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The mindspan diet reduce Alzheimer's risk, minimize memory loss, and keep your brain young

"Studying the diets of the 'Mindspan elite'--those populations that live longest with low levels of dementia--as well as the ways that certain food additiives and ingredients interact with our genes, Dr. Preston Estep explains how the recent slew of popular brains-and-aging books have...

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Main Author: Estep, Preston W. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]
Edition: First ediion.
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease > Diet therapy.
Dementia > Diet therapy.
Summary: "Studying the diets of the 'Mindspan elite'--those populations that live longest with low levels of dementia--as well as the ways that certain food additiives and ingredients interact with our genes, Dr. Preston Estep explains how the recent slew of popular brains-and-aging books have steered us down the wrong dietary path. Shattering myths about which foods are (and are not) benefitial to our brains, 'The mindspan diet' reveals a simple plan to slow cognitive decline."--Dust jacket.
Physical Description: xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781101886120 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1101886129 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Preston Estep III, Ph.D., received his doctorate in genetics from Harvard Medical School. He is the director of gerontology at the Harvard Personal Genome Project, and he manages the project's genome sequencing pipeline. A co-founder and adviser to multiple biomedical start-ups and nonprofit organizations, Dr. Estep is a founder and the chief scientific officer of Veritas Genetics, and the chairman of the Mind First Foundation, a mental health nonprofit that he established with professors at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Estep lives with his wife in the Boston area. This is his first book.

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