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Protect Yourself from
Memory Loss - Common Meds That Harm Your Brain
A
new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine, published in the
journal JAMA Neurology has
revealed some disturbing truths about drug side effects.
Certain
types of drugs destroy brain tissue and negatively impact various cognitive
functions. Worse still, 60-year-olds are being given these drugs routinely,
both for mild as well as severe health issues.
So,
one way or another, at some point there’s a very good chance that you’ll be
offered some of these potentially damaging medicines too.
The
study looked at 451 people in their 70s. 60 of them were also on anticholinergic
drugs. The other 391 took no pharmaceuticals.
The
scientists ran various tests, including structural magnetic resonance imaging
(SMRI) scans. Over the course of two years they also performed various tests
around cognition, not just once, but lots of times. The scans revealed that the
anticholinergic meds were causing brain shrinkage.
The
effects were widespread. Medicated patients showed atrophy in both hemispheres.
The whole of the external layer of neural tissue covering their brains was
affected!
Their
temporal lobes were thinner too. These are the areas used for language, turning
sensory input into meaningful memories, and connecting responses with events
and emotions (like run away from that giant spider, for instance).
They
also had lateral ventricles larger than the ones found in those not taking
medications and this is quite a tell-tale sign. Studies like the one in a 2012
edition of the journal Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, show
that lateral ventricles grow larger as dementia
and Alzheimer’s
disease progress.
The
cognitive functioning tests showed equally gloomy results.
Drug-takers
performed worse on memory and recall, on executive decision-making and control,
and on logical associations too.
These
are all debilitating deficits that would cause anyone to question the sense in
taking these drugs.
So,
what are anticholinergics?
Their
job is to block the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the nervous system. The
trouble with this though, is that acetylcholine is involved in lots of
processes in the body.
Anticholinergics
are used to treat:
•
asthma and other respiratory problems
• allergies (Antihistamines)
• incontinence
• diarrhea
• insomnia
• dizziness and motion sickness (antiemetics)
• muscle pain or spasms (muscle relaxants and antispasmodics)
• high blood pressure,
• abnormal heart rhythm (antiarrhythmics)
• Parkinson’s disease, anxiety and depression (antipsychotics and tricyclic antidepressants).
• allergies (Antihistamines)
• incontinence
• diarrhea
• insomnia
• dizziness and motion sickness (antiemetics)
• muscle pain or spasms (muscle relaxants and antispasmodics)
• high blood pressure,
• abnormal heart rhythm (antiarrhythmics)
• Parkinson’s disease, anxiety and depression (antipsychotics and tricyclic antidepressants).
That’s
quite a broad range of ailments that seniors are more likely to find themselves
needing treatment for, but which they should avoid due to the risk of brain
atrophy from the meds.
Scientists
have expressed their concerns on this issue before: an article published in
2009 in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine refers to a study on 4,128
women and 2,784 men aged 65 and older.
It
drew the same unpleasant conclusions about the debilitating effects of
anticholinergics.
Protect Yourself from
Memory Loss - This Nutrition Reverses Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
Natural
health advocates have praised this nutrition for a long time, but it has fallen
on the deaf ears of traditional medical practitioners.
But
doctors are probably going to wake up soon, as a new study published in the
journal Molecular Psychiatry
revealed the amazing benefits of this nutrition for Alzheimer’s
and other types of dementia.
Not
only will it help those who take it, it will also benefit generations down the
road.
Choline
is a substance that resembles a vitamin. It is water soluble and, while your
liver produces it in small amounts, you consume most of it through your diet.
That is why it is called an essential nutrient.
Researchers
have known for some time that high homocysteine levels in your body can
contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. It has also been scientifically established
that choline can reduce your homocysteine levels.
This
made scientists wonder whether choline supplementation could be used to combat
Alzheimer’s disease.
To
investigate this, they bred mice to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s, after of
which they put them on a regime of choline supplementation.
They
then encouraged these mice to breed with each other, producing the first
generation of new mice. The new mice did not receive any choline supplements
aside from that which they received through their mothers’ intake inside the
womb and during lactation.
Still,
their brains displayed certain characteristics that make Alzheimer’s unlikely.
The
researchers then encouraged them to breed with each other, thereby creating a
second generation who never received any form of choline supplementation, not
even through their mothers’ diets in the womb.
Surprisingly,
even this generation enjoyed the structural brain benefits that reduced the
risk of Alzheimer’s.
The
researchers concluded that their mothers’ and grandmothers’ intake of choline
supplements made the necessary modifications to their genes.
Choline
makes two important changes.
Firstly,
as mentioned earlier, homocysteine is an amino acid that causes Alzheimer’s-related
changes in our brains, such as the formation of amyloid plaques. Choline
reduces our homocysteine levels and thus prevents these brain changes.
Secondly,
Alzheimer’s sufferers have overactive microglia, which are cells that clean up
dead cells and other waste products from our brains. When these become
overactive, they cause inflammation
and the death of neurons in our brains.
Choline
can reduce the overactivity of these microglia and can thus prevent the brain
damage that they might cause.
According
to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey statistics that was
released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, the choline intake of Americans is far below the
recommended daily intake, but due to the fact that choline deficiency does not
have any immediate symptoms in the short term, it is generally not recognized
as a problem.
If
you would rather obtain it from food than from supplements, then you have lots
of options.
You
can find Choline in liver, eggs, milk, beef, chicken, salmon, shrimp, soybeans,
tofu, other beans, wheat germ, spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, almonds,
peanuts, and sunflower seeds.
So,
it is ideal that healthy varied diet should include enough Choline.
Protect Yourself from
Memory Loss - This Strong Cheese Stops Alzheimer’s and Keeps You Young
It’s
smelly and it’s strong, and you’ll either love it or hate it.
If
you love it, you’re in luck, because a new research that came out of Israel
shows that this stinky cheese boosts your circadian clock, which could reverse
age-related dementia and keep you young.
If
you hate it, however, there are fortunately some good alternatives.
Israeli
researchers published an article in Cell Metabolism that demonstrated how bleu cheese
could keep you young and prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
This
effect stems from an ingredient called spermidine, which is also present in
corn, green peas, and soybeans.
This
is how it works:
Polyamines
are compounds found in all living cells. In the human body, they regulate the
internal clock that determines when cells die, how fast they grow, and how fast
they proliferate. Experts refer to this internal clock as your circadian rhythm.
To
remain young and healthy, aging cells need to be replaced by new cells that
grow and proliferate quickly, and for this to happen, your circadian rhythm
needs to run fast.
The
Israeli research team hypothesized that if polyamines were responsible for
keeping your circadian rhythm going, they should be able to speed your
circadian rhythm up by feeding you polyamines, and can also slow your circadian
rhythm down by preventing your body from producing and using polyamines.
They
put this to the test in mice. First, they treated young mice with a drug that
inhibited their bodies production of polyamines. Consistent with their theory,
the circadian clocks of these mice slowed down by approximately 11 minutes per
day, as compared to the untreated mice.
To
test the second half of their theory, they gave a group of adult mice
polyamine, which was mixed into their drinking water. The edible form of
polyamines, or in this case, the drinkable form, is called spermidine, the
substance found in bleu cheese, green peas, soya beans, corn, and, yes, male
sperm.
Also
consistent with their predictions, the circadian clocks of these adult mice ran
eight minutes faster as compared to the untreated mice.
As
mice, human beings, and other living organisms age, their bodies produce fewer
polyamines. As a result, their circadian clocks slow down, their cells die, and
new cells grow and proliferate at such a slow rate that the dying cells are not
replaced. This causes a wide range of age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s
disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and many more.
What
these researchers have therefore proven is that a nutritional supplement can
prevent the natural slowdown of the circadian clock and its accompanying
age-related diseases by supplying your body with the crucial substance it needs
but no longer produces when it ages.
The
Israeli researchers were not sure whether this result could be replicated in
human beings, something that scientists will want to do next. They did,
however, warn that people should not rush out and stack their supermarket
trolleys with only spermidine-laden foods.
Polyamines
play numerous roles in your body, of which many are not yet understood. For
example, rapid cell proliferation might be a good thing when you are trying to
stay young, but it is also responsible for the growth of cancerous tumors. In
fact, tumors are especially rich in polyamines. However, at this stage,
scientists suspect that they exacerbate rather than cause the tumors.
Still,
the Israeli scientists are probably right when warning you to avoid a diet that
primarily contains spermidine. Just eat your regular bleu cheese. It may keep
your circadian clock going and could possibly fend off Alzheimer’s disease.
For
more ideas to protect yourself from memory loss, watch this video – Avoiding Memory Loss
By
Christian Goodman, natural health researcher and creator of the Brain Booster
Program. In this program, he reveals a surprising cause of Alzheimer’s and
other types of dementia – recently discovered by researchers from one of the
most respected universities in the world. He then comes up with a set of brain
exercises – based on this discovery – that have helped hundreds of people to
restore their brain function and memory. The exercises are so simple and easy,
even people in the middle stage disease-related memory loss can use them. And
they’re so effective that many people report a sharper, clearer mind, the very
first day.
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