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Best brain foods for dementia 

3/4/2015

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This is the healthy food job I mentioned a couple of months ago.  It's for a website called Dementia Voice which is a lovely thoughtful resource for people looking after loved ones with this terrible condition, a place where people share very moving experiences and gain information. 

Candy James, who runs it with her husband Clive, has a long career as a speech and language therapist and is a specialist in helping people with dementia to communicate and to eat and drink safely.  I didn't even know that swallowing becomes a real and dangerous problem as dementia progresses.  

Candy has also been examining the latest research on foods which seem to provide the best chance to maintain   a healthy brain as long as possible.  And this is where I came in.  She had a list of 32 foods she wanted people to know about, everything from cinnamon to oats to garlic to 100% cocoa powder; for me, there were some surprises in amongst the typical healthy choices. 

The idea was to show the foods, in addition to naming them, creating a visual reminder that people could download as a pdf and keep on a kitchen wall.  So I wanted them to look reasonably accurate but in a gentle subtle way, not like brightly-coloured diagrams which would become tiresome to see everyday.  

I decided right away the most straightforward thing was just to put them on shelves, and once I'd divided the list into groupings like herbs + spices + drinks, and nuts + seeds + oils, it was then a matter of making the relative sizes appear more or less correct but with the smaller items still easy to see. Also, I wanted an aesthetically-pleasing arrangement on the shelves, and some different packaging to avoid having rows of boring jars.  

A few drafts went back and forth as it took shape, and I was very pleased when Candy was so happy  with the final result. This was a very satisfying project to be involved in, aside from the fact that I quite enjoy drawing food. I hope it will actually contribute to people's wellbeing. 
Do have a look at the Dementia Voice website, and download a copy! 

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Richard Pettitt link
30/4/2015 03:00:37 pm

Super piece of work Michi, and an excellent project to be involved with. Job well done! x

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Michi
30/4/2015 03:13:24 pm

Thanks very much, Rich. It was nice to be able to play a small part in a good project.

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Reagan Barton link
21/5/2022 12:28:38 pm

Thanks for thhe post

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