Hi, my name is Eddie Rodriguez. I’m not a doctor, I don’t have a PhD. I don’t have any formal training in medicine or science. I’m a husband and a father of a 5-year-old, a 3 year-old and a 1-year-old, working full-time in finance. I’m also a caregiver for my father, who was diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. I started BrainHeal(th) because many people had asked me to. My father was diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2018. At the time of my father’s diagnosis, he was 53 years old. He was the primary income and health insurance provider for my mother and my younger brother, who was 15 at the time.

It was a devastating blow initially, at the time, but my mother, my brother, my wife and myself all rallied around him. We had made a commitment that we weren’t going to settle with the poor prognosis that was initially given to him. We determined ourselves to seek out anyone and anything that could help heal him, improve his health and improve his overall quality of life. Now, this really sent us on a journey of intense research, investigation, and reaching out to as many doctors and scientists of different backgrounds and disciplines – always staying open to any and every insight that could help him get better. He’s come a long way in that time, and we’ve learned a whole lot in that time.

My father’s diagnosis, prognosis and ensuing disability thrust me into a position where I had to learn to become a citizen researcher with no formal training or background in medicine or science. When not working or tending to my family, it’s just been a lot of long nights and early mornings hitting the books, pouring over the published research and literature that’s out there, reaching out making calls out to doctors, biologists, chemists, geneticists and researchers. I’ve been told that what we’ve learned, what we’ve applied and the kind of results that we’ve gotten up to this point can help other people. I believe that, and I believe in that.

It’s not just Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, but a diagnosis of some sort of cognitive or neurological decline is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States of America right now, and it’s climbing quickly to become the third leading cause of death – jumping over cancer. We’ve got to all come together and figure this out.

I’ll be sharing what we’ve learned and what we’re learning along the way.

I’ll be sharing what other peers and colleagues of mine are seeing and what’s working.

I’ll be sharing the latest research that’s on the cutting edge for cognitive and neurological health and healing.

Every day people are getting diagnosed with these terrible diseases and these terrible prognoses. Every day there are people that are beating them, and I’m not just talking about prevention. I’m talking about established cognitive decline, measurable cognitive decline and beating them. I’ll be sharing their stories and I’ll be bringing these people on.

I’m committed to leaving no stone unturned and I’m bringing you along with me for all my findings. I’m aiming to simplify some complex concepts into bite size and digestible videos that are meant to contain helpful information that can be directly applied to your life – applied for a loved one of yours, someone that you’re caring for.

Maybe you’re also caring for a loved one with established cognitive or neurological decline.

Maybe a loved one has recently been diagnosed.

Maybe you’ve been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or you’re just dealing through some brain fog and don’t feel as sharp as you once did.

Maybe you have a family history like my wife and I, and you want to give yourself the best shot to prevent any sort of chronic disease.

Maybe you just want to optimize your cognitive and neurological overall health.

I’m determined to make BrainHeal(th) a useful resource to you.

Thank you for your time. My dad thanks you. Hope you’re doing well. See you on the next video.