As we live longer it's essential we understand how best to maintain both body and brain so they can help us achieve all we wish for in life. This book is a companion to Ngaire's ground-breaking book "Eat To Cheat Aging" (Eat To Cheat Ageing in Australia and the UK). It addresses the complexities of neuroscience and how what we eat can help or hinder our brains in her trademark reader-friendly and engaging style.
This is a book for those wishing to get a grip on the latest science on maintaining brain health, but it's also for those living with a diagnosis of dementia. Eat To Cheat Dementia provides a wealth of information, guidance and strategies for those who live with this diagnosis and those who care about them.
Nearly half of those diagnosed with dementia have already lost weight in the year prior to that and if weight loss and poor food intake is not addressed immediately quality of life and the chance of continued independence can be too easily snatched away far too quickly.
There is a lot that can be done to support your brain and reduce your chances of accumulating damage that can lead to cognitive decline. But if that has become evident, there are also plenty of ways to help slow its progress and to keep living well in the years ahead.
Whether you are in your 30s, 40s or 50s and looking ahead to your later years, currently in your 60s or beyond, wishing to make the most of life; whether you live with a dementia diagnosis or not, or care about someone who does, this book is essential reading.
Ngaire Hobbins is a dietitian driven by a passion to promote independence and health in older people by averting physical and mental decline all too common because of inappropriate food choices. She is an ageing wellness advocate, promoting the joy of eating and the essential place food plays in the health of all older people, whether living independently, being assisted in the community or residing in residential care. She's lives in Australia and is a clinical practitioner, aging wellness consultant, author and lecturer in dementia studies, University of Tasmania, an aged care consultant and seniors' advocate. Ngaire is skilled at combining insights from clinical practice with the latest scientific information and translating that into language accessible to the everyday reader. The science in nutrition, brain health and cognitive decline has come a long way in the past few years and Ngaire brings that to the everyday reader in this book. Complex neuroscience and nutrition strategies are rendered accessible and Ngaire provides practical, sensible strategies for all - whether readers wish to know the latest in maintaining brain health, or need guidance to live well with a dementia diagnosis. Ngaire's books have come about because she saw too many older people who were following eating advice that was wrong for them - advice right for people 30, 40 or 50 but anything from unhelpful to dangerous for those nearer to 80 or beyond. They were often unaware that the food choices they thought were right, instead put them at risk. Age imposes unique demands on our bodies and not eating to meet those contributes to physical and mental decline, thus squandering precious independence. She is also an engaging and knowledgeable speaker who presents a refreshing approach to eating and boosting vitality and independence in later life.
