendly foods and healthy alternatives to what you would normally eat and what you would normally snack when you’re at work, and we’ve been getting some really good feedback from that. There’s three main elements. First of all berries are extremely good for you and are extremely good for your cognitive wellbeing. They improve your memory, your mind and your understanding, so any types of berries, but particularly blueberries – they’re the superfood, if you like. Any leafy green vegetables, so you’ve got kale, you’ve got broccoli, spinach is particularly good for you as well. Obviously, avoid red meat if you can or have it perhaps once a week and look at fish instead because it’s high in omega-3, chicken as well, which is a leaner meat. And perhaps more healthier snacks and perhaps a fruit-based dessert as well. If you look at walnuts in particular they actually look like a human brain and that’s nature’s way of telling you it’s very good for your memory, your mind, your understanding, your cognitive wellbeing. After about six – eight weeks we noticed that in my mum’s case her memory was improving, so she wasn’t forgetting important key dates like birthdays and anniversaries and friends and neighbours and families started to comment that they’d seen an improvement in her wellbeing after she’d started on the Mediterranean diet. #acv keto health cleanse #biolife keto plus acv gummies #keto excel gummies maggie beer