Gotu Kola restores brain cells and memory....Today's post:  Tuesday, 10-2-2018

Gotu Kola restores brain cells and memory.  It causes nerves to grow and connect to other brain cells!    Tests on people who took gotu kola with mild cognitive impairment showed clear improvement in memory and functioning.

I got an email suggesting that it was a cure for Alzheimer’s.

The evidence suggests that taking it IS effective enough that taking it is well worth doing.

(Since I read that it causes brain nerves to grow and connect to other brain cells, I’ve been taking two a day of Gotu Kola 450 mg capsules from the supplement company NOW.)

But there is a lot more to turning off or preventing Alzheimer’s.

So, if the larger set of things are done and taking Gotu Kola is added, it may be quite effective.

If they are not done, taking Gotu Kola may be helpful but is far short of a cure by itself.

Dr Dale Bredesen in his book, The End of Alzheimer’s, based on his research, found that there are three categories of things that cause Alzheimer’s disease:

1.  Excessive inflammation that causes the body to attack brain cells.

2. Nutrient deficiencies that prevent brain maintenance and repairs.

3.  Toxic substances that harm or kill brain cells.

The good news is that a protocol that fixes the all the problems in each of these areas prevents Alzheimer’s and even has reversed it in later stages. 

(The partial and biased studies that say the contrary are not accurate or complete enough. So their conclusions are incorrect.)

The bad news is that can be a lot of work to set up and do each day.

The better news is that there are a few things that you can do in each of the three areas that are doable and create up to 90% of the needed effects!

1.  Excessive inflammation that causes the body to attack brain cells.

Read the book Anticancer a new way of life, which explains why excessive omega 6 oil from grains and grain oils and deficiencies in omega 3 oils cause excessive chronic inflammation

Remove wheat and soy oil and the other grains and grain oils and all MSG from your diet and eat organic vegetables and wild caught fish and take omega 3 oils from fish and the omega 3 oil DHA.  Take the anti-inflammatory supplements curcumin and ginger and/or eat turmeric in curried foods or eat ginger.

 2. Nutrient deficiencies that prevent brain maintenance and repairs.

Many people in the United States --  and those who have adopted the cheap but harmful foods and drinks that became widespread here -- are deficient in key vitamins and minerals the brain and its cells need to function and repair damage.

Worse, one of the most important nutrients, magnesium, is depleted by eating sugars and grains.  So people who ingest a lot of sugars and don’t eat foods high in magnesium or take supplements are very deficient.  So, don’t eat many sugars; eat or drink no artificial sweeteners, and take at least 400 mg a day of magnesium.

Deficiency of the methyl B12 form the body uses directly causes mental decline.  Some people taking certain drugs and some older people cannot digest it. Vegans get none.  The solution is to chew a lozenge or two or three each day of a methyl B12 supplement.  NOW makes the 1000 mcg ones I take. The methyl B12 is then absorbed directly into your blood vessels in your mouth and tongue.

Folate in organic vegetables is essential to growing new brain cells. It even has been shown to have anti-aging effects.

Some people convert folic acid they take as a supplement to folate but some do not.  So eating organic vegetables almost every day or taking a methyl folate supplement is better.

Vitamin K2 is essential because it causes your body to remove calcium from your blood vessels and use it to build your bones.  (Jarrow makes a 90 mcg softgel that I take daily.)

There are many other nutrients of course but these four are crucial to get enough of.

3.  Toxic substances that harm or kill brain cells.

Tobacco, tobacco smoke, and nicotine are so toxic that eliminating your exposure them 100% will cut your chances of getting Alzheimer’s fully in half!

MSG is both toxic to the brain and very pro-inflammatory.  So avoiding it as close to 100%  as you can helps prevent Alzheimer’s two of the three ways.

Hydrogenated vegetable oils harm the brain by directly causing disease in the blood vessels in the brain.  Worse, since your body does not process it well, the only safe intake is zero.  Ingesting even a small amount several times a week builds up to a very harmful blood level.

BHA, glyphosate, and metals in your drinking water other than magnesium are also toxic.  Removing them from the water you drink and cook with using an effective water filter also helps.

Conclusion:

Doing the basics to turn off each of the three causes of Alzheimer’s is effective.

Taking Gotu Kola too may be even more effective!