Adventure before Dementia - links
Thank you for attending our talk at the Motorhome and Caravan Show, 5-7th September! Below are all the references and links for each applicable slide:
5: What is dementia?
NHS definition: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/about-dementia/what-is-dementia/
6: Dementia rates
How many people have it: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/how-many-people-have-dementia-uk
Leading cause of death: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-us/dementia-UK-leading-cause-of-death
7: Types of dementia
Dementia: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/about-dementia/what-is-dementia/
Alzheimer’s: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alzheimers-disease/
Causes of Alzheimer’s: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/about-dementia/causes/
Vascular dementia: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vascular-dementia/
8: Current advice
No cures: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/about-dementia/treatment/
Donanemab + Lecanemab: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/alzheimers-wonder-drug-dementia-progress-b2800167.html
Lecanemab risks: https://www.zoeharcombe.com/2023/09/lecanemab-for-alzheimers-disease/
9: Fraudulent science
Max Lugavere clip on The Joe Rogan Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR2vPB5b20Y
10: Further information
Charles Piller, Doctored: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1837732612?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzthomaswa-21&creativeASIN=1837732612&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3PKNQ7I7Y3380&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin
Max Lugavere Documentary, Little Empty Boxes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0DKB6HFT2/ref=atv_sr_fle_c_srce7a38_1_1_1?sr=1-1&pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&pageTypeId=B0DKB7CHKH&qid=1756907624114
11: Why don’t you know this
PubMed 17 years: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37018006/
Conflicts: https://www.zoeharcombe.com/2023/09/lecanemab-for-alzheimers-disease/
Funding: https://www.alzint.org/about-us/funders/
14: There’s hope
Only 1% is genetic https://foodforthebrain.org/apic/
16: Insulin resistance + vascular dementia
Ben bikman: https://www.benbikman.com/
The metabolic classroom: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5W4R3fxC149TQFzfwlDFxYur0yPGBUTT
Ben Bikman’s book, Why We Get Sick: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1953295770?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzthomaswa-21&creativeASIN=1953295770&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3PKNQ7I7Y3380&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin
17: Reversing insulin resistance
David Unwin lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEKzvUid46A
51% remission rate: https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/6/1/46
18: Sugar infographic: https://phcuk.org/sugar/
19: Ketogenic diet
Georgia Ede: https://www.dietdoctor.com/authors/dr-georgia-ede-md
Georgia Ede’s book, Change your Diet, Change your Mind: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399709127?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzthomaswa-21&creativeASIN=1399709127&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3PKNQ7I7Y3380&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin
20: Exercise
Walking can cut dementia risk by up to 50% : https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2795819
23: Food for the brain foundation: https://foodforthebrain.org/
24: “Faulty methylation is the single best indicator of cognitive health.“ https://foodforthebrain.org/amyloid-not-alzheimers-and-the-tauists-delusion/
25: APOE gene
23% of all cholesterol is in the brain: Martín et al. Cholesterol in brain disease: sometimes determinant and frequently implicated. EMBO Rep. 2014.
Dr malcom Kendrick: https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/author/drmalcolmkendrick/
The Great Cholesterol Con: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844546101?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzthomaswa-21&creativeASIN=1844546101&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3PKNQ7I7Y3380&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin
26: APOE gene
Polypill to over 50s: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/2022796/polypill-statin-cholesterol-blood-pressure
Statins and dementia, the evidence. Dr Zoe Harcombe: https://www.zoeharcombe.com/2025/04/statins-dementia-the-evidence/