I was recently tasked with putting a family member, we will call her Martha, in Assisted Living or Memory care.

We had less than a day to make the decision where she should go. Since Martha had a hard time with names and losing things, and has some eye problems called Blind Spots we opted for a memory care unit.

After a few days it was clear we had mis-calculated. Most of the people in the memory center could not speak or if they did, they repeated familiar sentences long embedded in their memory. Martha was bored because no one could carry on a conversation.

I then visited several other memory care and assisted living places. What I found stunned me. First the food. The food is the same garbage that prisoners and school children receive, highly processed with loads of seed oils and high fructose corn syrup. It’s the cheapest food money can buy. Its been proven that Alzheimer’s is not what they have told us for the last 114 years. Its Type 3 Diabetes!! Sugars are the wrong thing to give a diabetic.

I had a great conversation with the manager of a memory care unit who is well aware that food can make a difference. When I asked her about food she said “We serve the same fare as everyone else”. She continued on “Our costs on everything are way up. Wages have doubled. I would like to serve higher quality food but I would have to spend 7% more for better food.” She told me the story of a lady who only would eat broccoli and did so for 6 months and improved her brain condition so much she left the facility and drove herself home!!! Wow!!! That should be a sign for better food. The cost of this memory care unit started at $6,700.00 and that is for basic care. If you need more help, you could be paying over $10- 16,000 or more per month!!!! And if you stay in there eating their food, you can guarantee you will pay more before you die. As I say, “People are dying to get out of memory care!”

In another place they served Diet Colas with Aspartame or Sucralose. Sugars that are proven very bad for the brain. And they serve Cereals for breakfast. Basically, any cheap carbohydrate you can buy and make into something that mimics food!

I have been doing a series on recovering memory on our radio show and podcast, starting with podcast 198 (link is below). There is recent research out on everything that is proven to help recover memory. Dr. Heather Sandison has written a must read book for everyone called Reversing Alzheimer’s. We have Martha doing many of the protocols listed in the book. Follow the show to learn more as I interview Dr. Sandison and other experts in this field.

The short list to recover your memory. Brain fog is the easiest. Doing Colon Hydrotherapy and detoxing the body usually recovers 98% of our clients. Why? A Toxic colon = a toxic body. The transverse colon is the sight of all the connections to the brain. 80% of your serotonin gets made here. You have more neurons in your colon than you do your spinal column. If you have old stool in the transverse colon you will not be creating a healthy environment for the brain. After every colonic Martha tells me how much better she feels.

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