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Related: About this forumScientists pinpoint how vitamin D may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer’s
articlePublished in the March 6 issue of the Journal of Alzheimers Disease, the early findings show that vitamin D3 may activate key genes and cellular signaling networks to help stimulate the immune system to clear the amyloid-beta protein.
Previous laboratory work by the team demonstrated that specific types of immune cells in Alzheimers patients may respond to therapy with vitamin D3 and curcumin, a chemical found in turmeric spice, by stimulating the innate immune system to clear amyloid beta. But the researchers didnt know how it worked.
This new study helped clarify the key mechanisms involved, which will help us better understand the usefulness of vitamin D3 and curcumin as possible therapies for Alzheimers disease, said study author Dr. Milan Fiala, a researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Kick and rec!
socialindependocrat
(1,372 posts)You would think that someone would have looked to see if any country had a barticularly low incidence and then looked at diet.
I'm glad someone has found something that people can try now
to prevent this disease.
Now, everyone can eat Indian food once a week and
benefit their brains.
It's a start!!
socialindependocrat
(1,372 posts)This shows deaths due to Alzheimer's
Very interesting groups of countries
that show low incidence.
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)Seems like the numbers are pulled out of the air, though. If you look at the Road Traffic Accident death rate for North Korea, it gives a value of 10.2, in between Portugal at 10.0 and New Zealand at 10.3. Only one problem -- there is no road traffic in North Korea. I could pick out other instances of numbers being suspect, but I'll just let it go with a lot of skepticism.
Celebration
(15,812 posts)This might have to be anecdotal, because I don't think there are great statistics on this. I could be wrong, though.