New research breakthrough for Alzheimer

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A team at Duke University in North Carolina observed that with Alzheimer’s, immune cells that normally protect the brain instead begin to consume a vital nutrient called arginine.

By blocking this process with a drug, they were able to prevent the formation of “plaques” in the brain that are characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, and also halted memory loss in the mice.

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Diets that will lower your risk of getting alzheimer

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The scientists at Rush University have developed a diet that can reduce your risk of contracting alzheimer by 53%. Two other diets have also shown to be effective.

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from the press release:

The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.

With the MIND diet, a person who eats at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine — snacks most days on nuts, has beans every other day or so, eats poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week and benefit. However, he or she must limits intake of the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of AD, according to the study.

Berries are the only fruit specifically to make the MIND diet. “Blueberries are one of the more potent foods in terms of protecting the brain,” Morris said, and strawberries have also performed well in past studies of the effect of food on cognitive function.

Meditation for Alzheimer

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Although few details are provided but in the article in the link for today they state that “recent studies” have indicated that Alzheimer can be helped with meditation. They also list the other general recommendations about healthy weight, healthy food, enough exercise so what is there not to like?

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