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Use This Herb to Treat Alzheimer’s, Boost Liver Health And Prevent Diabetes

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AshwagandhaHealthy Food House – You’ve heard about ‘superfoods’, so how about ‘wonder herbs’. As you might expect, a wonder herb is a herb that has a vast number of different health benefits and that has been shown to help combat any number of problems.

One such herb is Ashwagandha. This is a herb that may just be able to prevent Alzheimer’s, to combat diabetes and to improve liver health. That’s a lot of bang for your buck, so how exactly does it work and what is this miracle substance?

What is Ashwangandha?

Ashwagandha is an evergreen perennial herb that grows as high as five feet. It is also known as winter cherry and Indian Ginseng and as the latter name suggests, it is found in India.

As with many herbs, ashwagandha has been enjoyed historically for numerous health benefits. These include improved energy and vitality. Today though, evidence is mounting to suggest that ashwagandha may also be able to treat a number of conditions.

Ashwagandha and Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is a serious condition that is a form of dementia. It essentially involves the deterioration of neurons throughout the brain which in turn leads to the loss of functions. The problem is widespread and growing and causes symptoms such as confusion, personality changes, hallucinations, forgetfulness, motor control impairments and more. Continue reading →

This New Breakthough Alzheimer’s Treatment Fully Restores Memory Function

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Alzheimer’sJeff Roberts – A team of Australian researchers are using a non-invasive ultrasound technology to assist in removing toxic plaque and lesions from nerve cells commonly associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

If you are one of the many millions of people who have witnessed the degenerative effects of Alzheimer’s disease, then you likely know how heartbreaking it is to see a loved one’s quality of life dissipate in what seems like an instant.

For years, scientists have worked diligently to find a counteractive treatment for the common neuro-degenerative disease, but mostly with no successful avail. Thankfully, however, this might all be about to change.

A team of researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at the University of Queensland have found success in reversing the processes that are commonly associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases. Their findings were published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

From what we currently understand, a person’s Alzheimer’s disease is usually the result of a build-up of two types of lesions – amyloid plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles. Amyloid plaques sit between the neurons and end up as dense clusters of beta-amyloid molecules, a sticky type of protein that clumps together and forms plaques.

Neurofibrillary tangles are found inside the neurons of the brain, and they’re caused by defective tau proteins that clump up into a thick, insoluble mass. This causes tiny filaments called microtubules to get all twisted, which disrupts the transportation of essential materials such as nutrients and organelles along them, sort of like when you twist up the vacuum cleaner tube. Continue reading →

Vitamin D Deficiency Substantially Increases Risk Of Dementia

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“While earlier studies have suggested that a lack of the sunshine vitamin is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, this study found that people with very low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop any kind of dementia.” Natural Blaze

morningSunVitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted.

An international team, led by Dr David Llewellyn at the University of Exeter Medical School, found that study participants who were severely Vitamin D deficient were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

The team studied elderly Americans who took part in the Cardiovascular Health Study. They discovered that adults in the study who were moderately deficient in vitamin D had a 53 per cent increased risk of developing dementia of any kind, and the risk increased to 125 per cent in those who were severely deficient. Similar results were recorded for Alzheimer’s disease, with the moderately deficient group 69 per cent more likely to develop this type of dementia, jumping to a 122 per cent increased risk for those severely deficient.

The study was part-funded by the Alzheimer’s Association, and is published in August 6 2014 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. It looked at 1,658 adults aged 65 and over, who were able to walk unaided and were free from dementia, cardiovascular disease and stroke at the start of the study. The participants were then followed for six years to investigate who went on to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Continue reading →