There are two areas of focus in this section. The first is to help put you in touch with health care providers in your area who can assist you in achieving optimal brain health and function, and secondly to provide insights on how to create healthier habits. Whether you seek professional assistance or not, it will likely be helpful if you can create a few new healthier habits. (The Healthier Habits tutorial is not yet in place. It should be by the end of this week. Email [email protected] for an advanced copy if you desire such now.)
While we have tried to provide useful information on this website that almost anyone could understand and apply to their issues of concern, on their own, there are several situations when it would be very helpful if you had access to a good health care professional trained in these protocols. Unfortunately, not all regular doctors are aware of these various protocols, resources or tests, especially as they relate to the field of nutrition. Most MD’s for example, do not receive much training in the field of nutrition. So the are not very familiar with most of the nutrients talked about in these various articles.
For optimal assistance a good practitioner or provider or team should ideally be able to assist you in assessing the contributors to your cognitive concerns, i.e. run a panel of blood tests to measure the various biomarkers relative to your concerns. Ideally they should also be able to assist you in adjusting any meds that you are on, or helping you to find alternatives that would be appropriate to your needs.
At the present time there are two different search engines that may be able to help you in this regard.
The first is provided free of charge by The Institute for Functional Medicine.
Simply go to: https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/ Then click on FIND A PRACTITIONER off to the right in green.
Then scroll down to the 4 boxes. United States (US) will appear in the first box.
In the next boxes enter your City, State, Zip code and radius. Then click Find.
Then you will be able to see the practitioners in your area. Click on each to learn more about them and their specialties, and how to contact them.
If you would like to work with someone who has been trained in the Bredesen protocol for Reversing Cognitive Decline then go to: Apollo Health at https://www.apollohealthco.com/
Click on Get Started tab. Then select Find a Practitioner or Coach, and follow the prompts. Otherwise, you can call them at (800) 450-0805, discuss your interests and location and they can provide additional information regarding the various practitioners, their levels of training, etc., to help you find the person best suited to your needs.
