We tend to think that we will eventually get around to addressing the problem of memory loss. We may ignore the earliest symptoms of dementia, such as brain fog and depression, along with forgetting phone numbers or names or needing to make grocery lists. These are symptoms of neurodegeneration in areas of the brain involving memory. Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease involving the entire brain. Loss of focus, motivation, and depression, inefficient work habits, difficulty sleeping and staying on task are all serious symptoms of brain degeneration. If overlooked by family members or yourself, you may miss your chance to reverse the problem.

Don’t wait until it’s too late. Immediately follow the action steps in this book to prevent and reverse cognitive decline before it’s too late. You have a serious problem if you are experiencing the symptoms of the deterioration of your brain. If this is so, you need to act as quickly as possible to prevent further brain function decline, because by the time the problems can be definitely identified as Alzheimer’s type dementia, 80-90 percent of the brain tissue may already be degenerative. Anything that compromises this last 10-20 percent will produce major disabling symptoms requiring extended care facilities.

Waiting until your memory declines even further is the worst thing that you can do. This is the mistake made by standard-of-care health care. If you notice symptoms, you must take matters into your own hands and not depend on your primary-care physician to act.

Follow the advice given in this book to stop your brain from degenerating further and to begin to rehabilitate your lost brain health. Learn how to prevent and reverse the progression of dementia and other cognitive problems in yourself and in your loved ones. The lifestyle interventions that we are recommending only have upsides. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.