Toxins: There’s growing evidence that exposure to toxins is tied to the development of dementia. Tiny amounts of toxic exposures occur daily – in your own home, during your commute, and in your place of work. But while there’s little hope of avoiding all of these, there are steps you can take to limit exposure including keeping your house... See more

Think about it: if the ReCODE protocol can provide a much better life for people at the end of their journey and reverse the decline of people in the earlier stages, then if we move upstream to people who have no symptoms, we should be able to prevent cognitive decline altogether.

Avoiding UPFs means ditching anything our ancestors wouldn’t recognise as food along with products which contain additives, food colouring, stabilisers, deodorisers, or neutralisers.

Poor oral health: At first it was assumed that dental problems – from tooth decay to cavities, gingivitis and halitosis – were a symptom of cognitive decline on the basis that people who were having trouble with their memory were more likely to forget about oral hygiene. But it’s now become clear that dental problems typically precede symptomatic... See more

It used to be widely accepted that our hearts would simply weaken with age, that cancer was a death sentence and that conditions like Type 2 diabetes couldn’t be prevented let alone reversed.

Today we know better. We know there is plenty we can do to strengthen our hearts; that cancer can often be spotted early and treated effectively; that... See more

The enemies of a fully functioning brain are depressingly common features in our everyday lives: from ultra-processed food to obesity, pre-diabetes, overstimulation, infectious diseases, stress, exhaustion, difficult relationships, surgical procedures, viruses and accidents, for example.

Cognitive decline and neurological diseases, including dementia and Alzheimer’s, are by-products of the litany of assaults our brains encounter throughout the course of our lives. Which is why protecting the brain in the first place plays such an important role in increasing your brainspan. Start by getting to know the enemies:

Ultra-processed food:... See more

We now know that there is a neurological explanation: they’ve formed such deep and lasting connections in their brains for certain daily functions that the opportunities to form new connections from day to day, month to month, and year to year have become limited.

Meanwhile, carbohydrates get absorbed faster, triggering inflammation and raising insulin levels – two big enemies of brain health because of how they cause brain cells to die and increase risk for Alzheimer’s.