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padding: 0in" width="18"> +<p class="MsoNormal"> +<o:p> </o:p></p></td> +<td style="padding: 0in" valign="top"> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">ALZHEIMER’S + DISEASE: SOME ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">"(Research) suggests to me that if everyone started + on a good nutritional program supplemented with optimum doses of vitamins and + minerals before age fifty, and remained on it, the incidence of Alzheimer's + disease would drop precipitously."</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"> ( +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Abram Hoffer</st1:city>, +<st1:state w:st="on">MD</st1:state></st1:place>, + PhD) </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><a href="../../hoffer_psychosis.html">http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_psychosis.html</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Hoffer A: A case of + Alzheimer's treated with nutrients. <em>J + Orthomolecular Medicine</em> 8:43-44, 1993. Also: Hoffer A: Alzheimer's + - An Anecdote (letter) <em>Townsend Letter + for Doctors and Patients</em>, No.179, 107-109, 1998 +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Dr. Harold + Foster’s book, <em>What Really Causes + Alzheimer’s Disease</em>, further discusses Dr. Hoffer’s work. The + full text of this book can be downloaded, free of charge, at <a href="http://www.hdfoster.com/publications">http://www.hdfoster.com/publications</a> + . +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> +<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Choline/<span class="SpellE">Lechithin</span> +<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> +<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Supplemental choline has already shown promise in treating + Alzheimer's Disease. In <em>Geriatrics</em>, + way back in July 1979, lecithin was employed as a therapy to combat memory + loss. Studies at MIT show increases in both choline and the vital + neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brains of animals after just ONE + lecithin meal. (<em>Today's Living</em>, + February, 1982) <a href="../../nerves.html">http://www.doctoryourself.com/nerves.html</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">It is important to use + enough lecithin to have a reasonable hope of success. You can personally try + taking a few tablespoons of lecithin granules (I take between 4 and 8 twice a + week, for I want to remember all my great-grandchildren’s middle names + and sweater sizes someday). Notice anything? You can feel the almost a + caffeine-like increase in your awareness. That is probably the effect + of an acetylcholine boost. Think what this might do for an + Alzheimer’s patient. Lecithin is a very safe substance: it is difficult + to hurt yourself with essential fatty acids and choline. Try lecithin + granules in yogurt, in a fruit smoothie (write for free recipes) or, if you + are really new to all this, on ice cream.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"><a href="../../lecithin.html">http://doctoryourself.com/lecithin.html</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Vitamin B-12</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">B-12 deficiency may + be mistaken for, or even cause, Alzheimer’s disease. B-12 + deficiency is easy to come by in the elderly: poor diet; poor intestinal + absorption (due to less intrinsic factor being secreted by the stomach in the + aging body, and possibly due to calcium deficiency); digestive tract surgery; + pharmaceutical interference, notably from <span class="SpellE">Dilantin</span> + (<span class="SpellE">phenytoin</span>); and stress all decrease B-12. It is + necessary to measure the cerebrospinal fluid, not the blood, to get accurate + B-12 readings.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Carper, Jean (1995) Your + food pharmacy (Syndicated column). November 1.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Dommisse</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, John (1990) Organic mania + induced by <span class="SpellE">phenytoin</span>. <em>Can J Psychiatry</em>. 35:5, June.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Dommisse</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, John (1991) Subtle vitamin B-12 + deficiency and psychiatry: a largely unnoticed but devastating relationship? <em>Med Hypotheses</em>. 34:131-140</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p> +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Murray</span></st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, Frank (1991) A B-12 deficiency + may cause mental problems. <em>Better + Nutrition for Today’s Living</em>, July, p 10-11</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Even marginal B-12 + deficiency over a long time period produces an increased risk of + Alzheimer’s disease.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Close to + three-quarters of the elderly deficient in B-12 also have <span class="GramE">AD.</span> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Garrison, <span class="SpellE">Jr</span> Robert H. and <span class="SpellE">Somer</span>, +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:city></st1:place> (1990) <em>The Nutrition Desk Reference.</em> +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">New Canaan</st1:city>, +<st1:state w:st="on">CT</st1:state></st1:place>: + Keats, p 211.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Many popular dieting + plans are B-12 deficient, including the <span class="SpellE">Pritikin</span>, +<st1:city w:st="on">Scarsdale</st1:city> and +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Beverly + Hills</st1:city></st1:place> diets, among others. The elderly are + often dieting without intending to, simply because their normal appetite and + taste functions are reduced. Emotional factors such as isolation, + grief, and depression also contribute to their inadequate food intake, and + therefore <span class="SpellE">unhealthfully</span> low B-12 intake. To make + matters worse, B-12 deficiency itself causes further loss of appetite. And + these symptoms of B-12 deficiency are all to reminiscent of diseases such as + Alzheimer’s: ataxia, fatigue, slowness of thought, apathy, emaciation, + degeneration of the spinal cord, dizziness, moodiness, confusion, agitation, + delusions, hallucinations, and psychosis.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Injection or intra-nasal + administration of B-12 is recommended because oral absorption is poor. There + is no known toxicity for vitamin B-12. A minimum daily therapeutic dose is + probably 100 micrograms, and closer to 1,000 mcg daily may be more effective. + 1,000 mcg sounds like a lot, but it is actually the same as one milligram, + which is about one thousandth of a quarter-teaspoon.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Fisher and <span class="SpellE">Lachance</span> (1985) Nutrition evaluation of published weight + reducing diets. <em>J <span class="SpellE">Amer</span> + Dietetic Assn</em>, 85(4) 450-54.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Goldberg, Donald (1985) <em>Newsletter.</em> 33, September.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Antioxidant vitamins</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, such as vitamin E and carotene, + may slow down or prevent AD. Alzheimer’s patients have abnormally low + measurable levels of these nutrients in their bodies. This could simply be + because they don’t eat well, or because the disease increases their + nutrient need, or both. </span></p> +<p><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">For more information, please search the DoctorYourself website from the <a href="" title="">main page</a> with the keywords "vitamin E Alzheimer's" using the website search engine. </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Vitamin C, folic acid and + niacin, as well as other nutrients, may also play a major role in combating + AD. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Balch</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, J. F. and <span class="SpellE">Balch</span>, + P. A. (1990) <em>Prescription for Nutritional + Healing</em>. +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Garden City Park</st1:city>, +<st1:state w:st="on">NY</st1:state></st1:place>: Avery Publishing, p + 87-90. (Has a very good section on AD.)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Kushnir</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, S. L.; <span class="SpellE">Ratner</span>, + J. T. and <span class="SpellE">Gregoire</span>, P.A. (1987) Multiple nutrients + in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. <span class="SpellE"><em>Amer</em></span><em> Geriatrics Soc J</em>, 35(5):476-477, May.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Choline</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">AD patients have a + deficiency of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine because they are deficient + in the enzyme, choline <span class="SpellE">acetyltransferase</span>, needed to + make it. This results in curtailed manufacture and presence of acetylcholine + in the brain. But there is a way around this: increasing dietary choline + raises blood and brain levels of acetylcholine. Choline is readily available + in cheap, non-prescription lecithin. ( +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city></st1:place> + U School of Med, F. <span class="SpellE">Marott</span> <span class="SpellE">Sinex</span>, + PhD)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">A large quantity of + choline (from lecithin) is necessary for clinical results. Lecithin is + non-toxic.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Alzheimer’s Disease + and neurotransmitters, <em>Lets Live</em>, + May 1983, p18.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Little, et al (1985) + A double-blind, placebo controlled trial of high dose lecithin in + Alzheimer’s disease. <em>J Neurology, + Neurosurgery and Psychiatry</em>, 48: 736-742.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Vitamin C and Tyrosine</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Increasing the + body’s level of the neurotransmitter <span class="SpellE">norepinephrine</span> + may also help AD patients. <span class="SpellE">Norepinepherine</span> is + made from the amino acid tyrosine, which is made from <span class="SpellE">phenylalaine</span>. + We get plenty of phenylalanine from protein our diets if we eat protein + foods, but the conversion to tyrosine and ultimately <span class="SpellE">norepinephrine</span> + may not take place if there is a deficiency of another coenzyme: vitamin + C. Vitamin C increases <span class="SpellE">norepinephrine</span> + production. Vitamin C may therefore be of special value in the treatment AD.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Aluminum Toxicity</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Unintentional + aluminum intake may increase the risk of AD as well. Aluminum cookware, + aluminum foil, antacids, douches, buffered aspirin, and even anti-<span class="SpellE">perspirant</span> deodorants may all contribute to the + problem. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">A single aluminum + coffee-pot was shown to have invisibly added over 1600 mcg aluminum per liter + of water. This is 3,200% over the World Health Organizations set goal of 50 + mcg per liter. Aluminum is known to build up in the bodily tissues of persons + with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic + lateral sclerosis. Aluminum is a known neurotoxin. Aluminum is also a + component of so- called silver amalgam dental fillings. Composite (white) + fillings do not contain aluminum (or mercury, for that matter.) Most + baking powder contains aluminum. Rumford brand baking powder does not, + however. Neither does baking soda, which is a different substance + entirely.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Jackson, J. A.; Riordan, + H. D. and Poling, C. M. (1989) Aluminum from a coffee pot. <em>Lancet</em>, I (8641) 781-782, April 8.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Artificial kidney + dialysis has been known to produce dialysis dementia, a state of confusion + and disorientation caused by excess aluminum in the blood stream. Animals + injected with aluminum compounds will also show develop nervous system + disorders. Conversely, Alzheimer’s disease can be treated with metal + bonding (chelating) agents, such as <span class="SpellE">desferrioxamine</span>, + which remove aluminum from the bloodstream. In appropriately high doses, + vitamin C is also an effective chelating agent.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">There have been many + studies on the relationship of aluminum toxicity to Alzheimer’s + disease. A Medline search will promptly uncover a large number of + references on the subject. Some examples include:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Martyn</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, C. N.; Barker, D. J.; Osmond, + C.; Harris, E. C.; <span class="SpellE">Edwardson</span>, J.A. and Lacey, R. F. + (1989) Geographical relation between Alzheimer’s disease and aluminum + in drinking water. <em>Lancet</em>, I + (8629): 59-62, Jan 14.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">McLachlan</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, D. R.; <span class="SpellE">Kruck</span>, + T.P. and <span class="SpellE">Lukiw</span>, W. J. (1991) Would decreased + aluminum ingestion reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease? <em>Can Med Assn J</em>, Oct 1.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Calcium and Magnesium </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">significantly slow down aluminum + absorption, and that’s good. Supplementation with 800 mg of calcium and + 400 mg of magnesium every day may be therapeutic for AD patients. Here are + two good presentations on the subject:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Garrison, <span class="SpellE">Jr</span> Robert H. and <span class="SpellE">Somer</span>, +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:city></st1:place> (1990) <em>Nutrition Desk Reference</em>. +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">New Canaan</st1:city>, +<st1:state w:st="on">CT</st1:state></st1:place>: + Keats, p 78-79; 106; 210-211.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Weiner, Michael A. (1990) + Aluminum and dietary factors in Alzheimer’s disease. <em>J Orthomolecular Med</em>, 5(2):74-78 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Lead Toxicity</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Dooley, +<st1:place w:st="on">Erin</st1:place> E. (2000) Linking lead to Alzheimer’s + Disease. In: <em>Environmental Health + Perspectives</em> 108 (10) October, writes:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Scientists from Case + Western Reserve University and University Hospitals presented evidence at the + April 2000 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology that people + who have held jobs with high levels of lead exposure have a 3.4 times greater + likelihood of developing Alzheimer disease. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">People can be exposed to + lead on the job either by breathing in lead dust or through direct skin + contact. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Lead has adverse affects + on brain development and function, even at very low levels of exposure. + Lead, unfortunately, is permeates out environment because of decades of + adding it to gasoline. The good news is that very high dosage of vitamin C is + known to help the body rapidly excrete lead.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">I believe that aggressive + use of therapeutic nutrition could substantially reduce the incidence and + severity of Alzheimer’s disease. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">FACT: More than + half of nursing home beds are occupied by AD patients.</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">FACT: + Alzheimer’s disease is the Number 4 Killer of Americans, causing over + 100,000 deaths each year in the +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place> alone.</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"> <br /> +<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /> +<!--[endif]--> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Copyright 2007 and previous + years by Andrew W. 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