https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEgAt84hpNw
In the last several videos, we’ve been talking about Dr. Bredesen’s first book, published in 2017, that had served as the first playbook for my dad: The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline. We’ve specifically been talking about the ReCODE Protocol, which he details in the book.
ReCODE for Reversal of Cognitive Decline, which is a personalized protocol that addresses multiple factors contributing to someone’s cognitive issues, bringing them back to optimal ranges and helping patients reverse disease and symptoms. Dr. Bredesen’s team has helped hundreds of people reverse their cognitive decline, established mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease with this protocol, as evidenced in successful studies in 2014, 2018, 2022 and current clinical trials.
ReCODE is a personalized program that is tailored to how every patient tests on individualized evaluations. The first testing phase to screen for all of the risk factors that contribute to cognitive health and decline is what Dr. Bredesen calls the Cognoscopy.
The best medical professional to help you order all of these tests, interpret them for you and build a personalized protocol for prevention or reversal is going to be a Bredesen-trained and certified MD. They’re not on every corner yet, but as awareness grows and more practitioners train, they are becoming more accessible. You’re going to want a seasoned medical professional managing this protocol and having a collaborative relationship with you. When we started with my dad, this is what we did, and we were fortunately able to find a Bredesen-trained MD not too far from us and started the protocol. Dr. Bredesen has a practioner locator tool on his website to see who in your area is Bredesen-trained and certified. I’ll be linking this tool down in the description below so you can check in your area.
In my experience, if you can’t find a Bredesen-trained doctor, your, second best option is working with a Functional Medicine MD. The Functional medicine approach goes beyond just treating the diagnosis by managing symptoms and aims to identify root causes. A doctor trained and certified in functional medicine will take the diagnosis, evaluate symptoms and then start collecting more information to get to the root cause of the symptoms. Once the root cause or causes are found, they treat to resolve these so symptoms resolve and in many cases disease, dysfunction and diagnoses are reversed.
Another alternative way to do this is to use the doctor that you already have a great working relationship with. If you have a primary, neurologist or another specialist you’ve had a positive relationship with, bring this book into their office and ask if they can help you start gathering some of this lab marker data. These are still early days for the Bredesen Protocol and not everyone is up on these studies so you may find that receptiveness to this approach may vary. But it’s worth bringing it up, it’s your health.
Hope this is helpful for you and your family. Thank you for watching!
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