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jtuck004

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Sat Dec 27, 2014, 06:49 PM Dec 2014

Pioneering Doctor Working to Reverse Alzheimers Offers 36 Ways Help Avoid the Disease

Long article at Alternet, here


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December 26, 2014 |
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) affects more than 5 million Americans; worldwide, it affects more than 30 million people. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the
United States, after heart disease, cancers, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke and accidents.
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1. Eliminate or greatly reduce simple carbohydrates and processed foods from your diet, including sugar, grains and other starches, since they can stir up inflammation in the brain.
2. Add probiotics to your diet
3. Take 5,000 IUs of Vitamin D3 daily.
4. Take a good multivitamin daily.
5. Take Vitamin B6 daily.
6. Take Vitamin B12 daily.
7. Take CoQ10 daily.
8. Add fish oil to your diet.
9. Take coconut oil daily.
10. Exercise rigorously, 30 to 45 minutes, 5 days a week
11. Sleep 8 hours a night.
12. Fast for a minimum 3 hours between dinner and going to bed.
13. Fast a minimum 12 hours between dinner and breakfast
14. Take turmeric daily. Consider taking Ashwagandha and Bacopa monniera daily.
15. If you eat meat, make it chicken, non-farmed fish, and occasional grass-fed beef.
16. Floss your teeth at least twice daily.
17. Meditate daily - adequate sleep and exercise improve blood flow to the brain and instigate neuron generation.
18. Hormone replacement therapy is indicated for women who have a hormonal imbalance that may be affecting brain function.
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Having watched a few people die of Alzheimer's, and the likely millions more victims of this 6th leading cause of death we will be dealing with in the near future, seems like a very helpful article.

Many of these tips should help with one's quality of life apart from the disease.
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Pioneering Doctor Working to Reverse Alzheimers Offers 36 Ways Help Avoid the Disease (Original Post) jtuck004 Dec 2014 OP
K&R&Bookmarked. (nt) Control-Z Dec 2014 #1
Where are the other 18 ways? nt LiberalEsto Dec 2014 #2
read thus donco Dec 2014 #3
They must have Alzheimers. Or Anheisers. ErikJ Dec 2014 #4
Floss twice? Why? Also, did our ancestors floss? nt Logical Dec 2014 #5
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