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Recently, I spoke on a panel for PBS TV at the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) convention in Boston. The topic was dementia.

There was a woman with mild cognitive impairment on the panel. Her conditionis sort of like pre-Alzheimer's disease.

Everyone on the panel -- including the Harvard neurologist -- agreed that memory loss is NOT a normal part of aging.

The sad part was that the panel didn't have much to offer people in the way of prevention. Their only solution was just a very bad and pretty ineffective sel

ection of drugs with lots of side effects.

But there is another way to think about brain aging.

The brain responds to all the same insults as the rest of the body -- stress,


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poor diet, toxins, lack of exercise or sleep, nutritional deficiencies, and more.

So all we have to do is give the brain a tune-up and we can see miracles.

In a minute, I will tell you about a few miracles in my practice.

First, you should know that this is a big problem and growing every day.

Ten percent of 65-year olds, 25 percent of 75-year olds, and 50 percent of 85-year olds will get Alzheimer's disease -- at a cost of $60 billion a year to society. Worse, the number of people with Alzheimer's is predicted to triplein the next few decades.

Is this preventable? Can we slow it and treat it?

I believe that the answer is yes!

But first I want to explain why just naming the disease -- whether it is dementia or anything else -- is becoming increasingly unhelpful (unless you just want to match the drug to the disease which is the only thing doctors are trained to do).

We have to think about individuals, not diseases.

In medicine, our genetic differences are more important than our similarities

.

Sometimes the practice of medicine lags behind the science, and sometimes thepractice gets ahead of the science. Genetic testing puts us squarely in the middle of that dilemma.

We are at a crossroads, where the old ideas we have about disease and diagnosis become less meaningful as we understand more and more about the importance ofindividual differences in determining illness.

This a time when personalized medicine will replace medicine based on diagnosis and disease.

In fact, disease and diagnosis as we know it will soon be an obsolete concept, an artifact of medical history, like bloodletting or phrenology (the art of diagnosis based on the shape of your skull, popular in the 19th century).

Now let me tell you the story of a patient who had a diagnosis of dementia.

He and his wife came to see me because he could no longer manage his businessaffairs, had become increasingly unable to function at home, and had to withdraw from family and social relationships.

He was desperate as he felt himself slipping away.

There is no effective known treatment for dementia. But we do know a lot about what affects brain function and brain aging: our nutrition, inflammation, environmental toxins, stress, exercise, and deficiencies of hormones, vitamins, and omega-3 fats.

It is not just one gene, but the interaction between many genes and the environment that puts someone at risk for a chronic disease such as dementia.

And we do know that many things affect how our genes function -- our diet, vitamins and minerals, toxins, allergens, stress, lack of sleep and exercise, andmore.

Even though no long-term studies have been done to look at treating dementiabased on genes, there are so many scientific threads that weave together a picture of how and why our brains age and what genes are involved.

Back to my patient...

For this man, whose mind and life were evaporating, I looked deeply into hisgenes and the biochemistry his genes controlled and found places where we couldimprove things.

He had a gene called Apo E 4, which is a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease and also made it hard for him to lower his cholesterol and detoxify mercuryfrom his brain.

He also had a version of a gene for detoxification of metals and other toxins(glutathione-S-transferase) that was very inefficient, making him accumulate more toxins over his lifetime.


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He had another gene called MTHFR that made him require very high doses of folate to lower his blood levels of homocysteine, which is a substance very toxic to the brain.

And lastly, he had a gene called CETP that caused his cholesterol to be high,which contributes to dementia.

We found that he had high levels of mercury and helped him detoxify with foods such as kale, watercress, and cilantro, herbs such as milk thistle, nutrients

such as selenium and zinc, and medications that helped him overcome his geneticdifficulties getting rid of toxins.

We lowered his cholesterol with diet and herbs.

We lowered his homocysteine with high doses of folate and vitamins B6 and B12.

So what happened?

After a year of aggressive therapy that was matched to his genes, not his diagnosis, he had a remarkable and dramatic recovery.

Before I saw him, he could not manage his business, nor did his grandchildrenwant to be around him. After matching his treatment to his genes, he wasagain able to function, and his grandchildren again loved being with him.

While this area of genetic testing and nutrigenomics is new, and more researc

h is needed to help up refine our understanding and treatment, there are ways tolook through new doors into an entirely new era of medicine that no longer focuses on the disease, but on the person and their uniqueness.

Here's another success story.

A female patient of about age 80 was experiencing severe memory loss and cognitive decline and her family was concerned. She was tested with hours of neuropsychological testing and found to have dementia.

Her neurologist offered her words of comfort, but there is no treatment trulyeffective to stop or reverse the progression of dementia.

Then her daughter brought her to see me.

We discovered many subtle changes in her health that on their own wouldn't explain dementia, but when added all together put a strain on her brain function.

All we did was correct those problems -- low thyroid function, mercury toxicity, inflammation, and deficiencies in vitamins B6 and D, folate, coenzyme Q10, and omega-3 fats -- and improved her diet overall. I encouraged her to exercise, because exercise can help improve cognitive function and prevent dementia.

Six months later, she had the extensive memory tests repeated.

The results?

The psychologist was surprised to report that her scores got BETTER!

To put this in perspective, mental decline happens progressively, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, but NEVER gets better -- according to our traditionalmedical thinking.

But just like we once thought that heart disease and artery-clogging plaquescouldn't be reversed (and now have proof that this does happen), I believe dementia can be reversed (if caught early enough) by attending to all the factors that affect brain function - diet, exercise, stress, nutritional deficiencies, toxins, hormonal imbalances, inflammation, and more.

It is really quite simple - like everything I describe in UltraWellness.

You get rid of the bad stuff, put in the good stuff, and the body heals.

It's common sense, but we are so far from that in the way we treat chronic illness with conventional medicine.

So if you know someone with memory loss, be extremely aggressive in looking at all the keys to UltraWellness to find what imbalances are present and how to fix them. Remember, there will be no one treatment that works for everyone, because everyone is different.

Here are some things to think about if you or a loved one are experiencing memory loss or dementia.

==> Look hard for correctable causes of memory loss. They include:


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* Pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome
* Low thyroid function
* Depression
* Deficiencies in B vitamins, especially vitamin B12
* Omega-3fat deficiencies
* Mercury or other heavy metal toxicity
* Vitamin D deficiency
* High cholesterol
* Unique genes the predispose to nutritional or detoxification problems

Doctors who practice Functional Medicine and follow the principles I talk abo

ut in UltraWellness can help you find these problems.

==> And here are a few things that can help your mind get a tune-up:

* Balance your blood sugar with the whole foods, low glycemic diet that I describe in UltraMetabolism
* Exercise daily -- even a 30-minute walk
* Deeply relax daily with yoga, meditation, biofeedback, or just deep breathing
* Take a multivitamin and mineral supplement
* Take an omega-3 fat supplement
* Take extra vitamin B6 and B12 and folate
* Take vitamin D
* Treat thyroid or low sex hormones
* Get rid of mercury through a medicaldetoxification program

This is just a start, but it can go a long way to giving your brain the chance to heal and recover if you have memory problems. And for the rest of us, this

program will prevent the aging of our brain.

Now I'd like to hear from you...

Have you noticed memory loss as you've gotten older?

What have you done about the problem so far?

Which of these steps do you plan to follow?

Do you have any other recommendations?

Please click on the Add a Comment button below to share your thoughts.

To your good health,

Mark Hyman, M.D.

PS - For more information on this and other blogs, please go to:

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re: 9 steps to reverse dementia and memory loss as you age...

This is amazing information andgives such hope through viable answers to a most devastaingly growing problem inthis country. I have many of the symptoms you describe: inflammation, heavy mercury, low B-vitamins, high cholesterol to name a few. I have been working on abetter diet for the inflammation and that is how I found you. I will go to mydoctor to have the genetic testing, because my father had demtia which rapidlyprogressed in his 80's and I will do anything to avoid that. Thank you. Are you taking new patients, is it possible to get into see you within the next 3-4 months? I have just started your UltaSimple Diet. cmurphy

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I love the concept of your workand fully embrace it as it is so often overlooked.

Just a question though in regards to this, is this due to long term stresses,if so, what is the "long term" length and how does it work with students?

I already suffer from chronic insomnia from a severe liver, digestive and metabolic disorder, but also being a student, it's not unsual for me to keep on going with only 4-6 hours sleep a night.

I'm studying Nutritional Medicine, which is 3 years... am I greatly increasing my risk of dementia/Alzhiemer's, etc by the way my body is at the moment in it's healing process; not sleeping? For all of the wonderful information out there, Universities, even holistic ones like mine are not always body and metabolismfriendly... nor stress either, for that matter.

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My memory problems started in peri-menopause and got progressively worse during full memopause. I attributed itto lack of sleep due to hot flashes waking me up all night. I have been on a natural hormone cream that has both progesterone and estrogen in it. It works andI am like a new person! My memory is much better, but not quite back to where

it was yet.
I worked in the senior care business for a while and have seen first hand the dementia/memory loss horrors. I do not want to end up like that and want to get the genetic tests described in the article.
How do I get tested?

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Wow! My mother died of early on-set alzheimer's 4 years ago she was diagnosed when she was 52 with the disease and eventually passed away at 64 years old. Of all the stuff I have ever read Iam glad someone made the cholesterol connection - her levels were so high and for no apparent reason - my father who ate the same food had regular cholesterol levels. I was only a kid in high school at the time but I remember thinking thatit was strange. I am going to send this article to everyone in my family - theylive in fear of this disease. Thank you for posting this.

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What about an elderly (75ish) person who has definate dementia but got there by tiny-tiny stokes (even smaller than tia's) and one day with a sudden onset - all the dots connected? So one dayshe is almost fine and the next day she had developed severe dementia. This happened. We know by cat scan that she has had several small stokes. My questionis... does this fall into the same possible reveral pattern as the ones spokenof. Yes she has mercury in her teeth, has high colestrol, and has had Graves disease in which they wiped out her thyroid w/ radiation (takes synthroid). Probably low in B6 & B12 etc., but the pathways are damaged by stokes. What say you?

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Regarding dementia and aging rel

ated mental issues, it's important to rule out a brain tumor first. My mother began not being able to carry on a conversation, would lose her train of thought,also had symptoms of depression, was forgetful, etc. After seeing a dozen doctor

s one finally recommended a CAT scan and found a huge operable tumor (menangioma). She had had during the course of events a multitude of blood panels and evaluations and nothing ever indicated a brain tumor. Her surgeon said it was fairlycommon, the family sees the grandparents become forgetful, etc and thinks it isa natural part of aging but in many cases it may be a brain tumor, many times operable. The symptoms are very similar to dementia and alzheimers.

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Regarding dementia and aging related mental issues, it's important to rule out a brain tumor first. My mother began not being able to carry on a conversation, would lose her train of thought,also had symptoms of depression, was forgetful, etc. After seeing a dozen doctors one finally recommended a CAT scan and found a huge operable tumor (menangioma). She had had during the course of events a multitude of blood panels and evaluations and nothing ever indicated a brain tumor. Her surgeon said it was fairlycommon, the family sees the grandparents become forgetful, etc and thinks it isa natural part of aging but in many cases it may be a brain tumor, many times operable. The symptoms are very similar to dementia and alzheimers.

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mercury is a problem for many ofus in Europe. What tests do I need to have and what is involved in a medical detoxification programme?

Thanks

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I am writing because I just turned 50 and have noticed more memory loss. I am taking vitamins, fish oil with omega 3, vitamin B complex, vitamin C and try to eat healthy. I try to excerise regularly. I am getting concerned because it is starting to disrupt my work and life. I am told by my friends that it's because I am menopausal, but It's starting to scare me. Please advise. I also don't have a history of dementia in my family. Thanks for your help. Tonie

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Dr. Hyman,

How available is genetic testing/mapping for people? Do any insurance companies reimburse for it? How can we order the test for patients?

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awful to forget your family's names, what you came into a room for, what you'resupposed to be doing at work, etc. Pretty soon you get scared and feel useless.After getting my fibromyalgia handled (yes, you can get rid of it, in most cases. See stopfibro.com for the doctor who helped me heal). But I still had low energy, bad sleep and poor memory. Then I read the book, "Adrenal Fatigue" by JamesWilson and began to follow his program, since I had had the adrenal hormone saliva tests and they had shown that my adrenals were nearly exhausted. No wonder a

fter the rigors of fibromyalgia! I started taking compounded cortisol and dessicated adrenal, along with some herbs and lots of vitamins and minerals, and addedgingko for extra insurance. And now I can remember my family's names. And lotsof other stuff. People compliment me on my memory now, which, believe me, neverhappened before! I've got my hormones on an even keel and that makes all the difference. The adrenals have been overlooked since the 1950's when hydrocortisonewas developed and patented, and then found to kill people. They simply deletedthe IDC (International Diagnostic Code) number for hypo-adrenia, sub-clinical Addison's or adrenal exhaustion, all names for the adrenal fatigue that can commonly affect anyone with major life stressors. So, to most doctors, you're either 100% healthy, adrenally, or you're perhaps one of the 4 out of 100,000 who have Addison's Disease (complete adrenal non-functioning.)They're trained to think thi

s, and so miss this diagnosis most of the time. But the body isn't an all-or-nothing thing, as this website points out, we operate on a scale. And for everybodywho's somewhere between the tip-top and the very bottom, getting more data about your own adrenal function is a good thing. Many things, like allergies and fatigue, and the ability to metabolize the nutrients we spend so much money on, aswell as hormones, are governed by the adrenals. And in my case, ligament strength is an indicator of adrenal function, and can adversely affect the neck, especially after a car crash or other accident, and lead to fibromyalgia. There's a book about that, too, "Fibromyalgia: Finally, Solving the Mystery," by Dr. Paul Whitcomb. Good luck to all in their search for health.

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Hi. I appreciate receiving and reading your posts. I am posting here just to let you know that I came to the website today for the first time, and found that, when i clicked on a number of links to previous posts which sound interesting, the common response i got was "Page Not Found". this post is not intended as a criticism, but rather as just letting you know, in case perhaps some links have been broken at your site, or pageshave been moved or re-named or whatever. i will look back again at some point, i

n the hope of being able to read those posts. Thank you again for your interesting information.

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Andrew Weil has said that men should not take vitamin d (he said it aided in prostate problems)and I've heard that taking omega 3's can up your cholesterol. My husband's grandmother had alzheimer's and I am concerned for him. Can someone tell us Dr. Hyman's thoughts onthis.

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This is great that somebody is finally talking about how nutrition is a way to help "medical conditions". I have started taking Mangosteen juice and it has really helped my memory and mental

clatity.

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Please continue sending me youre-mails!!! I, very much enjoy them! Thank you, Carole

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About 6 years ago, I decided totry a vegan diet as I'd heard that many are allergic to dairy and didn't know it. I ate strictly vegan for 6 months, and in the spring, I had NO regular springtime allergies! AND, I was thinking clearly and my memory was remarkable! Thiswas the beginning of my journey to eating better and getting sugar out of my diet all together. I have a ways to go, and I'm excited to see and read this particular blog! THANK YOU!

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At 46 years old, I am having terrible brain difficulties and am beginning to become very concerned about Alzheimer's or some other form of mental impairment. It is embarrassing, even humiliating, and creates problems at my job and in my personal life. I do have health issues including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, hypoglycemia and MUCH more, and I'v

e lost 2 wonderful careers because of these problems. Had I listened to the medical world 15-20 years ago, I'd be on about a dozen medications and be bedridden(or close to it), collecting disability. Once I switched to natural health I began to improve, and today lead a full life. But memory, concentration, mental fatigue, attention, etc., are now worsening. There are a few dabblers, but no realnatural/alternative experts locally. This article gives wonderful ideas, but there is no way to know what's going on with my chemistry without testing. No doctor is going to run these tests just because I ask for them, and I know from experience that they will not work with me because I refuse to accept the prescriptions they try to force on me. I used to be smart, but now I often can't even provethat to myself - and I'm not willing to live out my next 46 years being stupid.For those of us without access to alternative medicine experts, this article br

ings hope yet extreme frustration. What do I do? How do I proceed?

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check these sites out--best wishes to you

Go out of your area! Save the cash, sell what you have to sell, and get out of your area for consults.

Here are two sites I just became aware of for neurotoxins, one of which dealswith patients long distance (also, did you ever look into Lyme?).

http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com

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http://www.personalconsult.com/


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I found these two sitesfrom a forum posting by an individual wh olives in florida and who was healed of brain fog within a month of working with these two docs. More and more docs are going web-based, and most speciality diagnostics are mail-in... you just need a lab t odo the draw.

Here are two more resources for you tocheck out.

drlwilson.com

http://www.th

edoctoronthephone.com/servlet/StoreFront this woman can treat you/order the kinds of tests you want--she's trained by dr. larry wilson for nutritional approaches.

Check out the books by dr. sherry Rogers (she's the Grand dame of environmental medicine, which is what you need) -- tired or toxic, detoxify or die, andthe macrobiotic books. you could try going macrobiotic to help yourself detoxify, but i would definitley get professional help if you can afford it. Rogers does$600/hr consults, but you'd be best served getting some diagnostics done first.

Keep going!

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Thank you!

Thank you SO MUCH for your suggestions! I'm sorry I didn't see your post sooner. Just in the past few days I'm doing better with cognitive abilities, but it comes and goes so suddenly that I don't trust it will stay for long. And it's still not where it should be. ("Better" is a relative term. :-) )

I will look into the links and books. Again, many thanks!!!


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saliva tests

You can order saliva tests w/o adoctor. Do a google search for "saliva test" and you'll find a labthat will send you a kit-you spit into some vials throughout the day and send them back to the lab through the mail. They're very accurate. The lab w/ then s

end you back a diagnosis. It's a good place to start.

Also google "Adrenal Fatigue". I had the same symptoms and was diagnosed w/ that. If you end up having that, which is a lot more common than people think, there's a great book (you can actually self-diagnose thru this book thru a series of checklists) called Adrenal Fatigue: the 21st Century Syndrome, byJames Wilson. That book has saved my life.

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The Information on L-Glutathioneis very important and useful. I have been finding this lacking in my patients for many years and I find that it is major factor in those peope who have unusualsensitivity to toxins in general and metals in particular. The discovery that some people suffer from an inherited lack of reduced glutathione explains the tragic increase in Autism after vaccination with Thimerosol preserved materials.For years supplementation with Glutathione was not always very effective becauseof the catabolism of the glutathione and its lack of penetration through cell membranes. Now there are preparations available which are bound to liposomes enab

ling transfer across cell membranes.

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I have just purchased the ultrametabolism cookbook and inside, it says to go to www.ultrametabolismcookbook.comto download the companion guide for this book. I am unable to locate this website as well as the companion guide. If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.

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I was told by a Doctor, who is also a Board Certified BioChemist, that men should not use flax seed because it has phyto estrogen.

Should this be a concern to men?

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Raising Glutathione can help


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Over 80,000 clinical studies have been done including the beneficial effects on Alzheimer's disease. VisitGlutathione - The Master Antioxidant fo

r more information.

See Dr. Hyman's blog on Glutathione.

Best regards,

Dave

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I havebeen diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks plus I have also been diagnosed with demintia. I take severalmedications however the anxiety and panic are gone but I have memory problems and do not remember a lot of what I do from day to day. I am 55 years old woman andwas purchasing director at a local newspaper prior to my being let go for not being able to perform my job after doing it for 10 years. I am on Social Security and a work related disability plan.

I see a psychiatrist and a neurologist. I also take the following prescriptions: Paxil, Namenda, Clonazapam, Effexor and estradiol.

From what I read of your column, it is my understading that there are other things I can do to help either restore or enhance my memory. I know I willl probably never work again, but I would like to read a newspaper article or a magazineand remember whatI read. Do you have any suggestions for me?

Your help would be very appreciated.


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I am a 51 year old women,

I am a 51 year old women, and as

old age approaches I am becoming more and more worried about my health. Both Alzheimers and Dementia run in my family. In fact I am having to take care of my father who has been diagnosed with Alzheimers. It is a very scary prospect for myfuture and I am trying to reduce my risks for both. However, my lifestyle in past years has not been conducive to promoting good health. Though it may be a little late to start now, late is better then never. I also found some really interesting information on the new women's health website.

http://www.prevention.com/cda/categorypage.do?channel=health&category=conditions.treatments

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Dementia

My mom started by not wanting tocook for my dad anymore and getting a little snide about it. She was afraid toride in a car in the passenger seat in front for fear you would run into the carin front of you. Holding on to the dash. She was not sleeping well and eating mostly junk food. Her cholestral, high blood pressure got really high. They put her on medicine for both, getting lost in the whole thing I can in 1 year later t

o find out her doctor had not rechecked her blood or the amount of meds she wastaking for over a year. They also tested her for sleep apena and restless leg sydrome and put her on meds for that and gave her a machine. We changed doctors. The next doctor found she had a bladder infection and did a CT scan, found 3 spots she may of had mini-strokes. They put her on an asprin regimen, and depressionmeds lowered her cholestral meds and took her off high blood pressure medicine.Her blood pressure is good now.She acts beaten down and not sure of her self. Always tired, but doesn't sleep. Craves sugar uncontrollable until the doctor puther on the medicine for Alzehimers. We are going to go a new stroke center thatjust opened, not sure what to do now???? I can not be with her every minute, though my dad is home right now with her. They are 71 years old.

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Dementia & Alzhemier's Disease


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I read your article about 9 ways to reverse this alzhemier's& dementia disease. My 80 year old mother was diagnose with this disease this year about july 2009. She had the EEG done and the cat scan and it revealed a mild case of dementia. The doctor has started her on razadyne, and the doctors before had her taking aricept and namenda and these medicine has some terrible side effects. I have been r

esearching and trying to feed her foods that can help reverse this disease. I chop up walnuts so she can eat. spinanch and brocoli aleast three times a week. Her case started when she had a mild stroke in January 2007. later that year I startednoticing her memmory changing or she was repeating things over and over. I really needs some help are what foods or better vitamins that she can take to help her and what testimonies has been going on with patients of my mother age.

By. Peace

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