Incredible new research reveals how five lifestyle changes may REVERSE Alzheimer's disease READ MORE: Two Alzheimer's patients say they've staved-off killer disease By Maiya Focht For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:09 BST, 7 June 2024 | Updated: 18:20 BST, 7 June 2024 e-mail 6 View comments Alzheimer's disease could be halted by making radical lifestyle changes, a new trial suggests. People diagnosed with Alzheimer's or a precursor to dementia who switched to a plant-based diet, exercised and meditated daily and went to therapy once a week saw marked improvements to their memory, speech and cognition compared to patients who kept on with their normal routine.
One of the patients in the trial, Cici Zerbe, a Californian in her mid 80s, said that it reversed her symptoms, and that she's feeling 'much better' since starting the intervention. When she got her dementia diagnosis, Ms Zerbe worried that she would end up like her own mother, in a nursing home and reliant on 24/7 care. But she said thanks to the therapy, she's still able to live independently and go on walks every single morning alone.
There were 51 patients included in the trial, but two have come out to share their experience, saying that the intervention helped them reverse or halt the progress of their disease. Diet and exercise have an impact on heart health, and blood circulation is thought to play a role in the development of dementia. So it could be that by making themselves heart healthier, the participants were .