…Shea and his team have a 2010 publication of their clinical trials comparing a nutritional formula they developed with placebo in adults without dementia. The formula they used consisted of acetyl-l-carnitine, B12, folic acid, N-acetyl cysteine, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), and vitamin E. This formula…
…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 deteriorates over time, with VaD the…
…question that vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients you need. Adequate vitamin D levels protect you against heart disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, cancer, and more. Yet, many doctors are still giving their patients misinformation when it comes to this critical nutrient. Here’s what you need…
…addition to her two siblings, my mother also has dementia. Because she is 90-years-old, her failing memory is assumed to be due to Alzheimer’s at this point. So, my life is saddened and my heart aches, as do those of others who live with dementias. But, most importantly, my mother is happy. So we…
…the pacemaker, he realized just how much his heart was struggling. He has more energy, his mind is sharper (his wife had thought he was developing dementia), and even his cheeks are rosier. The pacemaker had literally taken 10 years off his age! So, how do you know if you need a pacemaker? * You can’t…
…too. I was hoping that mom was just showing signs of age-related cognitive decline. In actuality, Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, or loss of intellectual function, for folks over 65. And for those over 85 years of age or more, the risk is 50 percent. I was saddened to read the…
…university in connection with a study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other studies have also linked the potential for dementia with a decline in total cholesterol. What’s the bottom line for you? In my opinion, the only people who should be on a statin drug are middle-aged…
…we are learning that high homocysteine levels contribute to Alzheimer’s and other dementias just as they put you at risk for heart disease. Bring down homocysteine, and you reduce cardiac risk as well as dementia risk. What is homocysteine? It’s a sulfur-containing amino acid that is normally produced…
…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 ages 40–45…
…to transfer their beloved mom Peg to an assisted care facility due to her vascular dementia. It was a decision that didn’t come easy—and in fact, snuck up on the family over time. Like many people with dementia, at times Peg is conversational and appropriately interacting with her environment. Yet…
…loss (in my case over 70 pounds) can temporarily raise LDL levels. He did not know that. "In spite of his low cholesterol levels, my dad developed dementia that was diagnosed as Alzheimer’s [sic], and he had several blockages in the smaller blood vessels in his brain. No statins for me!” Now it’s…
…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 PROTECTED from…
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