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While making her way through Southampton on her approximately 550-mile walk from Land’s End to London, Dr. Judy Benjamin stopped by Voice FM for an interview on Your Green Breakfast with host Xan Phillips.

Judy spoke about the differences between walking across England and her 2,812-mile journey across the United States last year, from narrow country lanes and hedgerows to the challenges of walking in extreme heat.

The conversation soon turned to the reason behind her journey. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 15 years ago, Judy described how she responded by learning more about factors that could be affecting her cognitive health and making significant changes to her lifestyle.

She discussed the importance she places on sleep, exercise, nutrition and understanding individual health factors through appropriate testing. Judy also shared how her thinking and ability to participate in conversations improved after she began addressing her health. She was careful to distinguish that experience from claiming a cure, telling the programme that she describes herself as having “eliminated the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.”

Listen to the interview HERE.