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"Fix your Body and you will fix your Brain" Doctor Mark Hyman MD

“Building muscle keeps you young.”   Doctor Al Sears MD

"Autism is not a brain disorder but a systematic disorder that affects the brain." Doctor Martha Herbert MD

"With autism we see clearly the effects of systemic imbalances in the body on the brain and mind. And what holds of autism holds true true of brain disorders like depression, Alzheimer's and a host of others as well."  Doctor Mark Hyman MD

"The idea that psychiatric or neurological "diseases" like depression. anxiety, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and dementia can be effectively treated not by administering psychoactive medications; but by altering dietary and lifestyle influences and repairing the body's systems, which affect the entire Body-Mind system in which the brain functions. is resisted by conventional psychiatry and neurology." Doctor Mark Hyman

"Our medical training reinforces the illusion of separate body systems by training doctors in specialties and sub specialties - there are doctors for every inch of your body. But there are very few who understand how the whole body works as one complete ecosystem." Doctor Mark Hyman

“Vaccination may inflame your brain for as long as TWO YEARS after you get the vaccination.”  Doctor Blaylock

"Seven of the characteristic markers that we look for to distinguish Alzheimer's disease can be produced in normal brain tissues, or cultures of neurons, by the addition of extremely low levels of mercury." Doctor Boyd Haley, Professor, Chair Chem Dept, UK

"We have found that clinically normal individuals aged 60-65 who receive influenza vaccine three or four times during a five-year period, will five years later have an incidence of Alzheimer's disease 10-fold greater than age-matched individuals who did not receive it."  H. Hugh Fudenburg, MD, Note Get your flu shot? IMO NOT!

"It appears that obesity is not the only thing controlled by the information in our food. So are stress response, mood, behavior. memory and brain function. That is why a fresh, whole food, organic, real-food diet is the foundation of health."  Doctor Mark Hyman

"Food is powerful medicine. Eating more of certain foods and less of others can substantially boost the bodies ability to fight most illnesses from colds to cancer."   Doctor Keith Block MD

In the Zutphen Elderly Study, which involved 210 men aged 70-89 years a linear relation was found between the estimated intake of DHA and EPA and prevention of cognitive decline. A DHA+EPA intake of approximately 380 mg per day seemed to prevent cognitive decline. This amount of DHA+EPA would be found in just 20 grams (just 2/3 of one ounce) of Chinook salmon. Van Gelder BM, Tijhuis M, et al.

Two studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can actually prevent cognitive decline.

“Magnesium may reverse middle-age memory loss.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“In a study 31 healthy adults, ages 30 to 59, received ginkgo (120 to 300 mg a day) or a placebo. The herbs significantly improved several measures of memory.”  Phytotherapy Research

“Vitamin K suppresses interleukin-6 and has been shown to protect against a wide range of age related diseases.” Reddi et al

 “In nonagenarians and centagenarians high levels of vitamin D in the blood and normal thyroid function were the strongest markers of health and longevity.”  Mariani et al   

“The elderly have a particularly strong need to maintain vitamin D sufficiency. Not only are they likely to produce less vitamin D from solar UVB irradiation because they generally spend less time in sunlight than do younger people, but their efficiency of photoproduction is less. In addition, diseases such as cancer and osteoporotic fractures are most likely among the elderly.” William B. Grant, PhD, and Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD

“CoQ10 can exert neuroprotective effects that might be useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.” Matthews et al

“Vinpocetine has been increasingly used in the treatment of cognitive deficits related to normal aging.” Life Extension

“In a review of 40 clinical studies using ginkgo Biloba for cerebral insufficiency virtually all trials reported positive results. Compared to the control group the group receiving ginkgo showed significant improvement in symptoms such as memory difficulty, confusion, fatigue, anxiety, dizziness, tinnitus and headaches with no serious side effects. ” Kleijnen et al

“Tofu is reported to contribute to accelerated brain aging resulting in dementia.”        J Am Coll Nutr 129:758-767 1999

“In a study involving more than 100 volunteers aged 61 to 87; individuals with lower vitamin B12 levels at the start of the study had a greater decrease in brain volume. Those with the lowest B12 levels had a six fold greater rate of brain volume loss compared with those who had the highest levels. However, none of the participants were actually deficient in vitamin B12 -- they just had low levels within a normal range.” Neurology 2008; 71: 826-832

“The single most important step you can take to improve your aging mind is to reduce your cortisol levels by lowering your stress.”  Doctor Nan Fuchs PhD

“Dietary cholesterol in fresh eggs and other cholesterol-rich foods has been shown in scientific trials to improve memory in the elderly. In my clinical experience, any person with memory loss or learning problems needs to have plenty of these foods every single day in order to recover.” Doctor Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD

“It has recently been revealed that thrombotic clogging of the cerebral blood vessels may be a cause of dementia. It has been estimated that sixty percent of senile dementia patients in Japan is caused by thrombus. Natto can dissolve these thrombi.” Doctor of Medicine Hiroyuki Sumi. Japan Bio Science Laboratory Co. Ltd

“A meta analysis of 40 studies on ginkgo shows ginkgo is every bit as valid a treatment for cerebral insufficiency as the pharmacological drug co-dergocrine.” Kleijnen & Knipschild, University of Limburg, Note WOW

“Using ginkgo to treat dementia could have monumental benefits for both the individual and society by improving the patient’s quality of life and postponing as long as possible the patient’s loss of independence and necessity for full-time care.” Free University, Berlin 1996

“In a study of men and women average age 67 with memory problems ginkgo was compared to the memory drug tacrine. The EGG showed similar profiles of brain activity after subjects took ginkgo or tacrine or other memory drugs approved in Europe. But ginkgo was superior; it showed brain changes in as many as three times as many individuals. Alpha brain activity picked up sometimes markedly after  three hours in 66 percent of the subjects taking a one time dose of 240 mg of ginkgold compared to only 22 percent taking the standard dose of tacrine.” Doctor Itil NY Medical Center

"For those of us who live in countries where there are dark winters without much sunlight, like the UK, getting enough Vitamin D can be a real problem – particularly for older people, who absorb less vitamin D from sunlight., One way to address this might be to provide older adults with vitamin D supplements. This has been proposed in the past as a way of improving bone health in older people, but our results suggest it might also have other benefits. We need to investigate whether vitamin D supplementation is a cost-effective and low-risk way of reducing older people's risks of developing cognitive impairment and dementia."    Lang et al, Note there are no more studies needed, take your vitamin D

"A typical American diet does not provide enough essential vitamins. Worse yet, older people are at greater risk for vitamin deficiency because they tend to eat less, although their requirements for certain vitamins, such as B6, actually rise with age. Older people may also have problems with efficient absorption of nutrients from food. Even healthy older people often exhibit deficiencies in vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate."   Life Extension

"Gluten can cause so many problems (55 Known) it would be hard to list them. These include many neurological and psychiatric diseases such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, dementia, migraines, epilepsy, and neuropathy. Gluten has also been linked to autism." Doctor Mark Hyman MD

"in a study of the association of vitamin D levels with cognitive impairment participants whose vitamin D levels were in the lowest 25% experienced a 2.28 times greater risk of cognitive impairment as those in the highest 25%." Ian Lang et al

"Vinpocetine helps support cerebral glucose metabolism by enhancing glucose supply to brain tissue." Vas et al

"It is now apparent that many traditional spices in addition to adding interest to our food can provide vital anti-inflammatory and antioxidant function that is having an impact on how we think about chronic illness and aging." Aggarwal et al

"Far from being an "inevitable" consequence of aging, we now understand that cognitive decline and memory deficits are the predictable results of a lifetime of oxidative and inflammatory injury that damages brain cells' ability to communicate with each other." Life Extension

"Ashwagandha extracts are among the most potent inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase an enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine." Vinutha et al, Note this should help all brain functioning problems

"An increased plasma homocysteine level is an independent risk factor for the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease." NEJM 2002

"Grape seed extract coupled with soy lecithin improve age-related cognitive deterioration and reduce age-related oxidative damage and cerebral amyloid deposition."  Life Extension

"In one study scientists found blueberry fed rats performed significantly better on tests of object recognition memory than a control group suggesting that supplementation with blueberries restored youthful levels of function in the aging brain."  Life Extension

"Recent research shows blueberries can be a great ally in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Blueberries limit brain injury caused by ischemic stroke. Blueberries work by protecting the brain against oxidative damage and inflammation. The two main causes behind mental decline.”   Doctor Al Sears MD

"Insufficient levels of vitamin B-6 may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease by about 50%, says a new study from Japan."    British Journal of Nutrition

"The thirst mechanism slows down as we age so we are not always aware right away that we need water. One of the symptoms of severe dehydration is mental confusion."   Susan Nitzke RD, PhD

“The brain is a site of high metabolic activity, which makes it vulnerable to oxidative damage, and slow accumulation of such damage over a lifetime may contribute to the development of dementia, In particular, when beta-amyloid (a hallmark of pathologic Alzheimer’s disease) accumulates in the brain, an inflammatory response is likely evoked that produces nitric oxide radicals and downstream neurodegenerative effects. Vitamin E is a powerful fat-soluble antioxidant that may help to inhibit the pathogenesis of dementia."    Vitamins E and D and Dementia

What age is old? You can climb mountains at 80; you can stay in bed at 40. Old is as old does. No matter your chronological age you can function younger with some work. IMO it is very important to think of “Age” as composed of two components 1) Chronological Age and 2) Functional Age. We can do little about chronological age but enjoy it as it slips by.  Our functional age is what we should constantly be working on. Please don’t let “Old Age” be your excuse for avoidable health problems.

Still we all get old sooner or later if we are lucky. Please get old healthy.

Grow Old Healthy Take Care of Your Health

"I've seen people who thought they were having trouble with senility and who supposedly couldn't take care of themselves anymore. What they really had were nutritional deficiencies."   Doctor Regelson MD

Many times what seems like Dementia is a simple case of a shortage of one or more of the Vitamin B Complex vitamins, iodine and other required nutrients. Older folks are likely to have these shortages for lots of reasons. Most times when a physician tells you a loved one has dementia this is what he is saying. “We are not sure what is wrong with your older loved one.” I am totally convinced MOST of the so called “Diseases of Aging” are nothing but neglect, advertent or inadvertent of YOUR health by YOU with a powerful assist from our Politico-Medical-Corporate Masters

Associate Professor Guosong Liu and postdoctoral associate Inna Slutsky at MIT's Picower Center for Learning and Memory found that magnesium helps regulate a key Brain receptor important for learning and memory. Their work provides evidence that a magnesium deficit may lead to decreased memory and learning ability,   while an abundance of magnesium may improve cognitive function.

VACCINES & NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Doctor Mark Hyman's "Ultra Mind" Approach to Problems of the Brain

"The secret that promises to help us fix our broken brains lies in an unlikely place, a place where modern medicine has mostly ignored. The answer lies in our body."  Doctor Mark Hyman MD

"To learn how to fix your brain you are going have to learn to accept a radically new way of thinking about health - one that most doctors today still struggle to understand. The crux of it is embodied in a single truth. Everything is connected."  Doctor Mark Hyman MD

"I never set out to be a brain or mood expert. In fact my focus was more on how the body works as a whole system. And people saw me not to treat depression or autism or Alzheimer's but to deal with chronic complaints and illnesses of the body. Hence I became an "accidental psychiatrist". Since then I have found remarkable patterns and connections that link the body to the mind. The wonder of the body continues to delight and amaze me as I understand more  clearly how the entire body and the mind is one interacting. interlocking. networked system."  Doctor Mark Hyman MD

"My approach is simple the first step is to take out the bad stuff irritating you; the second step is to add the good stuff you need to thrive."  Doctor Mark Hyman MD

Doctor Mark Hyman has made a breakthrough in holistic medicine. Here is a main stream physician who started out treating complex problems of the body and discovered that when he was able to cure his patients body VERY OFTEN their often broken brains healed as well. His book "The Ultra Mind Solution" is required reading for the inspiration, knowledge, testing, protocols and hope it will bring to your understanding of dementia.

Why This Protocol is so Impossibly Inclusive

"Everyone is searching for the one thing that causes diseases like Alzheimer's. But there is no one thing."  Doctor Mark Hyman MD

Make sure you have good levels of these

• Antioxidants

• Cholesterol for gosh sakes don’t blindly take Cholesterol lowering drugs to comport to some fool “standard”

• DHA and EPA (See DHA and EPA Protocol)

• Folic Acid (See Folic Acid Protocol)

• Iodine

• Omega 3 EFA

• Serotonin (See Serotonin Protection Protocol)

• Stomach Acid (See Stomach Acid Protocol)

• Vitamin B12

• Vitamin B6

• Vitamin B3

• Vitamin K

• Zinc

Vitamin D and Dementia

The simple primal act of getting LOTS of the high noon sun on your bare “unprotected” skin in large amounts just may be the most important single thing you can do for your health. If the sun casts a shadow longer than you are tall you cannot make adequate vitamin D from the sun. You MUST take vitamin D3 at the daily rate of about 1000 IU/20 pounds of body weight.

Continuation of Dementia Protection Protocol (See Dementia Protection Protocol Continuation)

This site was last updated on: 16 May 2012 09:51 AM

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