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Mary Ann Ford

The Decision to Embark

Nov 12, 2018

How much do I love my mind? Has anyone else ever asked that question?

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Personal Experiences, Protocol DIY style · Tagged: brain health, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen, lifestyle choices

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Dementia Prevention Protocol Simplified

Nov 15, 2018

The dementia prevention protocol is mainly a lifestyle modification plan.

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Protocol DIY style · Tagged: brain health, bright mind for life, dementia prevention protocol, dementia-prevention, reverse Alzheimer's

Bright Mind for Life – Destination One – The Lab

Nov 18, 2018

In order to actually reach that place, we need to map out our individualized journeys and all the stops along the way.

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: The Science · Tagged: Alzheimer's prevention, brain health, bright mind for life, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

Our blood can help us with dementia prevention

Dementia Prevention Starts with Blood Testing

Nov 30, 2018

Start the journey to a bright mind for life! Our blood can tell us exactly where we need to begin. Learn how to get it tested!

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Personal Experiences, Protocol DIY style, The Science · Tagged: Blood Testing, brain health, bright mind for life, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

Testing Matters for Dementia Prevention: Part One

Jan 31, 2019

Let’s face it… these beautiful cupcakes, in spite of the heart, do not love our bodies back. On our dementia prevention journey, insulin is just one of the many substances we need to get baseline levels for through blood testing. It’s hard to plan our route to a bright mind for life if we don’t know our starting point!

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Protocol DIY style · Tagged: Blood Testing, brain health, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

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Dementia Prevention Testing Notes for DIYers

Mar 29, 2019

What if I can’t get my doctor to prescribe for dementia prevention testing? All is not lost! In fact, it’s an opportunity to move into DIY dementia prevention testing gear. Take inventory of your health situation (see “Your Strategy” below), assess which tests you think are most important for you to get, then find a

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Personal Experiences, Protocol DIY style · Tagged: Blood Testing, brain health, dementia-prevention, DIY dementia prevention

Blood Testing for Dementia Prevention: Part Two

Apr 5, 2019

A Disclaimer Let’s look at the next group of items (see here for the first group) on Dr. Bredesen’s extensive list of critical substances to measure in the blood for dementia prevention. I’ll give a nutshell explanation of each item’s importance, optimal levels in the blood, and Dr. Bredesen’s suggested remediation. Our brains are unimaginably

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Protocol DIY style · Tagged: Blood Testing, brain health, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

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Blood Testing Matters: Part Three

Apr 12, 2019

Disclaimer Part Three: Cholesterol, Vitamins E and B1 and Cyrex Array Testing I highly recommend reading Parts One and Two of Blood Testing Matters before continuing here with Part Three. We’re going to pick up the testing protocol from Dr. Dale Bredesen which he calls the “cognoscopy.” He strongly recommends that everyone over the age

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Protocol DIY style, The Science · Tagged: Alzheimer's prevention, brain health, brain health science, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

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Dementia Prevention Testing Matters: Part Four

Apr 19, 2019

Check out Parts One, Two and Three of dementia prevention testing matters I strongly recommend that you read Part One, Part Two and Part Three of the series on why dementia prevention testing matters and what it is. It will give you context for this final part and will make it clear why we need

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Personal Experiences, Protocol DIY style, The Science · Tagged: brain health, brain research, dementia prevention testing, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

The Bredesen protocol: Destination Two

Apr 26, 2019

Alternatively, you could go to Dr. Bredesen’s website and scroll down the page to “Contact” to find out if there is a Bredesen-trained functional medicine practitioner near you who can customize the Bredesen protocol for you. Most Western medical doctors are not yet familiar with dementia prevention protocols and may just tell you there is

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Personal Experiences, Protocol DIY style · Tagged: brain health, Bredesen protocol, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

dementia prevention eating

Dementia Prevention Eating

May 17, 2019

Eat my way to a bright mind for life?! Some of the most astounding health research to emerge in the past decade points to the power of food for creating good or bad health. Here’s just one example of this research. As we’re all learning, what we put into our bodies has a much more

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Written by Mary Ann Ford · Categorized: Personal Experiences · Tagged: Alzheimer's prevention, brain health, dementia prevention eating, dementia prevention protocol, dementia-prevention, Dr. Dale Bredesen

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