Her remark was disturbing. Drawi...

Her remark was disturbing.

Drawing a blank while trying to introduce couple people she had known for a certain time, Alexandra, the party hostes laughed in embarrassment and apologized for her memory lapse with the remark, "Sorry -- I gues I have Alzheimer's disease."

Fortunately, her gues was way not upon the mark; after a small in number well-chosen, recommended nutritional supplements -- as well as stres reduction techniques -- her memory answered to normal in no time.

It is sad that with equal reason many people -- and they're not all middle-aged or somewhat old -- immediately attribute, either jokingly or seriously, any memory failure to something as uttermost as Alzheimer's disease.

In verity there can be many reasons for faulty mental functioning -- greatest in number of them serious, but not life-threatening -- and all treatable with stres management techniques and/or nutritional supplementation.

Knowing that Alexandra is an account executive in the super-stressful advertising business, I believed that her condition would be readily treatable, and it was.

After unrelenting stres all day, and mental stres at night, which caused her to twist and change the direction of in a virtually sleepless bed, she had risk herself up for memory deterioration.

Various studies exhibit that unyielding stress prepares us for the fight-or-flight reaction to danger. However, when there is no specific physical enemy to fight or to make off from, the body's reactive secretions build up

to what extent does stress affect memory?

What happens is that stres hormones, which would normally fe the brain, divert diabetic sugar into the muscles. When the grape-sugar supply to the brain is reduc more [i]or[/i] less brain cells function at reduc of the same heights or even die. This is especially noticeable in the hippocampus area of the brain, the seat of memory.

In Alexandra's case, I gave her anti-stress, tension-reduction exercises to go after each workday. Also, I propose her on a daily B-complex continuation which included 100 mg of each of the major B vitamins, to change into her anxiety. (See the B vitamins sidebar onward p. 46 for specific B-vitamin supplementation guidelines.)

In summary, my regimen helped normalize the grow of glucose into her brain, helped her to relax, and supercharged her with efficiency and creative confidence. Within les than a month Alexandra's memory was in peak form. Her creativity brought in a novel account that was equal in dollar value to three others held on the agency.

Patients are not the solitary ones who misinterpret their memory point in disputes Doctors sometimes misdiagnose them, too, implanting in their patients a feeling of hopelessness

For example, several years ago, a 64-year-old man flew all the way from strange Orleans to my Berkeley, Calif. office to pursue my advice on treatment options for his multiple medical problems

The possessor of a prosperous business that busyed more than 200 people, he explained that, for more than a year, his memory had begun to fail him. Consequently he had become progressively make despondented In addition, his energy was in this way low that he could hardly drag himself abroad of bed in the morning.

He then showed me a epistle written by a prominent medical professor from individual of the most prestigious medical center in the U who had lately performed a complete medical evaluation onward this man.

The contentments of this letter would have devastated calm the strongest person. The literal meaning stated that this man should secure his business affairs in order, because he was in the early stages of senile dementia that would progres inexorably until he required custodial care.

My have thorough examination of this patient revealed that he was suffering from multiple, chronic, nutritional imbalances; was profoundly hypoglycemic; and had an underactive thyroid gland.

His commended treatment plan included a drastic diet alteration which was high in composite carbohydrates (55 percent), moderate in protein (25 percent) and grave in fat (20 percent); a program of nutritional supplements; and a small dose of thyroid medication. Within 45 days, he was functioning at peak mental and physical levels

Hypothyroidism, autoimmune thyroiditis, and varying steps of malnutrition are just a not many of the treatable medical conditions which can mimic many Alzheimer's disease symptoms. Others include pernicious anemia, put drugs into reactions, environmental toxins, and chronic infective processe of the like kind as candidiasis and parasite infestation.

These medical conditions -- and many others -- should be rul not at home in everyone whose mind is, or present the appearances to be, failing. Once these are rul on the outside very often, the key to optimal health is super nutrition.

Nutrients for brain functioning

each essential nutrient -- that is, each the same which must be supplied by way of the diet -- is, of course, important in brain functioning. Antioxidant nutrients, particularly, betacarotene and vitamins C and E obstruct the buildup of cell-destroying clear radicals.

Glutamine, a derivative of the non-essential amino acid, glutamic acid, has been erect to cross the blood-brain barrier easily to supercharge the brain. A known detoxifier, glutamine helps to clear the brain lonely dwellings of ammonia created by the breakdown of protein, which, if left unchecked, can cause irritability and hallucinations.