Why Cognitive Decline Isn’t Inevitable and What You Can Do About It

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by iRestore, Masa Chips, and Rula. Cognitive decline is a natural part of aging, but how much and how fast it progresses is primarily determined by us. While rates of Alzheimer’s and dementia continue to rise, research shows that our daily choices can either accelerate decline or support optimal brain health at any age. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about moments with Dr. Heather Sandison to discuss her groundbreaking proof-of-concept research on improving cognitive decline—and all the factors her team implemented with study participants. She shares the diet and lifestyle changes that made the most significant difference in reversing early cognitive decline and explains why this isn’t about finding a quick fix or miracle pill. Dr. Heather Sandison is a renowned naturopathic doctor specializing in neurocognitive medicine and the founder of Solcere Health Clinic, San Diego’s premier brain optimization clinic, and Marama, the first residential memory care facility to have the goal of returning cognitively declined residents to independent living. She is the primary author of the peer-reviewed research “Observed Improvement in Cognition During a Personalized Lifestyle Intervention in People with Cognitive Decline,” published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Sandison hosts the annual online Reverse Alzheimer’s Summit, where she shares cutting-edge and tried-and-true insight into what is possible for those suffering from dementia. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Sandison dive into: The whole-body approach for research participants (2:20) What participants in Dr. Sandison’s study implemented and the results (6:25) Stages of cognitive decline and adopting a lifestyle to prevent decline (11:34) What to do to reverse cognitive decline (17:58) Final thoughts (21:48) Also mentioned: Full episode with Dr. Heather Sandison This episode is brought to you by iRestore, Masa Chips, and Rula. Hair loss is frustrating. Give yourself the gift of hair confidence. For a limited time, my listeners get a huge discount on the iRestore Elite and irestore.com with code DHRU. Ready to enjoy my favorite chips made with just three clean ingredients? Head to masachips.com/DHRU and use code DHRU for 25% off your first order of Masa. Take the first step toward better mental health today. Head to Rula.com/DHRU to get quality care from someone who cares. Sign up for Dhru’s Try This Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. Drew Brode here. A lot of people think that losing your memory is just part of getting
0:04.5	older. And as we age, many of us fear losing our independence, our ability to move freely
0:10.1	and think clearly. And remember the moments that matter most to us. Now, groundbreaking research
0:15.5	is providing promising results about the possibility of reversing or even preventing cognitive decline, especially
0:22.2	when we get involved early. And in today's episode, I'm diving into some of that research by
0:27.0	highlighting a powerful moment from a conversation I had with Dr. Heather Sanderson. Now,
0:32.4	a little bit about Heather. Dr. Sanderson is a renowned naturopathic doctor specializing in
0:36.9	neurocognitive medicine.
0:38.5	And she's the founder of the Solcerre Health Clinic in San Diego, which is a premier brain
0:43.2	optimization clinic.
0:44.7	And Marama, the first residential memory care facility to have the goal of returning
0:50.7	cognitively declined residents to independent living, again, especially at the early
0:56.7	stage. We're still not there fully for my understanding yet on severe cognitive decline,
1:02.7	but at least there's a lot that can be done for folks that are super early. Now, a little bit more
1:07.5	about Dr. Sandison, the primary author of the peer-reviewed research,
1:12.3	observed improvement in cognition during personalized lifestyle intervention in people with cognitive
1:18.3	decline, which was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Sanderson is the host
1:22.7	of the annual online reverse Alzheimer's Summit, where she shares cutting edge and tried and true insights
1:28.6	on what's possible for dementia patients. And in this featured moment, which we're highlighting
1:33.2	for you today, Dr. Sanderson discusses what the participants in her groundbreaking proof of concept
1:38.3	study did to improve their brain help. She also shares diet and lifestyle changes that made
1:43.6	the biggest difference, as well as how sleep, exercise diet and lifestyle changes that made the biggest difference,
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