Artificial Butter Flavoring Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Abstracted by Tatjana Djakovic, MS from, “The Butter flavorant, Diacetyl, Exacerbates β-Amyloid Cytotoxicity.”  in the June, 2012  issue of Journal of Chemical Research in Toxicology. Diacetyl is associated with plaques in the brains of Alzheimer patients.  Posted January 28, 2013. Read more »

Increased Levels of Vitamin E May Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND from “High of Vitamin E Forms and Reduced Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Advanced Age” from the 20th volume of 2010 of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Posted January 28, 2013. Read more »

Vitamin D Blood Levels May Play a Role in Parkinson’s Patients-Director’s Choice

 Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, November 19, 2012,  from “Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in patients with Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease” in the October 2008 issue of the Archives of Neurology. 55% of Parkinson’s patients were insufficient in vitamin D compared to 41.2% in the Alzheimer patients and 36.4% in the control group. Posted November 27, 2012. Read more »

Metallothionein

Shows how metallothionein removes toxic metals and improves some cases of Alzheimer’s Disease.   Posted July 12, 2012.  See Power Point Presentation.

Vitamin E Blood Levels Linked to Mental Health-Director’s Choice

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, January 17, 2012,  from “Tocopherols and tocotrienols  plasma levels are associated with cognitive impairment” printed online December 20, 2011 in Neurobiolgy of Aging.  Posted June 19, 2012. r/km Read more »

Vitamin D Shown to Lower the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease-Director’s Choice

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND., from “Higher Vitamin D Dietary Intake is Associated with Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease: A 7-year Follow-up.” from the Journal of .  Higher intakes of vitamin D were associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease among older women.  Posted May 11, 2012.  r/km Read more »

Olive Oil and Walnut Consumption Linked to Mental Health in Elderly

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, March 28, 2012,  from “Polyphenol-Rich Foods in the Mediterranean Diet are Associated with Better Cognitive Function in Elderly Subjects at High Cardiovascular Risk” published online February 20, 2012 in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.  Posted April 9 2012. r/mk Read more »

Omega-3 Blood Levels Linked to Altered Brain Circulation

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, March 9, 2012, abstracted from “Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid levels and markers of accelerated brain aging” in the February 28, 2012 issue of Neurology.  Alzheimer’s patients with DHA red blood cell levels less than 3.9% “performed more poorly on tests of visual memory, executive function, and abstract thinking” compared to patients with levels more than 3.9%.  Posted March 16, 2012.  r/mk. Read more »

Pycnogenol Improves Both Mental and Cellular Health in Elderly-Director’s Choice

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, December 26, 2011,  from “An examination of the effects of the antioxidant Pycnogenol ® on cognitive performance, serum lipid profile, endocrinological and oxidative stress biomarkers in an elderly population” in Journal of Psychopharmacology.  People in the Pycnogenol group had an 11% increase in spatial working memory compared to a 4% decrease in the group  and 30% decrease in F2- isoprostanes (protein to measure cell damage).  Posted January 9, 2012. mk/r Read more »

B-Vitamins Help Maintain Brain Function in Elderly

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Homocysteine-Lowering by B Vitamins Slows the Rate of Accelerated Brain Atrophy in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial” in the September 8, 2010 issue of PLoS One. Posted September 22, 2010. Read more »