Tag: Alzheimers
Lipophilic statins linked to higher risk of dementia
Atorvastatin and simvastatin are lipophilic statins and, unlike hydrophilic statins, have been linked to a higher risk of dementia; is this because of the...
Evidence mounts for Olive Leaf Extract health benefits
Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) has many properties -antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and therefore a wide variety of uses, from blocking Herpes to killing cancer...
Eat this food cause inflammation; eat that one and lower it
Eating the right foods can lower inflammation in the body, whereas eating poor foods can cause increases in inflammation.
Your microbiome has 90 trillion bugs...
Is Alzheimer’s a metabolic disease?
Researchers have shown that Alzheimer’s Disease may be a metabolic disease at least to some degree where ther body is swimming in glucose because...
Aluminium links to Alzheimer’s confirmed
Three studies from the same researchers over the past 18 months have shown that aluminum contributes to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease collocating with...
Antibody success in targeting amyloid plaque
Researchers from Washington Medical School have used an antibody to target just a small component of amyloid plaque in Alzheimer’s, and avoided the failings...
The Truth about Lectins
Lectins are proteins present in all plants and many animal products (e.g. dairy); they are erroneously dubbed ‘anti-nutrients’ and frequently blamed for health damage...
Sugar increase risk of colitis
Glucose, fructose and sucrose sugars can damage the lining of the gut and lead to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases such as colitis, according to UT...
12 risk factors for Dementia
Experts believe 12 main risk factors account for 40% of all cases of dementia, while others talk of a breakthrough in early detection by...
Butyrate significantly improves your health
Butyrate is a Short Chain Fatty Acid made by certain gut bacteria from fermentable fibre; it is essential both for good gut health and...
Metabolic Syndrome
People with ‘Metabolic Syndrome’ have at least three of the following 5 conditions: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low ‘good’ HDL...
Low Testosterone in men link to Alzheimer’s, multimorbidity and cancer
Two separate studies have linked declining levels of testosterone in all age groups the multiple chronic illnesses with one study showing a ‘significant’ link...
