USEFUL Products & Tools

Dr. Bredesen’s 2020 book “The End of Alzheimer’s Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age” is a practical self-help guide for implementing the program.

Bredesen’s 2021 book “The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s” portrays first-hand experiences of the Bredesen ReCODE Protocol™.

Blood beta-hydroxybutyrate measured in a blood droplet reflects energy levels generated from a state of ketosis. Keto Mojo glucose and ketone meter starter kit comes with a lancing device, 10 lancets, and 10 ketone test strips for about $45-50. Keto Mojo’s step-by-step how-to videos helped me master pricking my finger and testing. 

Use your breath acetone level to monitor your ketosis status in real-time with the full-sized KETOSCAN Smart ($170) or KETOSCAN mini ($150) ketone meter with app.  A breath analyzer can be easier and more cost-effective in the long run if you plan to use numerous ketone blood test strips from multiple daily ketone readings over months. 

Levels Health offers Dexcom G7 and Freestyle Libre 3 CGM devices directly to non-diabetic individuals. You can master blood sugar control in as little as a one-month subscription ($40) with three CGM devices, ($199) each lasting 10-14 days. Select from a variety of other options and chat with their nutritionists via the Levels app.

Posit Science BrainHQ  app has >100 research papers suggesting that training your brain with BrainHQ exercises increases cognitive functioning and quality of life.  Pay $14/month (or $96/year) to subscribe for the complete customizable range of BrainHQ activities.  A paid ReCODE™ subscription (more details here) includes BrainHQ without an additional charge.

I much prefer my Oura Ring Generation 3 to track my sleep (oxygen saturation, duration, efficiency, and light/deep/REM stages), temperature, heart rate, heart rate variability, as well as step count in comparison to the Garmin VivoSmart 4 used in the clinical study. The Oura app delivers user-friendly daily summaries of readiness, approximate physical activity, and sleep. Costs around $299 for the high-tech ring plus monthly subscription to the app.

The Bredesen Protocol™ includes a sleep evaluation, such as the direct-to-consumer Home Sleep Apnea Test by iSleep.  For $189, iSleep will ship you an FDA-cleared WatchPAT device that measures pulse oximetry, actigraphy/movement, body position, heartrate, snoring intensity, chest motion, and peripheral arterial tone.  Within days, you’ll receive the results along with discussion of your results/treatment options.
The Circle Medical home sleep apnea test uses a WESPER device that doesn’t have a

A $79 Emay Sleep O2 Wrist Oxygen Monitor can monitor oxygen saturation to evaluate progress with mouth taping, myofunctional therapy, dental devices, C-PAP, and A-PAP.  The Emay wrist strap is a pulse oximeter that records oxygen saturation levels over the complete duration of a night’s sleep, without falling off like fingertip oximeters.  Note that a normal/high oxygen saturation does not rule out disruptive apneas and hypopneas (as evaluated in a sleep study).

I have had great success with 3M Micropore tape ($5, a postage-sized piece over lips). Others prefer high-end mouth tape, Breathe Right strips ($16), Air Max nasal dilators (~$15), and/or a neti pot to promote nasal breathing.  Difficulty breathing with mouth tape on can be diagnostic.  Breathing through only your nose during sleep can come with the benefit of reduced snoring and reductions in hypopneas/apneas.

If you’re not able to get sufficient daily sunshine and therefore suffer from circadian rhythm disruption and/or seasonal affective disorder, then utilizing the Alaska Northern Lights Aurora LightPad 25,000 lux light box (~$200) will likely help.

Blue light from devices like computers, TVs, smart phones, and iPads can block melatonin that would otherwise be generated and foster sleep in greater darkness.  To dim light overall and block blue light from electronics before bedtime: 

• Adjust the “Night” brightness of your Windows Systems Settings on a newer computer
• Install the F.lux app on an older PC 
• Adjust your iPhone settings to “Night Shift” (under “Display and Brightness”) 

Install dimmer switches to reduce light levels at night and/or use blue-filtered spectrum light bulbs, such as the Harth Sleep-Shift Sleep 7 watt Dimmable LED Amber Bulb.

Wear amber-colored, blue-blocking glasses, such as TrueDark Twilight Elite (pictured). These glasses greatly help me remain sleepy when lights come on. The TrueDark Twilight Fitover Glasses block even more light. There are a myriad of other options, including prescription Gunnar blue-blocking reading glasses. 

The Gupta Program is clinically validated for the treatment of fibromyalgia and also effective for chronic hyper-reactive conditions, including mold biotoxicity and mast cell activation syndrome.  The program includes many

Popular meditation apps include Headspace,  Happier, Calm, Insight Timer, and Waking Up.  Yoga Nidra guided meditations (found on Youtube) can help you rest your mind a bedtime for better sleep.

If you’d like to try a free month of the Waking Up app for yourself, go to wakingup.com/free-month and use the promo code: FREEMONTH.

Dr. Bredesen recommends Neural Agility by RevitaMind for $97.  Neural Agility can be passively listened to by individuals who might not be up for other types of meditation.

The Toups et al. 2021 clinical study utilized the HeartMath Inner Balance app’s guided breathing exercises as a stress management tool.  The app pairs with a wired iPhone accessory ($95-$130) that gently clips on your earlobe to measure heart rate variability (HRV) and coherence–the synchronization between your heart and your brain.

Kritan Kriya meditation audio file and instructions on CD or MP3 from the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation, $20, is the type of meditation shown to help individuals with cognitive decline in a clinical study.

HVMN Ketone-IQ –a diol form that may provide a more smooth and long-lasting form of ketone energy than the salts or esters blow. Buy single bottles of Ketone-IQ at $5 for a 2 oz shot at your local Sprouts before the other four choices.

Nutricost Mango-Peach flavor BHB powder (a more balanced mix of magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium; 6.5 BHB per serving, 30 servings, a total of ~195 gm BHB for ~$40)

Audacious Nutrition Ketostart BHB powder with electrolytes (tropical flavor tastes relatively good, sweetened with monkfruit, clean ingredients; 960 mg calcium and other electrolytes per packet; 10 gm BHB per packet; 10 packets, a total of ~100 gm BHB for ~$48)

Kenetik BHB Ketone Drink (highly rated, sweetened with allulose and stevia, no calcium; 10 gm BHB per liquid serving,  12 servings in 3 bottles, a total of ~120 gm BHB for ~$50)

Nutricost Exogenous Ketone Salt powder (unflavored tastes better than Nutricost Magnesium BHB, but often out-of-stock,  1,128 mg calcium; 11.7 gm BHB per serving, 30 servings, a total of ~351 gm BHB, need current price )

Nutrition for Longevity has partnered with Apollo Health to offer home-delivered KetoFLEX aligned meal kits of 5 lunches, 5 dinners, 6 pasture-rasied hard-boiled eggs, seasonal cruciferous veggies, and the option to add high-polyphenol premium olive oil.  You pick your own choices among pescatarian, omnivorous, and vegan options (all are gluten-free) with each day’s menu offering no more than 60 grams of carbohydrates. 

Amphora Nueva is an excellent source for third-party-verified high polyphenolic extra-virgin olive oil [EVOO].  Contact Sharon (sharon@amphoranueva.com) to request the ApoE4 discount or Apollo Health community discount when purchasing their premium large 750-ml EVOO at $16 -18 ea (rather than $21) plus shipping from Northern California. 

VitalChoice offers sustainably harvested seafood tested to be low in hazardous contaminants, like heavy metals.  I enjoy their canned wild Alaskan sockeye salmon (with small soft edible bones and skin for extra nutrition, larger 7.5 oz cans, product #CWR706) and tinned wild Portuguese sardines in organic extra virgin olive oil (product #CPS012).  Both canned fish taste better than most competing products.  

Drinking clean water is essential.  Select a water filter with independent lab confirmation that common water contaminants–like lead, chloramine, and fluoride –are actually removed.  The AquaTru Carafe filter collects into a GLASS

Eliminating constipation can be key to your colon’s elimination of toxins out of your body each day.  A Squatty Potty ($25 for the plastic one shown left; more for bamboo/teak/taller height) or similar stool creates a body position that aids moving the bowels.

Individuals working with me get a steep 25% discount on my entire Fullscript supplement dispensary, including numerous premium brands such as Neurohacker Collective, BrainMD, Pure Encapsulations, and Quicksilver Scientific, as well as health products like Prolon fasting kit and Dentalcidin toothpaste.  Visitors to my website can get an across-the-board 15% discount on

LifeSeasons ReCODE Protocol supplements are blends of the numerous Bredesen Protocol supplements for treating dementia patients and one prevention blend called NeuroQ.  LifeSeasons offers a 15% senior discount for senior citizens who order by phone.  My discount code “nurture” works at LifeSeasons.com to save 10%. 

Marama is a unique residential care facility in San Diego, California with the goal of treating cognitive decline and returning residents to independent living with restored health.  Participants experience a full, personalized Bredesen Protocol™  in an environment that serves KetoFLEX™-aligned meals and fosters numerous additional healthy lifestyle practices.
In Wichita, Kansas,

A Paradise for Parents is the name of five assisted living and memory care facilities located in Arizona that implement a less strict version of the Bredesen Protocol at less than half the cost of Marama.