Re: 5 things to guard against Alzheimers

[Guest guest]

They forgot to mention what is most likely the most important item oin any

Alzheimer's prevention list. Keep type 2 diabetes at bay by eating a low

glycemic diet, low calories, and keep weight down.

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:27 PM, stardora <stardora@...> wrote:

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> Five things you can do to guard against Alzheimers

> Sunday, May 27, 2012 by: PF Louis

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http://www.naturalnews.com/035983_Alzheimers_prevention_coconut_oil.html#ixzz1w6\

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> (NaturalNews) A study led by Dr. Boyle of Rush University Center

> in

> Chicago has concluded that people with greater life purpose maintained

> cognitive ability better than those who weren't leading a purposeful life.

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> Dr. Boyle and her team wanted to establish a strategy for avoiding

> Alzheimer's consequences rather than attempting to find a way of keeping

> brain plaques and tangles from accumulating.

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> After following 246 senior citizens -- with up to ten years of annual

> cognitive exams and neurological testing -- and quizzing them about life

> missions and then doing brain autopsies after their deaths, they reached a

> conclusion.

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> (1) Life purpose/activity: As people age, they're prone to getting brain

> plaques and tangles. But if they have a life purpose zestfully pursued,

> they

> avoid dementia despite those physical impairments.

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> There are many real life examples of people managing well as they keenly

> continue to pursue their life adventures, especially adventures that

> require

> mental focus and activity.

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> Many experts also agree that engaging in mental activities which are new

> or

> challenging as one ages also helps retain mental acuity. Walking briskly

> in

> nature a mile or so four days a week also helps maintain one's cognitive

> abilities.

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> Four specific nutritional approaches

> (2) Coconut oil: After failing to get her dementia addled husband into an

> Alzheimer drug trial because they were no longer accepting volunteers, Dr.

> Newport discovered the active ingredient in the formula tested was a

> synthetic medium chain triglyceride (MCT).

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> Getting patent rights for big bucks requires the creation of synthetic

> drugs. Synthetic drugs always produce side effects and their PR exceeds

> their efficacy.

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> Dr. Newport discovered that coconut oil contained natural MCT. Her husband

> had entered the darker side of dementia with his late stage Alzheimer's.

> Yet

> after around a month and a half he was almost completely recovered after

> taking a tablespoon of coconut oil twice daily. Metabolizing MCTs produces

> ketones, which dissolve brain plaques and tangles.

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> An Australian shared his escape from early stage Alzheimer's on YouTube

> using both coconut oil and niacin (B3), a supplement pioneered in

> orthomolecular psychiatry for many mental issues. Both episodes are here

> (http://www.naturalnews.com/034082_dementia_drugs_side_effects.html).

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> (3) Vitamin D3 and curcumin: The synergy of combining curcumin with

> vitamin

> D3 to prevent or reverse Alzheimer's is a recent development. Each

> substance

> alone has shown efficacy on dementia, so why wouldn't combining the two

> create a powerful synergy?

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> This has been recently proven to be effective without side effects

> (http://www.naturalnews.com/035328_vitamin_D3_curcumin_Alzheimers.html).

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> (4) Eliminate aluminum: Avoid aluminum cooking utensils and underarm

> deodorants containing aluminum. Vaccines contain aluminum that goes right

> into your bloodstream. Aluminum bypasses the blood brain barrier and

> accumulates in soft tissue cells that regenerate less often than other

> tissues, creating plaque.

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> The brain is an organ that is made of cells that recycle more slowly than

> most other organ tissue cells. Silica is ideal for removing aluminum from

> soft tissue and eliminating through the urine. The herb horsetail contains

> a

> lot of silica and can be made into a tincture to provide constant silica

> dosing.

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> There are also supplements and mineral waters sold commercially that are

> high in silica

> (http://www.naturalnews.com/034756_silica_anti-aging_heavy_metals.html).

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> (5) Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA): Alpha lipoic acid has demonstrated stopping

> the

> progression of dementia from early stage into late stage Alzheimer's with

> a

> daily 600 mg dose.

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> ALA's oxidative ability is coupled, reducing brain inflammation along with

> the some metal chelating activity for heavy metals, including lead and

> mercury (http://www.naturalnews.com/025722_supplement_brain_memory.html).

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> Dietary advice includes reducing fructose of all types and eliminating

> processed simple carbs. Brain cells are cholesterol based. Reducing fats

> for

> any reason is not a good idea (http://www.naturalnews.com).

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> Sources for this article include:

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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk

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> http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

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> http://theconsciouslife.com

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> http://www.anh-usa.org/coconut-oil-and-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-disease/

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