alzheimers (Page 5)

We’re finally winning the fight against cancer. Will we beat Alzheimer’s next?

It’s been one hundred years since Alzheimer’s disease was first described, and yet our best treatments in development for the disease are still highly toxic drugs. But new research has identified a target, called casein kinase 1, that may be responsible for the disease. They?ve discovered chemicals that block casein kinase 1 don’t interfere with a closely connected essential pathway in the brain.
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Eating a Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables and olive oil and includes little red meat, is associated with a lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease. This was true even for people who have heart disease and diabetes. Italians are known for living to an old age, and this may be the reason why.

The Mediterranean diet consists of high amounts of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fish, mild to moderate amounts of alcohol and low amounts of red meat and dairy products. This diet has been associated with a lower risk of cancer, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, problems with processing glucose that may lead to diabetes, coronary heart disease and overall death.
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Curcumin, a chemical found in curry and turmeric, may help the immune system clear the brain of amyloid beta, which form the plaques found in Alzheimer’s disease. And tumeric may also help prevent rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. We should obviously all be eating more Indian food!

Using blood samples from six Alzheimer’s disease patients, whose ages ranged from 65 to 84, and three healthy control patients, the researchers isolated cells called macrophages, which are the soldiers of the innate immune system and are present at birth. They travel through the brain and body, gobbling up waste products, including amyloid beta.
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Don’t miss Anne Strieber’s fascinating subscriber interview with Colm Kelleher about Alzheimer’s Disease this week! Could the obesity epidemic in the US that is fueled by corn ALSO be the cause of the incredible rise in Alzheimer’s Disease? New studies have found that cutting down on carbohydrates and drinking red wine may stave off the memory-stealing disease that everyone dreads.

A new study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine extends and strengthens the research that what you eat might halt or even reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The researchers are studying calorie restriction, especially restriction of carbohydrates. Restricting calorie intake may prevent AD by triggering activity in the brain that leads to a longer life.
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