The news about the health benefits of apples continues to roll off the presses. For years research has confirmed that a diet high in fruits and veggies is protective when it comes to stroke and other health concerns, but now European researchers have found that the color of a fruit may affect its…
When I happened upon the recent research about apples and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), I became curious about whether or not apples have any benefits in preventing and treating Alzheimer’s disease. My preliminary internet search revealed comments on the relationship between apples…
New research emphasizes that what is good for the heart IS good for the brain. For years, we’ve understood that having high blood levels of “good cholesterol”—HDL or high density lipoprotein cholesterol—lowers your risk of developing heart disease. Now, a December 2010 research…
A while back I was talking with Jim Roberts, M.D., an integrative cardiologist and my co-author for Reverse Heart Disease Now—and we both shared that we have we have low homocysteine levels. That may sound like good news given the well-documented danger of high homocysteine. But the truth is,…
…behavior change. Though many of us may not have heard of it until just a few decades ago, Alzheimer's disease was first understood back in 1906 by German physician Alois Alzheimer, MD. At a medical conference, Alzheimer presented a case history of a woman who was only 51 years old, but suffered from a rare…
Since I wrote my earlier blog on Alzheimer's, my own mother's mental status had changed so abruptly that we needed to hospitalize her to rule out a stroke, or low heart rate. And while she was surprisingly hypertensive on admission and her heart rates low enough to validate a pacemaker, her failing memory…
We tend to think of memory loss as something that happens in our 70’s and 80’s, but a new study shows memory loss can begin as early as age 45. This new study, which was published in the British Medical Journal, studied 7,000 adults in London between the ages of 45 and 70. As they expected,…
…were observed in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of the [chemically-induced] rats.” In layman’s terms, this means that the rats exhibiting Alzheimer-like dementia also had decreased levels of ATP (which generates cellular energy), and amazingly, the rats that had CoQ10 on board were significantly…
We know how devastating Alzheimer’s disease can be. It robs people of their cognitive powers, their spirit, dignity, freedom, and ultimately, their life. And it puts great strain on those loved ones who care for them. But, I’ve learned through my patients afflicted with Alzheimer’s that there…
Earlier this week, a new study by Kaiser Permanente reported an association between high cholesterol levels and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Researchers followed close to 10,000 people for 40 years and found that people who had high or borderline high cholesterol levels at…
…disease. To ensure this protection, Dr. Sinatra recommends 100 mg twice a day of a high-quality CoQ10. For more information on Dr. Sinatra and Alzheimer's disease, visit www.drsinatra.com.
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. It’s also the month it became time for my mother-in-law Peg to move into an extended care facility (ECF) due to her vascular dementia (VaD). So, what is VaD? While it’s often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease because mental functioning slowly…
Yesterday must have been a slow news day for the Wall Street Journal. I don’t know if you saw their article, Is This the End of Popping Vitamins? It recapped all of the faulty research of the past few weeks (and the past few years, for that matter)—including the study on women and multivitamins…
In my early days of practicing medicine, people used to go to their doctor to get a shot of vitamin B12, and they felt dramatically better. In fact, people used to beg me for the shot. The reason it worked is that many people are walking around with a vitamin B12 deficit. Yet, even today, most…
There’s no question that this has been the season for controversy, on a wide variety of topics from the national debt to the best way to protect children in our schools. In the land of healthcare, there’s more in the hot seat than our healthcare system itself—including a brewing controversy…
This weekend is the unofficial start of summer. Even though this Memorial Day we will be at our daughter’s wedding, my wife Jan and I love this kickoff-for-summer weekend. First of all, it reminds us to take time to remember those who have served and sacrificed to defend this great nation—folks…
If you’ve been with me for a while, you know how I feel about statin drugs. The only people who should be on statins are men over 50 who have coronary artery disease. For everyone else, statins may actually be raising the incidence of heart failure because they deplete the body of CoQ10—a…
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