Alzheimer’s – Preventing and Arresting
Alzheimer’s: Preventing and Arresting
Lifestyle Modification and Natural medicine can prevent Alzheimer’s
What is the point in living a long life and not remembering it?
Stats:
- 3/10 people over 70 complain about poor memory, concentration problems and confusion
- 1/10 is diagnosed with dementia and they normally move on to developing Alzheimer’s
There is hope
- 90 % of Alzheimer’s disease is preventable
- 1/100 Alzheimer’s patients are related to genes
- A recent trail at the Univ of Oxford confirmed found that 53% of brain shrinkage associated with dementia were reduced with B6/B12/Folic Acid
- 90% of Alzheimer’s patients have Herpes Simplex virus
Possible causes – Alzheimer’s is a multifactor disease – we know the following
- Heavy metals like aluminum, mercury and lead
- Genetics 10%
- Free radicals
- Vitamin deficiencies: Vit B12, Vit E and Vit A
- Low levels of education – an intellectual brian can tolerate neuron death better
- Herpes simplex (new theory)
- Diabetes 3 (new theory)
Alzheimer’s and Herpes Simplex Virus:
- The latest scientific data on Alzheimer’s is that some of these patients have had chronic Herpes Simplex infections
- The chronic Herpes infection causes a build up of beta amyloid protein
- This protein protects the brain from viruses and bacteria
- The FDA in America now officially recommends a diagnostic brian scan for Alzheimer’s
- The scan imaging and quantifying the amount of Beta Protein in the brian
- In 90% of Herpes simplex patients – the brain has been affected
- The HSV1 virus causes brain inflammation
- Where are we know – we can treat the condition with anti-virals and develop vaccines – the western medicine approach
- Or – keep the viral load down with homeopathic remedies, take herbs with anti-viral properties and anti-oxidants
- We new scientific data that becomes available helps us with an integrative approach
Is Alzheimer’s really a new type of Diabetes?
- No, because we know that Alzheimer’s is a multifactor disease
- Patients with insulin resistance have a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease
- Insulin injected into the brains of rats suppresses lipolysis
- Previously we thought that insulin affected lypolysis only through fat storage cells
- Now we know that sympathetic nervous system also directs lipolysis
Alzheimer’s Preventative Plan Step 1
| How sharp are your mind and memory – tick all applicable statements
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| Is your memory deteriorating | |
| Is it hard to concentrate sometimes and do you get confused | |
| Do you meet people that you know and then can not remember their names | |
| Sometimes you cannot remember yesterdays activities, but remember the past well | |
| Do you sometimes forget the day of the week | |
| Do you sometimes go to look for something and when you get there you cannot remember what it was | |
| Do you friends sometimes say they think your memory is declining | |
| Do you find it hard to add up without writing the numbers down | |
| Do you sometimes feel mentally tired | |
| Do you sometimes find it hard to concentrate for more than one hour | |
| Do you misplace your keys | |
| Do you repeat yourself often | |
| Do you forget the point you want to make | |
| Do you take longer time wise to learn new things | |
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Total score (score 1 for each yes) |
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Interpretation of scores
| <5 | No memory problem – improve diet and take Vit B supplements |
| 5-10 | Memory needs a boost – focus on diet, TMG and Vit B supplements |
| >10 | Serious memory decline – see an healthcare professional |
Alzheimer’s Prevention Plan Step 2 – Blood tests
- Insulin resistance
- Homocycteine
- Herpes Simplex Virus
- Cortisol levels
- CRP ultrasensitive – to check for vascular disease
- Heavy metal test
- Genetic Profiling (ApoE4 gene)
- TSH test – sluggish thyroid can bring on Alzheimer’s
- Vitamin D test
Alzheimer’s Preventative Plan Step 3
If you blood tests exceed the reference range then the following applies:
- MemorAll (by Xymogen) – memory specific supplement
- If your homocycteiene level is >6 – take a Homocycteine Supplement that contains Vit B6, B12, Folic Acid and TMG. In Alzheimer’s the width of the hippocampus shrinks and relate to homocyceine levels. If homocycteine levels are >14 – risk doubles
- Diet – less meat, more fish, greens, eggs, lentils, nuts, olive oil and seeds to keep your Homocycteine level low. Also consume more cinnamon – it invigorates insulin.
- Hydrogenated fats – avoid junk and fried food – check your cholesterol
- Antioxidants – eat more fruit(apples can stimulate acetylcholine in the brain),dark chocolate and vegetables and take an antioxidant supplement like Resveratrol, Vit A,C,E and Selenium, Coenzyme Q10, curcumin, glutathione and N-acetyl cycteine
- Omega 3 and 6 supplements
- Follow low GL diet and keep blood sugar less than 5.5
- Keep physically, socially and mentally active
- Stop smoking – it raises Homocycteine
- Coffee and alcohol – limit intake – it increases Homocycteine
- Stress – manage stress to keep cortisol and homocycteine low
- Regular blood pressure checks – keep in range 120/80
- Check for celiac disease
- Avoid exposure to heavy metals, herbicides and neurotoxins
- Meditation
- Sleep –sleep enough and treat sleep apnea
- Weight – maintain a health weight
- Dental care – bad teeth may poison the brain
Future care for Alzheimer’s
Vaccination
A leading author on the study, Associate Professor Lars Ittner, from the Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease Laboratory says:
“Our study is the first to show that a vaccine targeting the tau protein can be effective once the disease has already set in.
“The vaccine appears to have a preventative effect: slowing the development of further tangles, rather than clearing existing ones, but the exact mechanism involved is not yet understood,” he said.
References:
1. New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind – Patrick Holford
2. 100 Simple things you can do to prevent Alzheimer’s – Jean Carper
3. www.wingsherbal.co.za/newsletter
4. www.yourhealthbase.com/Alzheimers.htm
5. www.breakingnews.ie
