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MEND is UCLA’s 25-step personalized program to reverse memory loss. Nine of 10 participants displayed significant memory improvements. Learn how. Includes a chart summing-up the 25 steps.
MEND is a novel, personalized and comprehensive program to reverse memory loss. In a recent MEND study, nine of 10 participants displayed subjective or objective improvement in their memories, beginning within three to six months after the program’s start. Of the six patients who had to discontinue working or were struggling with their jobs at the time they joined the study, all were able to return to work or continue working with improved performance.
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Improvements have been sustained, and as of this writing, the longest patient follow-up is two and one-half years from initial treatment. These first ten included patients with memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or subjective cognitive impairment (SCI; when a patient reports cognitive problems). One patient, diagnosed with late stage Alzheimer’s, did not improve.
Goal | Approach | Notes |
Optimize diet: minimize simple carbohydrates, minimize inflammation. | Patients given choice of several low glycemic, low inflammatory, low grain diets. | Minimize inflammation, minimize insulin resistance. |
Enhance autophagy, ketogenesis | Fast 12 hr each night, including 3 hr prior to bedtime. | Reduce insulin levels, reduce Aβ. |
Reduce stress | Personalized—yoga or meditation or music, etc. | Reduction of cortisol, CRF, stress axis. |
Optimize sleep | 8 hr sleep per night; melatonin 0.5mg po qhs; Trp 500mg po 3x/wk if awakening. Exclude sleep apnea. | |
Exercise | 30-60′ per day, 4-6 days/wk | |
Brain stimulation | Posit or related | |
Homocysteine <7 font=”"> | Me-B12, MTHF, P5P; TMG if necessary | |
Serum B12 >500 | Me-B12 | |
CRP <1 .0=”" a=”">1.5 | Anti-inflammatory diet; curcumin; DHA/EPA; optimize hygiene | Critical role of inflammation in AD |
Fasting insulin <7 font=”" hgba1c=”"> | Diet as above | Type II diabetes-AD relationship |
Hormone balance | Optimize fT3, fT4, E2, T, progesterone, pregnenolone, cortisol | |
GI health | Repair if needed; prebiotics and probiotics | Avoid inflammation, autoimmunity |
Reduction of Aβ | Curcumin, Ashwagandha | |
Cognitive enhancement | Bacopa monniera, MgT | |
25OH-D3 = 50-100ng/ml | Vitamins D3, K2 | |
Increase NGF | H. erinaceus or ALCAR | |
Provide synaptic structural components | Citicoline, DHA | |
Optimize antioxidants | Mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols, Se, blueberries, NAC, ascorbate, α-lipoic acid | |
Optimize Zn:fCu ratio | Depends on values obtained | |
Ensure nocturnal oxygenation | Exclude or treat sleep apnea | |
Optimize mitochondrial function | CoQ or ubiquinol, α-lipoic acid, PQQ, NAC, ALCAR, Se, Zn, resveratrol, ascorbate, thiamine | |
Increase focus | Pantothenic acid | Acetylcholine synthesis requirement |
Increase SirT1 function | Resveratrol | |
Exclude heavy metal toxicity | Evaluate Hg, Pb, Cd; chelate if indicated | CNS effects of heavy metals |
MCT effects | Coconut oil or Axona |
KEY:
Hg, mercury; Pb, lead; Cd, cadmium; MCT, medium chain triglycerides; PQQ, polyquinoline quinone; NAC, N-acetyl cysteine; CoQ, coenzyme Q; ALCAR, acetyl-L-carnitine; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; MgT, magnesium threonate; fT3, free triiodothyronine; fT4, free thyroxine; E2, estradiol; T, testosterone; Me-B12, methylcobalamin; MTHF, methyltetrahydrofolate; P5P, pyridoxal-5-phosphate; TMG, trimethylglycine; Trp, tryptophan
Encouraging Findings
Combination Therapy
Personalized Approach
- (1) eliminating all simple carbohydrates, leading to a weight loss of 20 pounds;
- (2) eliminating gluten and processed food from her diet, with increased vegetables, fruits, and non-farmed fish;
- (3) to reduce stress, she began yoga;
- (4) as a second measure to reduce the stress of her job, she began to meditate for 20 minutes twice per day;
- (5) she took melatonin each night;
- (6) she increased her sleep from 4-5 hours per night to 7-8 hours per night;
- (7) she took methylcobalamin each day;
- (8) she took vitamin D3 each day;
- (9) fish oil each day;
- (10) CoQ10 each day;
- (11) she optimized her oral hygiene using an electric flosser and electric toothbrush;
- (12) following discussion with her primary care provider, she reinstated hormone replacement therapy that had been discontinued;
- (13) she fasted for a minimum of 12 hours between dinner and breakfast, and for a minimum of three hours between dinner and bedtime;
- (14) she exercised for a minimum of 30 minutes, 4-6 days per week.
Pluses & Minuses
Big Trial, Rapid Results
Journal Reference:
- Dale E. Bredesen. Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program.Aging, September 2014
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