The point here is that if you go, oh God, I'm 60 something and I haven't been eating the right stuff,

it's never too late. The human body is phenomenally resilient.

And what people just don't get is every single thing in your body, your eyes, your bones,

you know, your brains are made directly from food.

So you change your food. Of course it's not just about food but you change your food and you change everything.

That is the voice of Patrick Holford who pioneers a new approach to health and nutrition.

Food, he says, is a key part of decreasing risk of Alzheimer's.

This is the Lizzar Well-being show, the podcast helping us all have a better second half.

I'm Liz Earl and I'm sure as you know by now it is my mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in later life by investing in our health and our well-being today.

Well, with one in 11 people in the UK currently suffering from dementia,

our futures have a bit of an ominous undertone.

Will we or won't we be affected by a disease that takes away our cognitive function?

The prospect is really terrifying and the numbers are increasing and the rates are soaring

at an alarming rate. Well, Patrick is the founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition,

Europe's leading training centre for nutritional therapists

and is the chief executive of the Food for the Brain Foundation. He has authored over 30 books and I have to say we have known each other for over 30 years and his latest book is

Upgrade your brain truly his life's work bringing together years of research in optimum nutrition or functional medicine,

as latter day people have started to call it, and he is

is launching Alzheimer's Prevention on May the 15th with a website

Alzheimer's prevention dot info and that works out what is driving your

future risk and importantly what you can do about it I have to say I've known

Patrick as I say for many decades he is a true

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