Table Of ContentCopyright © 2012 by Dr. Marwan Sabbagh and Beau MacMillan
Photographs copyright © 2012 by Caren Alpert
Front cover and LG01 photograph copyright © 2012 by Leo Gong
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a
division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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All photographs are by Caren Alpert with the exception of the front cover and this image by Leo
Gong
eISBN: 978-1-60774248-7
Food styling by Katie Christ
Prop styling by Carol Hacker
v3.1
To my wife Ida and my two sons, Habib and Elias.
—MARWAN SABBAGH
Contents Acknowledgments
Introduction: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Nutrition
PART 1: The Science of Alzheimer’s Disease
1 • What Is Alzheimer’s Disease?
2 • Food versus Supplements
3 • Vitamin B and the Brain
4 • Preventing Cell Damage with Antioxidants
5 • Inflammation: Turning Down the Heat in the Brain
6 • Fats: The Good, the Bad, and the Superior
7 • The Mediterranean Diet: Full-Package Protection against
Alzheimer’s
PART 2: Recipes for Brain Health
8 • Drinks
9 • Breakfasts
10 • Snacks and Starters
11 • Soups
12 • Salads and Sandwiches
13 • Main Dishes
14 • Vegetables, Grains, and Legumes
15 • Condiments and Dressings
Resources
Notes
About the Authors
Index
Measurement Conversion Charts
Acknowledgments
MARWAN:
This book would not be possible without the efforts of many people
whose patience, passion, and dedication made my ideas come to life
here. First, I want to thank my coauthor Beau MacMillan, who jumped
into the project on faith. His enthusiasm has been inspiring. Next, I wish
to thank Kari Stuart from International Creative Management who
facilitated the book production and arrangement with Ten Speed. I want
to thank the publication team at Ten Speed, particularly Sara Golski for
her patience and skilled leadership in guiding Chef Beau and me through
the process. This book is greatly enhanced in terms of content, language,
and appeal because of the efforts of writer Laura Moser and
photographer Caren Alpert. Both understood the project concept from
the beginning and were able to bring the content to life in a wonderful
and vibrant manner.
I also want to thank my family. My wife, Ida, and my sons, Habib and
Elias, were patient with the all-consuming efforts that go into these book
projects. I want to thank my dear friends Pat and Duffy McMahon for
lending a kind and thoughtful ear to the project and then introducing me
to Chef Beau. I want to acknowledge my assistant Myste Havens who set
up countless conference calls for this project. Finally, I want to
acknowledge my colleagues in the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium and
the Banner Sun Health Research Institute who stimulate my passion for
Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment, and most importantly, my
patients, who every day make me understand why I do what I do.
BEAU:
I would like to extend my sincerest appreciation to Marwan for inviting
me to take part in this amazing book. It has been an honor to work with
him, and I am thankful for this opportunity and for everything I have
learned from him along the way. I would also like to thank my sous chef,
Russell LaCasce, for all of his support and devotion in helping compile
these recipes. I am grateful to have had such a wonderful team at
Sanctuary, who assisted me during throughout this process. Finally, I
could not have imagined some of these recipes without the inspiration of
fresh produce from Delightful Quality Produce. I am truly thankful to
have had such tremendous support from everyone involved in making
this book happen.
Introduction: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with
Nutrition
I
f you’ve picked up this book, it’s probably because you’ve witnessed
the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease on someone you love—perhaps your
mother or father, or even your sister or brother—and you fear the day
when you might find yourself in the same position.
You’re not alone. Alzheimer’s ranks among the greatest health-care
crises of the twenty-first century, and the numbers become even more
dire with every passing year. According to the Alzheimer’s Association,
there are currently 5.4 million people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
disease in the United States alone and up to 27 million affected people
worldwide. In the States, they’re nurtured by 14.9 million unpaid
caregivers. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, these nearly 15
million Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers provide 17 billion hours of
unpaid care valued at $202 billion annually. Because of the toll this
takes on their own health, these caregivers had $7.9 billion in additional
health-care costs in 2010. Many of these caregivers are simultaneously
parenting healthy young family members, a distinction that’s earned
them the unenviable label of the “sandwich” generation. As they struggle
to care for both younger and older loved ones, they often fail to take
care of their own health in the process—a perfectly understandable, but
potentially hazardous, oversight. As a result, many of them suffer from
higher rates of health problems, particularly depression.
With the rapidly aging baby boomer population, Alzheimer’s disease—
currently the sixth leading cause of death in the United States—will
continue to affect more and more of us. Some estimate that one in eight
baby boomers could develop Alzheimer’s. In the first six years of this
century, while deaths from stroke, prostate cancer, breast cancer, heart
disease, and HIV fell, Alzheimer’s disease deaths increased by a shocking
66 percent. Approximately one in every ten Americans over the age of
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