You’ll Never Guess What they Found that Improves Alzheimer’s

Just a couple of days ago, a study came out in the Journal Nature Neuroscience that said Alzheimer’s was actually improved in rat models.

The article did not talk about Beta-amyloid plaques or tau proteins being the culprit. Instead scientists from Inserm and the University of Bordeaux at the NeuroCentre Magendie, in collaboration with researchers from the Université de Moncton in Canada found that improving the mitochondria in mice greatly improved their memory.

Excuse me while I gloat a little.

Actually I shouldn’t gloat. I didn’t come up with this theory. Lots of people deserve way more credit than me. From Dr Dale Bredeson, to our friends at A Mind for All Seasons, to many other functional medicine doctors and enthusiasts, there are so many people who should take credit.

It’s nice to see the mainstream start turning to the idea of mitochondrial dysfunction as a big cause of cognitive decline.

Most of modern medicine up until this point has focused on the idea of plaques building up in your brain and causing lots of problems.

The real problem is that a lot of the studies of these plaques were fraudulent.

Back to the new study.

In this study, scientists found that if boosted mitochondrial activity in the mice with Alzheimer’s, their memory improved. Mitochondria are basically the powerhouse of your cells. They are where most of the energy is generated for cell function. If you’ve heard of ATP or Adenosine Triphospate, mitochondria are the manufacturing plant for it.

The article says the scientists had a tool to boost mitochondrial activity. They didn’t really elaborate what that tool was.

Let me offer some tools to boost mitochondrial activity and health:

• Exercise

• Diet

• Fasting

• Sleep

• Supplements

You know, the stuff that helps with every other part of your health. Some of the supplementation that can help include:

• B vitamins

• CoQ10

• Urolithin A

• L-Carnitine

• Magnesium

These are the supplements our friends at A Mind for All Seasons recommend for our residents.

I find it interesting that CoQ10 is on the list. Low CoQ10 can cause muscle pain and, you guessed it, mitochondrial dysfunction.

Yet what do many health practitioners tell you to take if you’re on a statin?

CoQ10.

Kind of makes you wonder if there is a link between statins and dementia?

This email may not give you some new revelations about how to avoid Alzheimer’s. I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir about doing everything with lifestyle to keep your body healthy.

It’s just really wonderful when you can find new mainstream studies showing how lifestyle is way more important than relying on prescription drugs.

Especially drugs that don’t really do much except potentially have some horrific side effects.

We’ll wait to see if the industry starts talking more about lifestyle changes. Or if they ignore them and come out with new drugs that supposedly boost mitochondrial function. It’s a lot more profitable to do the latter.