Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Alzheimer's Woes, March 2009
In one of our Hot Topics stories we talked with Grammy winner Kathy Mattea about her mother’s battle against Alzheimer’s disease, and what steps Mattea is taking against the possibility of developing the disease herself. We also met a young woman, Emily Balfour of Georgia, whose family is lovingly dealing with her father’s diagnosis. Currently 5 million Americans are suffering from Alzheimer’s, which means many more families have their own stories to tell.
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As a nutritionist and herbalist who is now over 65 and who has never taken a pharmaceutical in his life, I tend to agree with Dr. Joel Wallach, that Alzheimer's is a Dr.-caused disease. With the brain consisting of about 75% cholesterol, it's no wonder that this malady is more prevalent among women. They are more dutiful in following doctor’s orders; while the guys are less likely to give up their burgers.
ReplyDeleteFor years the research scientists kept saying that the blame shouldn’t be placed on cholesterol because they could not find a type that would adhere to the vein walls. The research scientist, who did accidentally stumble on to the real culprit, was doing research in a different area. He discovered that the body (which produces a number of types of cholesterols) produces a type that does adhere to the vein walls. It’s produced from the intake of white flour, white sugar, & white rice. It may not be a coincident that these are also each a source of toxic cadmium. God doesn’t make any mistakes. Whole wheat also has cadmium in it, but it has 219 times as much zinc. The zinc acts as an excluder, so the cadmium doesn’t bother us. Take out the bran and the germ, leaving just the white flour, and you’ve removed all the minerals except for the cadmium in the white stuff - in a concentrated form. Another thing to note: every cancer patient has elevated cadmium levels and inadequate levels of zinc which plays such a significant role in our immune system. While many are blaming aluminum, I’m betting that the cadmium versus zinc levels may play a bigger role in Alzheimer’s. Dave -- http://HisLawsNotOurs.blogspot.com/
Dave, I understand your explanation about white flour having the minerals removed while retaining the cadmium. But your opening statement is not clear to me. Please correct me if I am wrong, but do you mean that it is not a good idea to take cholesterol lowering drugs? My mother has Alzheimer's and she also suffered from high cholesterol. I happen to also have high cholesterol so I am currently on cholesterol medication. Thanks
ReplyDeleteMy mother passed away last year in April. She was 77 years of age at the time. I remember when she was in her early fifties she had memory problems which got worse as the years passed. Finally she was diagnosed with Alzheimers around 62 years old. I guessed nobody believed the disease appeared so early in life. Her older brother passed away just before her, he had the disease too. Her two younger sisters have the disease and a younger brother has it as well. Two other brothers aren't exhibiting any major signs yet, but who knows. We always wondered if their disease was brought on by their living next to a airport across the road where airplanes were dispatched from to spray DDT for insect control. Again, who knows. It just seems so weird that a whole family was stricken so severly. Our cousins and my brothers and I always worry about getting and try to stay in touch with all the information about Alzheimers. Magazines like Energy Times helps that way.
ReplyDeleteWould like more info on Alzheimer's and pharmaceuticals. Have several elderly friends with symptoms of Alzheimer's but their meds have the same symptoms. Really need to show them the articles on this disease. Thank you
ReplyDeleteMy mother has alzheimer's so I understand what she want through. My mother is still not the same mentally even though she knows who we are. I try to eat right to stop the Alzheimer's too. I realize how bad the disease is. The general article about Alzheimer's had excellent information about the disease. Thank you for both articles on alzheimer's for the information.
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