The Alzheimer's Association claims that the disease is the only top-10 cause of death in America that can’t be prevented, cured, or slowed down.
I would like to give Hillary and the Alzheimer's Association some clues as to where they should look.
Here is the first big clue:
LOW CHOLESTEROL AND STATIN DRUGS !!
The first thing I want to point out is that Alzheimer's disease really boomed after the 1950's. This was when the main stream medical system started telling people to reduce their intake of cholesterol. Alzheimer's Disease further escalated after the advent of Cholesterol Lowering medications. In fact even the FDA forced pharmaceutical companies to include a black box warning on their cholesterol lowering medications cautioning that they may cause memory issues.
When ever a client tells me one of their parents or grandparents have some form of memory impairment, my first question is always "Are they on cholesterol lowering medications?" The answer is almost always yes. I cant even count how many of my clients have told me this. In the nursing home that I work in I see similar situations. When ever I see Alzheimer's disease or some other form of Dementia, I look at their list of medications and over 90% of the time they are on Statin Drugs.
Why do Statin drugs do this? The answer is quite simple. Your brain has a lot of cholesterol in it.
When you reduce your intake of cholesterol or force your body to stop producing it your brain (as well as many other vital processes) will suffer.
To learn more about cholesterol (and why I eat lots of it) click here
Clue # 2:
Blood Sugar
There is strong evidence showing a connection between high blood sugar and Alzheimer's disease that researcher's are now calling it type 3 diabetes.
Sugar is dangerous when it is constantly rising in the blood. It is sticky and highly reactive stuff.
(in fact it is explosive !!) When too much sugar is circulating in your blood it burns. The real problem arises when these burned sugar particles react with protein and they caramelize (called glycation),
causing what scientists call advanced glycation products.
What does this have to do with Alzheimer's?
When burned sugar reacts with proteins in our brain it can lead to memory problems.
The blood sugar link to Alzheimer's disease is undeniable.
study 1, study 2, study 3
Clue # 3
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a fat protecting nutrient. Since the brain is largely made up of fat, it would be logical
to confer that oxidized fats in the brain could be mended with Vitamin E which is a powerful antioxidant.
There is some good scientific literature on Vitamin E's role in preventing and slowing down the
progression of Alzheimer's.
Clue # 4
Fasting
Eating less food may help slow down the progression of Alzheimer's Disease.
In one study intermittent fasting helped slow down the progression of the disease in rats.
Read more here
Watch Professor Mark Mattson explain
how fasting can Bolsters Brain Health
Clue # 5
Vitamin D
A study that was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Neurology found that participants that were deficient in Vitamin D were twice as likely to develop dementia compared to participants with normal vitamin D levels.
Those that had severe vitamin D deficiency tripled the risk for dementia !!
There are plenty of safe, natural, and non-medical strategies that you can try for Alzheimer's disease utilizing nutrition and nutritional supplementation. (I have many more nutrients, foods, and strategies that are highly beneficial to someone with Alzheimer's, but will stop here) I have a feeling Hillary Clinton is going to try to hand over our tax money to pharmaceutical companies that don't have our best interest at heart, will produce substandard results, and will most likely not "cure" the disease.
Resources
Hillary Clinton Shares Plan to End Alzheimer’s
https://www.yahoo.com/health/hillary-clinton-alzheimers-plan-164626794.html
FDA Expands Advice on Statin Risks
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm293330.htm#2
Alzheimer's Disease Is Type 3 Diabetes–Evidence Reviewed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/
Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16037277
Diabetes mellitus and the risk of dementia: The Rotterdam Study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10599761
Hyperinsulinemia and risk of Alzheimer disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15477536
Effects of Vitamin E on Cognitive Performance during Ageing and in Alzheimer’s Disease
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276978/
Intermittent fasting and caloric restriction ameliorate age-related behavioral deficits in the triple-transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17306982
Fasting can help protect against brain diseases, scientists say
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/feb/18/fasting-protect-brain-diseases-scientists
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