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Alzheimer's Disease |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
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by Andrew W. Saul
First, some very good news:
Niacin halts and reverses Alzheimer's disease.
A large quantity of choline (from lecithin) is necessary for clinical results. Lecithin is
non-toxic.
[Little, et al (1985) A double-blind, placebo controlled trial of high dose lecithin in Alzheimer’s disease. J Neurology,
Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 48: 736-742.]
Supplemental lecithin has already shown promise in treating
Alzheimer's Disease . . . forty years ago. In Geriatrics, way back in July 1979, lecithin was employed as a therapy to combat memory loss. Studies at MIT show increases in both choline and the vital
neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brains of animals after just ONE
lecithin meal. (Today's Living,
February, 1982) http://www.doctoryourself.com/nerves.html
It is important to use enough lecithin to have a reasonable hope of success. You can personally try
taking a few tablespoons of lecithin granules (I take between 4 and 8 each week, for I want to remember all my great-grandchildren’s middle names
and sweater sizes someday). Notice anything? I think you can feel the increase in your awareness. That is probably the effect
of an acetylcholine boost. Think what this might do for an Alzheimer’s patient. Lecithin is a very safe substance: it is difficult
to hurt yourself with essential fatty acids and choline. Try lecithin granules in yogurt, in a fruit smoothie (write for free recipes) or, if you
are really new to all this, on ice cream.
Dommisse, John (1990) Organic mania
induced by phenytoin. Can J Psychiatry. 35:5, June.
Dommisse, John (1991) Subtle vitamin B-12
deficiency and psychiatry: a largely unnoticed but devastating relationship? Med Hypotheses. 34:131-140
Garrison, Jr Robert H. and Somer,
Many popular dieting
plans are B-12 deficient, including the Pritikin,
Injection or intra-nasal
administration of B-12 is recommended because oral absorption is poor. There
is no known toxicity for vitamin B-12. A minimum daily therapeutic dose is
probably 100 micrograms, and closer to 1,000 mcg daily may be more effective.
1,000 mcg sounds like a lot, but it is actually the same as one milligram,
which is about one thousandth of a quarter-teaspoon.
Fisher and Lachance (1985) Nutrition evaluation of published weight
reducing diets. J Amer
Dietetic Assn, 85(4) 450-54.
Goldberg, Donald (1985) Newsletter. 33, September. Antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin E and carotene,
may slow down or prevent AD. Alzheimer’s patients have abnormally low measurable levels of these nutrients in their bodies. This could simply be
because they don’t eat well, or because the disease increases their nutrient need, or both. A Columbia University study reported progression of Alzheimer's disease was significantly slowed in patients taking high daily doses (2,000 IU) of vitamin E for two years. The vitamin worked better than the drug selegiline did. The patients in the Alzheimer's study tolerated their vitamin E doses well. Perhaps the real story is that 2,000 IU per day for two years is safe for the elderly. [Sano M, Ernesto C, Thomas RG, Klauber MR, Schafer K, Grundman M, Woodbury P, Growdon J, Cotman CW, Pfeiffer E, Schneider LS, Thal LJ. A controlled trial of selegiline, alpha-tocopherol, or both as treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study. N Engl J Med. Apr 24; 336(17):1216-22. 1997.]
For more information, please search the DoctorYourself website from the DoctorYourself main page with the keywords "vitamin E Alzheimer's" using the website search engine.
Vitamin C, folic acid and
niacin, as well as other nutrients, may also play a major role in combating
AD.
Balch, J. F. and Balch,
P. A. (1990) Prescription for Nutritional
Healing.
Kushnir, S. L.; Ratner,
J. T. and Gregoire, P.A. (1987) Multiple nutrients
in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Amer Geriatrics Soc J, 35(5):476-477, May. Vitamin C and Tyrosine Aluminum Toxicity A single aluminum
coffee-pot was shown to have invisibly added over 1600 mcg aluminum per liter
of water. This is 3,200% over the World Health Organizations set goal of 50
mcg per liter. Aluminum is known to build up in the bodily tissues of persons
with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis. Aluminum is a known neurotoxin. Aluminum is also a
component of so- called silver amalgam dental fillings. Composite (white)
fillings do not contain aluminum (or mercury, for that matter.) Most
baking powder contains aluminum. Rumford brand baking powder does not,
however. Neither does baking soda, which is a different substance
entirely.
Jackson, J. A.; Riordan,
H. D. and Poling, C. M. (1989) Aluminum from a coffee pot. Lancet, I (8641) 781-782, April 8. Artificial kidney
dialysis has been known to produce dialysis dementia, a state of confusion
and disorientation caused by excess aluminum in the blood stream. Animals
injected with aluminum compounds will also show develop nervous system
disorders. Conversely, Alzheimer’s disease can be treated with metal
bonding (chelating) agents, such as desferrioxamine,
which remove aluminum from the bloodstream. In appropriately high doses,
vitamin C is also an effective chelating agent.
There have been many
studies on the relationship of aluminum toxicity to Alzheimer’s
disease. A Medline search will promptly uncover a large number of
references on the subject. Some examples include:
Martyn, C. N.; Barker, D. J.; Osmond,
C.; Harris, E. C.; Edwardson, J.A. and Lacey, R. F.
(1989) Geographical relation between Alzheimer’s disease and aluminum
in drinking water. Lancet, I
(8629): 59-62, Jan 14.
McLachlan, D. R.; Kruck,
T.P. and Lukiw, W. J. (1991) Would decreased
aluminum ingestion reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease? Can Med Assn J, Oct 1. Calcium and Magnesium significantly slow down aluminum
absorption, and that’s good. Supplementation with 800 mg of calcium and
400 mg of magnesium every day may be therapeutic for AD patients. Here are
two good presentations on the subject:
Garrison, Jr Robert H. and Somer,
Weiner, Michael A. (1990)
Aluminum and dietary factors in Alzheimer’s disease. J Orthomolecular Med, 5(2):74-78
"Scientists from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals presented evidence at the
April 2000 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology that people
who have held jobs with high levels of lead exposure have a 3.4 times greater
likelihood of developing Alzheimer disease."
People can be exposed to lead on the job either by breathing in lead dust or through direct skin
contact.
Lead has adverse affects
on brain development and function, even at very low levels of exposure.
Lead, unfortunately, is permeates out environment because of decades of
adding it to gasoline. The good news is that very high dosage of vitamin C is
known to help the body rapidly excrete lead.
I believe that aggressive use of therapeutic nutrition could substantially reduce the incidence and
severity of Alzheimer’s disease.
"(Research) suggests to me that if everyone started
on a good nutritional program supplemented with optimum doses of vitamins and minerals before age fifty, and remained on it, the incidence of Alzheimer's
disease would drop precipitously."
Dr. Harold D. Foster’s book, What Really Causes
Alzheimer’s Disease, further discusses Dr. Hoffer’s work.
FACT: Alzheimer’s disease is the Number 4 Killer of Americans, causing over 100,000 deaths each year in the
We must put a stop to this immediately.
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