Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 REPPED: Researchers have discovered that common prescription drugs (antidepressants, allergy drugs and more) cause side effects that mimic the onset of dementia. Well finally, this explains why patients who get on one prescription drug always seem to lose their minds and start popping five more drugs (all under doctor's orders, of course).
The reported side effects of these drugs -- called anticholinergics -- include confusion, memory loss and disorientation. These symptoms get diagnosed (surprise!) as early dementia, which almost always gets treated with -- guess what? |
| The fact is that the vast majority of senior citizens diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's merely suffer from a combination of brain-impairing prescription drugs and common nutritional deficiencies that are easily corrected. Of course, getting this point across to people requires them to possess some degree of remaining cognitive function, and that's asking far too much of a population which takes so many drugs that the chemicals are showing up in the drinking water of major U.S. cities.
The mass-drugging of the U.S. population is no longer conspiracy talk, it's mainstream America. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative brain disorder that manifests as a progressive deterioration of memory and mental function, a state of mind commonly referred to as dementia. In the United States, 5 percent of the population over age 65 suffers from severe dementia, while another 10 percent suffers from mild to moderate dementia. With increasing age, there is a rise in frequency. For example, in people over age 80, the frequency rate for dementia is over 25 percent. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 But, if they continue, they begin to cause memory loss and, ultimately, crippling dementia. In fact, one recently reported study found that the presence of these "silent brain infarcts" more than doubles the risk of dementia.4
We now believe, in fact, that at least half of all senile mental impairment is caused by vascular injury to the brain. Not long ago, a Swedish study of five hundred eighty-five-year-olds found that fully one-third of them showed some form of dementia. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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 In a double-blind placebo human trial (in 2000), researchers reported that a dosage of 360 mg per day of Anapsos given to patients with senile dementia improved cognitive performance, increased the blood supply to the brain, and also increased the electrical impulses in the brain.30 The results were better with Alzheimer's patients and those with mild dementia than those with severe dementia and extensive brain cell degeneration. Anapsos now is used in Spain and Europe for the treatment of Alzheimer's and dementia. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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| In fact, one recently reported study found that the presence of these "silent brain infarcts" more than doubles the risk of dementia.4
We now believe, in fact, that at least half of all senile mental impairment is caused by vascular injury to the brain. Not long ago, a Swedish study of five hundred eighty-five-year-olds found that fully one-third of them showed some form of dementia. A careful analysis revealed that in half of those with dementia, their mental impairment was due to a diseased arterial blood supply to the brain. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 Compared to those with normal glycosylated hemoglobin levels (HgbAlc less than 6), those with HgbAlc levels greater than 12 were 22 percent more likely to develop dementia, and those with HgbAlc levels above 15 were 78 percent more likely to develop dementia. As with peripheral vascular disease going to amputations, there may be a vascular dementia that is triggered by low blood flow to the brain.
New research linking diabetes and Alzheimer's suggests that the high blood sugar of diabetes can lead to the formation of advanced glyca-tion end products, or AGEs. |
| An eight-year study out of Kaiser Permanente tracked 22,582 patients age 50 or above with Type-2 diabetes, and found that diabetic individuals with high blood sugar experience an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's. Compared to those with normal glycosylated hemoglobin levels (HgbAlc less than 6), those with HgbAlc levels greater than 12 were 22 percent more likely to develop dementia, and those with HgbAlc levels above 15 were 78 percent more likely to develop dementia. |
Charles Barber
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 The patients were actually suffering from dementia, a condition for which Zyprexa is not approved. In fact its use for dementia is warned against by the FDA, which has stated that Zyprexa can increase the risk of death for older patients with dementia-related psychosis.67 In the last few years, Lilly has paid $1.2 billion to settle claims for patients who said they developed diabetes or other diseases after taking the drug.68 Diabetes is a possible side effect of Zyprexa, according to the American Diabetes Association.69 (Lilly denied that a link between Zyprexa and diabetes has been proven. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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| Not long ago, a Swedish study of five hundred eighty-five-year-olds found that fully one-third of them showed some form of dementia. A careful analysis revealed that in half of those with dementia, their mental impairment was due to a diseased arterial blood supply to the brain.5 Similarly, a study in the Netherlands focused on five thousand people between the ages of fifty-five and ninety-four.6 The researchers studied the circulation in the brains of all their subjects, then asked them to perform various written tests of mental acuity. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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| The results were better with Alzheimer's patients and those with mild dementia than those with severe dementia and extensive brain cell degeneration. Anapsos now is used in Spain and Europe for the treatment of Alzheimer's and dementia.31
The same protective effects to brain cells seem to extend to skin cells as well. A 1997 U.S. patent was filed on an extract of samambaia, which indicated it is effective in preventing sunburn and skin damage (taken internally, as well as applied topically prior to exposure). |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Kanowski S, Herrmann WM, Stephan K, Wierich W, Horr R, (1995) Proof of efficacy of the ginkgo biloba special extract Egb 761 in outpatients suffering from primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer type and multi-infarct dementia. Pharmacopsychiatry 4:149-158
Kleijnen J, Knipschild P, (1992a) Ginkgo biloba for cerebral insufficiency. Br J Clin Pharmac 35:352-358.
Kleijnen J, Knipschild P, (1992b) Ginkgo biloba. Lancet, 1136-1139.
Krieglstein J, Neuroprotective properties of Ginkgo biloba-constituents. In: ZPT 15(2):92-96. 1994.
Kurz A, Ginkgo biloba bei Demenzerkrankungen. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Whether you've seen it on the news, on TV shows, or within your own family, you know how dementia looks from the outside: People forget faces, names, where they live, and information that seems—to the rest of the world—so easy to remember. The most frequently seen problem: getting lost on a walk home. To really control your own genetic destiny, you need to take a look at what memory loss looks like on the inside. For the record, age-related memory loss is classified in several ways. Conditions such as Alzheimer's, dementia, and mild cognitive impairment are all technically different. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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| The results were better with Alzheimer's patients and those with mild dementia than those with severe dementia and extensive brain cell degeneration. Anapsos now is used in Spain and Europe for the treatment of Alzheimer's and dementia.31
The same protective effects to brain cells seem to extend to skin cells as well. A 1997 U.S. patent was filed on an extract of samambaia, which indicated it is effective in preventing sunburn and skin damage (taken internally, as well as applied topically prior to exposure). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In other words, the same patient ends up on two drugs with precisely the opposite biological actions.
It's sort of like overdosing on caffeine to keep you awake while popping sleeping pills to make sure you're relaxed, too. Only in conventional medicine can you find such outright idiocy in the treatment of patients, whose bodies are regarded as chemical testing grounds for whatever new drug the FDA can rubber-stamp as "safe." The whole darned system of over-marketed pharmaceuticals is not merely intellectually dishonest, it's outright fraudulent. |
KC Craichy
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 ALUMINUM
A report from France indicates that drinking water with high aluminum concentrations may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Researchers determined that a concentration of aluminum in drinking water above 0.1 milligrams per liter may be a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Nearly 2,700 individuals were followed for an eight-year period to identify new cases of probable Alzheimer's or other dementia illnesses. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Experts are now interested in learning more about how the long-term effects of glucose may affect the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, which lead to loss of cognition, memory, reason, judgment, and language.
If the theory that excessive sugar consumption plays an important role in the development of these conditions is true, the implications for our aging population could be profound. That's because some 4 million Americans aged 65 and up are now plagued by this most common cause of dementia. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 A recent study found that unexplained weight loss in women may be an early warning sign of dementia a decade later. And sudden weight loss can be a reaction to some drugs—both prescribed and illicit—including antidepressants and amphetamines. If an older adult loses weight suddenly, it may be a forewarning of dementia. While it's common for the elderly to lose weight as they age—usually less than a pound a year—losing more than that appears to signal the imminent onset of this neurological disorder.
We've probably all experienced putting on a few extra pounds, especially around the holidays. |
Gabriel Cousens
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| Apparently the risk of dementia rises in people with high blood sugar. Speculation is that the poor brain circulation caused by diabetes is a primary factor. An eight-year study out of Kaiser Permanente tracked 22,582 patients age 50 or above with Type-2 diabetes, and found that diabetic individuals with high blood sugar experience an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's. |
Charles Barber
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| In fact its use for dementia is warned against by the FDA, which has stated that Zyprexa can increase the risk of death for older patients with dementia-related psychosis.67 In the last few years, Lilly has paid $1.2 billion to settle claims for patients who said they developed diabetes or other diseases after taking the drug.68 Diabetes is a possible side effect of Zyprexa, according to the American Diabetes Association.69 (Lilly denied that a link between Zyprexa and diabetes has been proven. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 As a result of this ability, they] might become useful for protecting humans from senile disorders such as dementia."26
The mental protection hypothesized by the aforementioned study was demonstrated in forty-six cases of cerebrovascular disease (including twenty-two patients with dementia) studied by physicians at the Beijing Tian Tan Affiliated Hospital of Capital Medical University in China. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| For some time, scientists didn't know why people with diabetes were at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia than the rest of the general population. (Dementia is any mental disorder characterized by impairment of memory, judgment, and abstract thinking, as well as personality changes.)
Recent research by scientists at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston suggests that the reason could be related to insulin resistance in their brain cells, which affects the way those cells function. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| In the United States, 5 percent of the population over age 65 suffers from severe dementia, while another 10 percent suffers from mild to moderate dementia. With increasing age, there is a rise in frequency. For example, in people over age 80, the frequency rate for dementia is over 25 percent.
Signs and Symptoms
Progressive mental deterioration, loss of memory and cognitive functions, and an inability to carry out activities of daily life are the characteristic symptoms of AD.
Causes
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by distinctive changes in the brain. |
Bottom Line Health
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| In addition, fish consumption has been associated with a lower risk of dementia and stroke. Some recent studies have discovered that one omega-3 fatty acid in particular, docosahexae-noic acid (DHA), is important for memory in older animals. o
Morris believes that increased levels of DHA may be responsible for the slower decline in thinking ability. In a previous study, Morris found that DHA reduced the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. "DHA is very important for the communication between neurons and the overall functioning of neurons," she explains. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| That's because some 4 million Americans aged 65 and up are now plagued by this most common cause of dementia. In fact, 14 million older Americans are expected to get it by 2050, according to the National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center.
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Befriending Your Brain
So there you have it. Our brains rely on sugar or glucose to function, but it's the type of foods or carbohydrates we eat that can help us remember, or lead us to forget—those vital bits of information. So, if you want to think clearly and get "brain power," you must eat high-quality foods. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Furthermore, a 2003 study showed that combined HRT actually increased the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The FDA now requires a warning about this on all HRT drug labeling.
Furthermore, a University of Rochester study reported that women who took HRT suffered from impaired hearing. If all of this does not deter a woman from using HRT, a recent study from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, showed a sharply increased risk of asthma for women taking either estrogen alone or combined HRT. |
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| FOLATE HELPS
A number of studies indicate that low levels of the B vitamin folate are linked to dementia and brain atrophy (shrinkage). The Nun Study indicates that a deficiency may be linked to Alzheimer's as well.
When researchers compared autopsy results with earlier blood samples, they found that nuns who had higher blood levels of folate were less likely to show signs of the brain atrophy associated with Alzheimer's.
Folate (the supplemental form is called folic acid) suppresses the amino acid homocysteine. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Therefore, active virus material should be profusely present in the white cells of the immune system, particularly in the T-helper cells, as well as in lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma and in the brain neurons of those afflicted with dementia. Yet this is not the case at all. The HIV retrovirus cannot be found in any of the diseased tissues of AIDS patients. This fact alone should make anyone suspicious about the claim that HIV leads to the destruction of organs and system. |
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