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TENUIFOLIA
PERIWINKLE
BACOPA
AMERICAN GINSENG
TURMERIC
SAGE
HOWTOIMPROVE
YOURBRAINHEALTH
Priscilla Ball, RN
The man
looked back at
his newlyintroduced
acquaintance
in
embarrassment:
PYCNOGENOL
" Can you tell
me your name
again? "
This happens every day to
most of us. Is this the beginning of
dementia or Alzheimer's disease?
Perhaps not. Forgetting
someone's name after meeting
them may simply be a matter of
our attention being elsewhere. Or,
it could be the beginning of an
eventual struggle to remember
even the closest of relatives.
The point is, many of us are
extremely concerned about our
memory. Why? Because dementia
and Alzheimer's disease (a type of
dementia) are striking more and
more of us during our elderly
years.
Nearly seven million
Americans now have dementia,
according to a U.S. Congress
Office of Technology Assessment.
Nearly two million cases are
severe. According to the
Alzheimer's Association, about five
million Americans have
Alzheimer's disease, and
Alzheimer's is now the sixth
leading cause of death in the U.S.
Dementia occurs when
neuron-bridging synapses within
the cortex and hippocampus are
lost due to toxins, lack of blood
flow, amyloid plaque buildup
and/or decreased catecholamine
neurotransmitters.
While pharmaceutical
companies struggle to find cures,
the better plan is to prevent
dementia before it occurs. Let's
discuss a few natural strategies
supported by recent research.
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Cell membrane phospholipids are
stacked into arrays with channels
that allow nutrients and minerals
into and out of the cell. Deficits in
phospholipids like
phosphatidylserine and
glycerophosphocholine lead to a
loss of cell conductivity.
After several studies confirmed
phosphatidylserine's necessity for
brain health, the FDA allowed the
following claim for phosphatidylserine
supplementation:
" Phosphatidylserine may reduce
the risk of cognitive dysfunction
in the elderly. "
For example, Stanford
University and Vanderbilt
University researchers gave one
hundred and forty-nine patients
suffering from age-associated
memory impairment three
hundred milligrams of
phosphatidylserine a day or
placebo for twelve weeks. The
phosphatidylserine group had
learning and memory performance
that was thirty percent higher than
the placebo group.
In a glycerophosphocholine
study, two thousand and forty-four
patients suffering from cognitive
damage after a stroke were given
up to twelve hundred milligrams
per day of glycerophosphocholine
for six months. The
glycerophosphocholine group had
significant improvements in
memory. Cognitive decline
decreased as well.
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Pycnogenol is derived from the
French maritime pine tree. A
study by Australia's National
Institute of Complementary
Medicine on a hundred and one
elderly adults between sixty and
eighty-five years of age showed
that pycnogenol increases
attention, memory, and
psychomotor ability.
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Periwinkle is an herb with a long
history of use as a brain tonic.
Over a hundred and fifty studies
have shown that the periwinkle
extract, vinpocetine, improves
cognition and memory.
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Bacopa is an ancient Ayurvedic
cognition herb. This has been
supported by research. The Journal
of Alternative Complementary
Medicine reported that elderly
participants given three hundred
milligrams of bacopa extract for
twelve weeks increased word recall
memory and concentration. This
was also seen in a study from
Fish oil for
muscle gain
and fat loss
Fish oil is a prime
example of how
certain compounds
found in food can alter
genetic expression. In
the case of fish oil, the
omega 3 oils
eicosapentenoic acid
and docasahexanoic
acid interact with the
key cell receptor
peroxisome
proliferator-activated.
These oils act on the
different peroxisome
proliferator-activated
receptor subsets,
turning on the activity
of certain genes
responsible for fat cell
size and muscle
development. Fish oil
has been shown to
impact peroxisome
proliferator-activated
receptor alpha, beta,
delta, and gamma, but
it may be its activity
on peroxisome
proliferator-activated
receptor delta
receptors, impacting
muscle size and fat
burning potential.
Fish oil has been
shown to modulate
peroxisome
proliferator-activated
receptor-alpha. In fat
cells, these receptors
induce a decrease in
fat cell numbers and
cause up-regulation of
several different fatburning
enzymes.
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