Understanding cognitive decline | Dr. Rana Mafee

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Rana Mafee, MD, ABoIM is an expert in the field of neurodegenerative disease and preventative neurology. Integrative Neurologist Dr. Mafee is dual board certified in Neurology and Integrative Medicine. As such, she is passionate about using functional and integrative philosophies to prevent & reverse a host of chronic conditions. Dr. Mafee is particularly focused on helping patients work through neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Mafee served as a diplomat for the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine and was an Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Illinois prior to joining the Case Integrative Health team to improve patient lives. Topics covered in this episode: •How does Alzheimer's progress? •What is the definition of Neuro Digestive disease? •What is causing the cellular disfunction & the cellular death? •Some indicators that someone is headed to an Alzheimer's diagnosis. •The Recode Protocol? •Signs of isolation cognitive decline. •Advice for family members dealing with cognitive decline. •How does the body contribute to the overall healing? •Medications that work best. To learn more about Rana Mafee and her work, head over to https://www.caseintegrativehealth.com/ Must watch past episodes: •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 71 | Natural Breast Cancer Prevention. An interview with Dr. Carol Lourie •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 86 | Taking your power back after a cancer diagnosis | Dr. Paul Anderson •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 87 | The dangerous impact of estrogen on your health | Dr. Anthony Jay •The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 92 | Coping with cancer | Cynthia Hayes The Metabolic Makeover Summit is happening free and online August 30th to September 5th and registration is now open. Head over to www.lindseyelmore.com/metabolicmakeover We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to today's episode of the Lindsay Elmore show. Neurodegenerative diseases or
0:06.5	diseases that affect the nerves, brain, and spine affect many people at many different ages. Worldwide,
0:16.6	there are more than 50 million people living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. In the U.S. alone, there are more than 50 million people living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
0:22.9	In the U.S. alone, there are more than 6 million people with one in three seniors dying with some kind of dementia.
0:35.3	Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women, and death from
0:40.9	Alzheimer's disease has increased more than 145 percent in the past two decades. During the time
0:51.1	of the pandemic, Alzheimer's disease diagnoses rose by 16%.
0:58.0	And to make it even worse, 11 million Americans provide unpaid for care for people with Alzheimer's
1:07.2	disease and other dementias, bringing its overall economic impact to more than
1:13.7	$257 billion.
1:16.7	And this is just Alzheimer's.
1:19.3	This doesn't even encompass things like neuropathies and Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease,
1:27.1	which also not only are devastating to the person
1:31.2	with the diagnosis, but oftentimes can be devastating to the caretakers as well.
1:39.0	The biggest problem out there is that conventional Western medicine waits until there is a diagnosis when
1:47.8	there is so much that we could be doing in our daily lives in order to prevent neurodegenerative
1:55.4	diseases, how to spot them early, and how to ensure that we are constantly walking away from neurodegenerative
2:05.7	diseases instead of towards them. Today I will be speaking with Dr. Rana Maffee. She is a neurodegenerative
2:16.8	disease and preventative neurology specialist, one of a very
2:21.4	few who takes a truly functional approach to help prevent neurodegenerative diseases. Let's get to the
2:29.7	show. Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy with honest, open, and enlightening conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and spiritual gurus.
2:43.5	You'll walk away with simple and tangible tips and tricks that allow you to live your healthiest life so you can pursue your dreams,
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