Brain Longevity
Chapter One
The Cortisol Connection
The Cry of the Wounded Boomer
My first patient of the day tried to settle into his chair, but he
was so tense that he just teetered on the edge of it, his arms
clamped to his sides. He was a block of rigid muscles and right
angles.
He was afraid that he had early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and
feared that I would soon doom him with that diagnosis. He knew that
if he did have Alzheimer's, conventional medicine could do little to
help him. He would simply have to wait for the terrible progression
of symptoms to begin.
This man hated the idea of waiting passively while his brain
disintegrated. He was a fit, fiery man of considerable success, who
was accustomed to grappling with his problems until he solved them.
He wanted to fight for his mental acuity, and that's why he'd come
to me. He'd read in a medical update newsletter that I had developed
a treatment program for memory loss and optimal mental function.
Before he had arrived, I'd done an extensive review of his medical
records. Based upon what I'd seen, I was not at ... read full excerpt from: Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program That Improves Your Mind and Memory ebook
