Introduction: What to Do While We Wait for a Cure
1. Get Smart About Alcohol
2. Consider Alpha Lipoic Acid and ALCAR
3. Ask Questions About Anesthesia
4. Check Out Your Ankle
5. Don’t Shy Away from Antibiotics
6. Eat Antioxidant-Rich Foods
7. Know About the ApoE4 Gene
8. Drink Apple Juice
9. Beware of Bad Fats
10. Keep Your Balance
11. Eat Berries Every Day
12. Grow a Bigger Brain
13. Control Blood Pressure
14. Get a Quick Blood-Sugar Test
15. Be a Busy Body
16. Don’t Be Afraid of Caffeine
17. Count Calories
18. Watch Out for Celiac Disease
19. Treat Yourself to Chocolate
20. Control Bad Cholesterol
21. Eat Choline-Rich Foods
22. Go Crazy for Cinnamon
23. Say Yes to Coffee
24. Build “Cognitive Reserve”
25. Be Conscientious
26. Keep Copper and Iron
27. Eat Curry
28. Try the DASH Diet
29. Overcome Depression
30. Prevent and Control Diabetes
31. Get the Right Diagnosis
32. Know the Early Signs of Alzheimer’s
33. Be Easygoing and Upbeat
34. Get a Higher Education
35. Avoid Environmental Toxins
36. Know the Estrogen Evidence
37. Enjoy Exercise
38. Be an Extrovert
39. Have Your Eyes Checked
40. Know the Dangers of Fast Foods
41. Yes, Yes, Yes — Eat Fatty Fish
42. Take Folic Acid
43. Eat a Low-Glycemic Diet
44. Google Something
45. Raise Your Good HDL Cholesterol
46. Guard Against Head Injury
47. Be Good to Your Heart
48. Keep Homocysteine Normal
49. Avoid Inactivity
50. Try to Keep Infections Away
51. Fight Inflammation
52. Find Good Information
53. Keep Insulin Normal
54. Have an Interesting Job
55. Drink Juices of All Kinds
56. Learn to Love Language
57. Avoid a Leptin Deficiency
58. Don’t Be Lonely
59. Embrace Marriage
60. Know the Dangers of Meat
61. Consider Medical Marijuana
62. Practice Meditation
63. Follow the Mediterranean Diet
64. Recognize Memory Problems
65. Keep Mentally Active
66. Take Multivitamins
67. Build Strong Muscles
68. Take a Nature Hike
69. Do Something New
70. Get Enough Niacin
71. Think About a Nicotine Patch
72. Be Cautious About NSAIDs
73. Go Nuts over Nuts
74. Worry About Middle-Age Obesity
75. Get Help for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
76. Go for Olive Oil
77. Beware of Omega-6 Fat
78. Know Your Plaques and Tangles
79. Have a Purpose in Life
80. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
81. Forget About Smoking
82. Have a Big Social Circle
83. Don’t Forget Your Spinach
84. Investigate Statins
85. Surround Yourself with Stimulation
86. Deal with Stress
87. Avoid Strokes
88. Cut Down on Sugar
89. Drink Tea
90. Take Care of Your Teeth
91. Have Your Thyroid Checked
92. Beware of Being Underweight
93. Prevent Vascular Dementia
94. Play Video Games
95. Put Vinegar in Everything
96. Get Enough Vitamin B12
97. Don’t Neglect Vitamin D
98. Watch Your Waist
99. Walk, Walk, Walk
100. Make It Wine, Preferably Red
Putting It All Together: Your Anti-Alzheimer’s Plan
Acknowledgments
Alzheimer’s Disease Centers
A Note About Scientific References
Index
