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Dementia - Natural Cure for Dementia Discovered (new study)
It’s
only a small study but the results are exciting.
It
was just published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and it holds great
promise for the treatment of early-stage dementia in the elderly.
In
fact, if this study is right, one specific diet can do what more than 400 drugs
have failed to do in clinical trials.
The
brain runs on glucose, which the body gets from breaking down carbohydrates.
But
research has shown that in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, it has trouble using
glucose for energy. Some scientists even call Alzheimer’s disease “Type 3 diabetes”
because of this.
But
all is not lost, because previous studies have shown that brains can use
another fuel source, called ketones.
Ketones
are chemicals that are formed when your body breaks down fat.
Knowing
this made researchers wonder if people with early-stage dementia could use Ketones instead of the
usual glucose.
The
only way to study this is to recruit elderly people with mild dementia and to divide them into high fat
and low-carb diet groups.
But
people with mild dementia may not be able to stick to the diets properly
without becoming confused or without it becoming too much of a schlep.
For
that reason, the scientists had to recruit subjects together with their
partners who would help them with the diets. Sadly, they could find only 27
couples who were willing to participate, and some have already dropped out of
the study.
Still,
the results of the 14 early dementia sufferers who have completed the study are
promising and the scientists decided to publish their preliminary findings.
The
14 participants had an average age of 71 and 13 of them were white.
Five
of them followed the National Institute of Aging diet that promotes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean meat, and
low-fat dairy. It does not restrict carbohydrates.
The
other nine followed something similar to the Atkins diet that restricts
carbohydrates to 20 grams or less per day (about 1 tenth of what Americans and
Europeans normally eat in a day).
This
group never quite managed the 20 grams of daily carbs. By week six they were
down to 38 grams, but then were back up to 53 grams by week 12. (It must be
hard to break the eating habits of a lifetime for some people.)
Still,
all was not lost because most of the low-carb dieters had ketones in their
urine (while none of the National Institute of Aging dieters did) which meant
they were in the keto zone, so to
speak.
They
completed various questionnaires throughout the study, and by week six, the
scientists could see that those eating the lowest amount of carbs enjoyed a 15
percent improvement in their memories while The National Institute of Aging dieters
dropped a few points on the memory scale.
This
means that even a non-strict low-carb diet can improve the memories of
early-stage dementia sufferers, which is something that no drug has been able
to do yet.
This
Free Ingredient Can Beat Dementia
According
to a new study presented at the American Physiological Society annual meeting
at Experimental Biology 2018 in San Diego, one common ingredient can
drastically improve your cognitive function.
And
unlike drugs, it has no side effects and is completely free in most places.
In
the study, recreational cyclists with an average age of 55 who had entered a
large cycling event on a hot day with temperatures between 78 and 86°F were
used.
They
asked these cyclists to complete a trail-making executive function test as quickly
and accurately as possible before and after the event.
The
test involved the linking of numbered dots using a pencil and served as a
measure of executive function, a psychological term for the ability to focus,
retrieve needed information accurately from memory, and to plan and carry out
steps to fulfil a goal.
Before
the vent began, the scientists tested the cyclist’s urine to be able to
categorize them into a group that was normally hydrated and one that was
dehydrated.
Compared
to their pre-cycling test, the normally hydrated group completed the
post-cycling test a lot faster.
The
dehydrated group, on the other hand, showed no improvement.
This
shows that the elderly and those in their upper middle ages can reap cognitive
benefits from exercise, but only if they are hydrated properly.
Older
studies have found that, if you are dehydrated by only 2%, you will do poorer
than usual on tasks that require attention, psychomotor abilities, short-term
memory and fast retrieval.
In
addition, you will struggle to form an accurate assessment of your own physical
and emotional environment.
According
to the literature, long-term memory, working memory, and executive function
start deteriorating only when we are more than 2% dehydrated.
In
other words, to stave off dementia and keep your brain functioning at optimal
levels, drink a glass of water at least every two hours and drink more while
you exercise.
Beat
Dementia - Alzheimer’s Held Hostage by This One Ingredient
Traditional
Alzheimer’s research is mostly focused on genetic factors. Little notice is
unfortunately paid to diet and other lifestyle choices.
This
is about to change.
Scientists
from University of Bath and King’s College in London recently discovered one
specific ingredient that plants the seeds for Alzheimer’s. They also mapped the
exact process by which this bad diet choice helps the disease grow.
Even
more urgently, cutting out this ingredient may eliminate Alzheimer’s for good.
Researchers
examined samples of brain matter from people with and without Alzheimer’s via a
technique (fluorescent phenylboronate gel electrophoresis) that is sensitive
enough to reveal the damage high blood sugar causes to proteins and
immune cells.
When
sugar (or glucose) reaches your bloodstream, many of its molecules bind to
protein molecules in a process called glycation.
Not
only can glycation damage proteins in this way, but the by-products of the
glycation process are often harmful to our bodies as well.
Some
previous studies, such as one published by German and Australian researchers in
the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta in 1997, have found that
beta-amyloid, one of the proteins that seem to form plaques in the brains of
Alzheimer’s disease sufferers, are mostly a byproduct created during the
process of glycation.
That
already suggests that an excess of dietary sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s
disease, as it makes glycation more likely.
But
the London and Bath researchers discovered another extremely harmful effect of
glycation.
At
the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, glycation damages an enzyme called macrophage
migration inhibitory factor (or MIF).
MIF
enzymes are a part of your immune system. When abnormal proteins start to build
up in your brain, these MIF enzymes are supposed to be part of the response to
remove them and/or to limit the potential damage.
This
is how Alzheimer’s disease manages to get going. Glycation damages your MIF
enzymes, and your damaged MIF enzymes are then incapable of playing their role
of preventing abnormal protein plaques to form all over your brain.
In
other words, if you eat too many simple sugars that build up as glucose in your
bloodstream, glycation becomes more likely.
When
glycation occurs in your brain, you are at serious risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
For
more ideas to beat dementia, watch this video - TOP 7 BRAIN FOODS Help Fight Dementia & Alzheimer's. BEST Ways to Prevent Dementia & Alzheimer’s
This
post is from the Brain Booster Exercise Program created for the purpose of
helping to reverse Alzheimer’s, boost memory. It was made by Christian Goodman Blue Heron health news
that has been recognized as one of the top-quality national health information
websites. This is an all-natural system
that utilizes the power of exercises to slow down, prevent, or even reverse
memory loss and boost your brain with energy and power. These exercises work to
deliver as much nutrition and oxygen to your starving brain as possible and
begin the restoring of the damaged brain cells.
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