Bredesen Protocol
for Alzheimer's Disease and
Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

The Bredesen Protocol addresses neurodegeneration
with functional health and naturopathic principles.

Everyone forgets stuff.  Key misplacement.  Lost car in parking lot.  Names.  Yes, it happens to everyone.

As we get older, we have more senior moments which are normal.  But if they become more frequent and if they are associated with other cognitive and/or emotional symptoms, then we may think about Alzheimer's Disease or other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and more.  And we are not alone. 

Most Americans are more worried about Alzheimer's Disease than they are about cancer and heart disease.  And rightly so.  When we lose our memories and our minds, we effectively lose who we are, our true selves.

30 million people had Alzheimer's Disease in 2012.  An estimated one in nine Americans who are 65 years old and older currently have been diagnosed with this neurodegenerative disease.  And 160 million people will have Alzheimer's Disease in 2050.  It is epidemic!

Unfortunately, modern medicine has no effective treatment for this neurological disease. 

But fortunately, the Bredesen Protocol is getting results!  Specifically, Dr. Bredesen suggests that "10 patients with subjective cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment, and at least the early phase of Alzheimer's disease, may be reversed, and improvement sustained, with [his] therapeutic program."   There is hope!

Alzheimer's Disease results when resorption of synapses (synaptoclastic) occurs at a faster rate than production of synapses (synaptoblastic).  Inflammation, insulin resistance, lack of nutrients and hormones, and toxins cause weakened neurons and synapses as well as increased production of amyloid as a form of protection.  Essentially, the brain is systematically pruning itself as a natural response to adverse conditions.

Dr. Bredesen has identified five types of Alzheimer's Disease based on their causes.  The main types are Type 1 inflammatory (hot),  Type 1.5 glycotoxic (sweet), Type 2 atrophic (cold), and Type 3 toxic.  Most patients are predominantly one type, but may have features of other types. Each type is treated differently because each type has different causes although they manifest similarly.

ApoE4 is the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease.  In fact, people with two copies of this marker are at least 50% (and up to 90%) more likely to develop Alzheimer's Disease. However, people can still develop this disease even if they do not have this marker.

Until now, knowing your risk factor was just plain depressing because there was nothing that anyone could do to adequately help these patients.  But now, the Bredesen Protocol can make a difference especially when started early in the degeneration process.  No one wants to experience loss of brain function.

The Bredesen Protocol uses a personalized holistic health multimodal approach with functional health and traditional naturopathy.  The protocol emphasizes life style factors (diet, exercise, sleep, stress, relationships) along with clinical imbalances (inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, toxins, insulin resistance, trophic factors, leaky gut/brain, and microbiome) to create an environment conducive to health and healing.

Dr. Bazylewicz is a certified practitioner with the Bredesen Protocol helping clients naturally and holistically throughout the United States via telehealth.  She follows most of their holistic recommendations, but also includes much more based on her experience and expertise. She offers personalized support and guidance for you or your loved one with memory loss and cognitive concerns associated with aging. 

As Dr. Bredesen says, "Everyone knows a cancer survivor: no one knows an Alzheimer's survivor." This program is striving to change that statement!

Dr.  Bazylewicz can help you

if you are experiencing cognitive decline.

Let food

be thy medicine, 

and medicine 

be thy food.  

~Hippocrates

DANDELION

Your word

is a lamp

to my feet

and a light

to my path.

~Psalm 119:105

ECHINACEA

The secret of health

for both mind and body

is not to mourn for the past,

worry about the future,

or anticipate troubles,

but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

~Buddha (paraphrased)

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