Columbia researchers say you can cut your risk for Alzheimer's disease through proper nutrition.

One fact that I’ve hammered over my readers’ heads over the years is the prevalence of heart disease.  It remains the number one cause of death for Americans, but believe it or not, between the years 2000 and 2006, there’s been an 11 percent drop in heart disease related deaths.  Other conditions where there’s been a decline in deaths include stroke (18 percent fewer), prostate cancer (8 percent fewer) and HIV (16 percent fewer).

That’s good news, but as is typical when good news is reported, here comes the bad news: There’s been a dramatic rise in Alzheimer’s related deaths.  In fact, comparing 2006 to 2000, there’s been a near 50 percent rise in Alzheimer’s related deaths, making it the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.  Approximately 26 million people have Alzheimer’s in the world, 5.3 million of whom live stateside.

While advances are being made every day in doctors’ knowledge about this mysterious brain disease, there’s no cure for it.  Medicines are available to slow its progression, but nothing can stop its advancement.  In short, once you have it, you can’t get rid of it.

Thus, prevention remains your best defense.  And it’s becoming clearer and clearer that it all starts with your diet.  Researchers from Columbia University confirm this.

Researchers discovered this recently after analyzing the dieting habits of approximately 2,150 adults over the age of 65 for four years.  Through food frequency questionnaires and annual checkups (i.e., every 18 months), they wanted to see if there was any correlation between what people were eating and whether or not they were eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

According to their results, people who tended to eat a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet – one that’s rich in vegetable oils like olive oil, fresh fruits and vegetables like berries and broccoli, as well as nuts like almonds and walnuts—were 40 percent less likely to have developed Alzheimer’s disease.  Other brain boosting foods include seafood sources high in omega-3s like snapper and salmon.

The people more likely to have developed Alzheimer’s were those who ate diets high in saturated fat from food sources like butter, organ meat and red meat.

The full findings appear in the pages of the Archives of Neurology.

Yet more evidence that our diet plays a HUGE role in how healthy our mind will be.  No, a healthy diet doesn’t guarantee you’ll be from Alzheimer’s disease, but if you’ve had relatives with Alzheimer’s, you’d be foolish not to take every precaution available.  Not much is known about Alzheimer’s but what is known is that’s its hereditary.

Sources:
alz.org
newsmaxhealth.com

Ignoring your eye problems may be one of the worst things you can do for your brain, never mind your eyes.

The problem with Alzheimer’s disease is that once it’s identified, the damage has already been done.  Treatments exist that slow its debilitating effects, but precious little can be done to reverse them.

As such, much of Alzheimer’s research is devoted to identifying Alzheimer’s disease before the symptoms are made manifest.  Well, researchers think they may—emphasis on may—have found a symptom that’s predictive of Alzheimer’s development.

According to a study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology, a striking number of people who go on to develop Alzheimer’s have poor eyesight years ahead of diagnosis.  And people particularly vulnerable to its onset are those that don’t have it treated.

Researchers discovered this link after looking at the results of a 1992 health study involving 625 people approaching their senior citizen years.  Among other findings, the researchers found that 27 percent of them developed Alzheimer’s over an eight and a half year period.

Now, 27 percent is a pretty high figure all by itself, but what really took the researchers by surprise was how high the correlation was between a person’s eye health and Alzheimer’s development.

For example, 25 percent of people who said their vision was “fair” or “poor” at the start of the study eventually developed Alzheimer’s, while only 10 percent of the 168 with Alzheimer’s had “excellent” eyesight throughout.

But where things really got interesting was when researchers looked at whether those with poor eyesight ever got their eyes checked out by an opthamologist.  Of course, many did, but those that didn’t were nine times (!!) more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who sought and received treatment.

Researchers aren’t sure what it is about eyesight that portends Alzheimer’s development, but Dr. Mary A.M. Rogers, the study’s lead researcher, believes it may have something to do with the fact that untreated eyesight is a crippling condition in and of itself.  In other words, if you can’t see, you’re probably not going to be doing the things that keep your mind active, like travelling, reading, exercising.

Research has shown that an active brain can help prevent Alzheimer’s.

Now, as the University of Michigan researchers themselves say, this study does not definitively link eyesight trouble to Alzheimer’s development.  After all, a fairly high percentage (11 percent) of the participants had poor eyesight and maintained normal brain function throughout.  But the correlation is certainly intriguing and gives researchers something to further dissect regarding the physiological signs that point to Alzheimer’s development.

Further research will settle the findings, but this study points to the importance of eye health. It goes without saying that you should schedule annual visits with your opthamologist, but there are things you can take to maintain your eye health.

There are many different eye ailments (e.g., eye strain, astigmatisms, blurred vision, bloodshot eyes, etc.), but for the general maintenance of healthy eyes, take N-acetylcysteine, as it helps protect the eyes’ lenses; a multivitamin with selenium (selenium helps the body absorb antioxidants that fight eye-damaging free radicals); and vitamin A.  Vitamin A helps the eyes’ rods and cones adjust to contrasting conditions (i.e., transitioning from a light room to a dark room) and is fuel for the retina.

Sources:
reuters.com
newsmaxhealth.com
Balch, Phyllis A.  “Prescription for Nutritional Healing.”  4^th Edition. 2006.  Avery:  New York

Through genetic-modification of mice, Salk Institute researchers show that Alzheimer's forms more as a result of aging, not getting older.

Alzheimer’s disease, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, is a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a mystery.  Sure, doctors have come a long way in unraveling why it affects as many people as it does, but its prevalence remains somewhat of a mystery.

One thing we do know is that Alzheimer’s overwhelmingly affects older people.  In fact, as the nation progressively grows older, the incidence rate is set to jump from its current rate of 35.6 million affected to 115.4 million affected in 2050.

So the question a lot of us have on our minds is whether Alzheimer’s is a risk because we’re growing older, or is it a risk because we’re aging?

Well, according to researchers from the Salk Institute, it’s more a result of the latter.

This is good news, because aging is something we can work at delaying.  But before I get into how that can be worked at, the study broke down thusly:

Researchers from the Salk Institute used a mouse model to slow down the function of what’s called the IGF-1 pathway.  According to the study’s lead author Dr. Ehud Cohen, this pathway in the brain plays a crucial role in how quickly someone ages.

A series of tests were then employed to see how plaque buildup formed in their brains.  This plaque, known as amyloid plaque, is believed to be the growth that sets off the progressive chain of events that leads to full-fledged Alzheimer’s disease.

But interestingly—and happily—the mice whose IGF-1 pathway had been tinkered with formed less plaque buildup compared to the mice whose brains were left unaltered.

This is a very exciting find because it indicates that it’s not the getting older per se that influences the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s the aging process.  So if you’ve been living an all-natural lifestyle for several years, you’re already ahead of the curb.

But in case you haven’t been or are a new convert to the holistic way of life, there are several things you can do to help slow the aging process.

One of them is through supplementation with nutrients that are essential to maintaining the fountain of youth.  Coenzyme A is chief among those vital nutrients.  Aging is highly influenced by what toxins and chemicals we’ve been exposed to, and Coenzyme A helps detoxify the body of many of these substances when taken regularly.

Another crucial nutrient is glutathione, particularly for brain health.  Glutathione is a natural mood enhancer (studies show that the perpetually happy live longer and don’t age as quickly as the perpetually perturbed) and destroys ammonia, which interferes with brain function.  You probably don’t think you’re at risk for ammonia exposure, but you’re around it every day, as ammonia is used to produce every day plastics, pharmaceuticals and fibers.

And while we’re on the topic of keeping your brain young, ginkgo biloba helps with that as well.  It enhances brain function by supplying the brain with a greater dose of oxygen.

Another thing you should do that goes without saying but I’ll say it anyway:  Lifestyle changes that are anti-aging.  These include avoiding stimulants and chemical food additives; eating a balanced diet that’s rich in raw vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds; getting at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night; and remaining as stress-free as possible.

No one is perfect, which is why we all age to varying degrees.  Where you fall short, though, is where the aforementioned supplements and nutrients pick up the slack.

Sources:
alz.org
sciencedaily.com
Balch, Phyllis.  “Prescription for Nutritional Healing.”  4^th Ed.  2006.  New York:  Avery
en.wikipedia.org

According to a recent study, statins don't halt Alzheimer's Disease.

If you’re a frequent consumer of news, it may feel like you’re living in a parallel universe at times.  What’s reported on what network is often avoided or given a totally different spin on another network.

And when it comes to health news, there’s no better example of this than statins.  Here, you’ll find information on statins and how their side effects outweigh their perceived benefits.  But watch or read news on statins from some major media outlet, and you’re likely to find information on all the benefits of taking statins.  That not only will they lower blood pressure levels, but they’ll also cut the risk of stroke, even prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

Some of the smartest people on earth are doing their best to uncover the riddle that is Alzheimer’s disease.  A recent string of studies suggests its onset may be due to elevated cholesterol levels in the blood.  Though there are other ways of lowering cholesterol levels, this has led the pill-popping public (the scientific community included) to suggest that statin use may be an Alzheimer’s preventer.  But a recent study testing this theory reveals a significant flaw in that argument.  The flaw?  Statins don’t decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s: not one iota.

Approximately 26,500 men and women participated in the study, all of whom were between the ages of 40 and 80 and “at risk” for developing Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia.  The majority of those followed took Zocor for a period of five years; the rest took a lesser-known statin for just over three years.  The health statuses of the participants were attended to regularly throughout the study.

Despite the significant amount of precautions taken to assure that the medications taken weren’t given short-shrift, the findings revealed no difference among statins in prevention of Alzheimer’s.  In short, people who received the statins got Alzheimer’s just as frequently as those who received placebos got Alzheimer’s.  This review is published in the most recent  issue of The Cochrane Library.

That may have been enough for the average medical professor to denounce statin use with regard to staving off Alzheimer’s.  But like the aging athlete who doesn’t know when to hang them up, a professor well-versed in statin safety had this to say about what impact statins have to the brain overall:

“There are a number of case reports and case series where cognition is clearly and reproducibly (emphasis added) adversely affected by statins.”

No one can deny that statins work for some people in lowering cholesterol, but the side effects are far too costly.  And when one considers that taking statins to prevent Alzheimer’s may actually impair overall cognition, that, in and of itself, testifies to just how deep those side effects go.

The Fox News’ and MSNBC’s will continue to grind their political news through their own individual mills made of spin, but here’s one thing that can’t be spun:  Statins don’t prevent Alzheimer’s; to the contrary, they impair cognition.
In the immortal words of Walter Cronkite, “That’s the way it is.”

Source:
Science Daily

Genomic mapping of APOE, which is one of the markers for Alzheimer's

The ongoing financial crisis the country is embroiled in has opened my eyes to how intricate a web our economic structure is.  The so-called domino effect of the economic collapse – starting with the housing bubble bursting,  leading to a chorus of bursting bubbles up and down Main Street and Wall Street – is a very real thing, and its effects can be seen everywhere, from the tumbling stock market, skyrocketing jobless claims, nixed newspapers, and bailout bonanzas.

But the domino effect is not solely a function of the economy; it’s also found in health matters.

For a number of weeks now, story after story I’ve written has talked about the linkage of one disease to another, how having one disease exacerbates the risk of having another.

This time, it’s with regards to Alzheimer’s risk. 

More than five million people in the country have Alzheimer’s, one of the most painful diseases to watch anyone experience because its effects mentally rob Alzheimer’s victims of everything they once were at a slow but sure pace. 

Thankfully, tireless researchers uncover more and more about it and what habits, diseases and lifestyles serve as it’s precursor, or alternatively, as it’s preventer (my section on Alzheimer’s is a testament to that).  To this point, research suggests lifestyle and environmental factors do play a role, but the chief contributor is one that none of us can change:  genetics.

I suppose it depends on the person as to whether this brings a sense of coolness or fearfulness – the knowledge that since it’s out of your hands, why worry, or since it’s out of your hands, that’s exactly why you worry.

I tend to side with the former, because all we can control is our actions and our behaviors.  That said, I bring to you the latest on what researchers say exacerbates the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

According to a study conducted by researchers from Wake Forest University and published in the journal DiabetesCare, people with diabetes are more at risk for developing Alzheimer’s because of the way insulin resistance affects the brain.  They discovered this link after conducting what the Associated Press referred to as a “battery” of tests on 3,000 people with Type 2 diabetes.  These tests measured the participants’ cognitive function, or their ability to think, reason, and remember certain cues. 

Another test they performed measured their A1C score, which gives an indication of the participants’ blood glucose levels as they rise and fall.  These scores were tracked and conducted over several months.

When comparing the A1C scores to the diabetics’ cognitive function tests, they found that whenever glucose levels rose, cognition testing scores declined.  While the drops in scores were small from month to month, they were nonetheless “meaningful,” or so the Demon Deacons’ researchers consider them, because they provide a clearer picture of how insulin resistance adversely affects brain cells.  

Obviously, this news can’t sit well with the estimated 24 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s.  But researchers stress that diabetics’ ought not panic, for there are many Alzheimer’s sufferers (I would suggest the lion’s share) who don’t have diabetes.  Further, as aforementioned, genetics still plays the largest role in the risk of developing Alzheimer’s.  Plus, there are other diseases diabetics are more at risk in developing, like heart disease and high blood pressure.

Not exactly a calming rest assurance, is it?

I hate to conclude articles with bad news, especially in times like these where gloom and doom seems so pervasive.  All one can do is their very best.  As you’ll find in my Alzheimer’s section, there’s a wealth of studies showing how lifestyle factors play a huge role in preventing, or hastening, Alzheimer’s onset.  I encourage you to read them and apply them in your life – whether you have diabetes or not.

All we can do is our very best to stay healthy and avoid Alzheimer’s.  By staying informed on Alzheimer’s, how to beat it, and then applying those teachings to your life, you’re doing exactly that.

Sources:
Associated Press
The Washington Post

Anyone who exercises religiously and goes a day without it knows that feeling – that feeling that something’s missing, that you’re not as happy as you usually are.  That’s because the body releases endorphins through the physical act of running or biking.  So if anyone enjoys being happy, it’s in their best interest to exercise regularly (really, it works!).

But the benefits of exercise for the mind go much deeper than that.  According to new research – research that analysts believe is the first randomized clinical trial published linking the power of exercise on diminished brain function – moderate exercise appears to improve the mental capability of older adults suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Australian researchers recruited 85 adults (all of whom were also Australian) over the age of 50 and showing signs of diminished brain capacity.  They split the groups in two, asking both to do some kind of moderate exercise activity for two and a half hours per week and to keep an exercise journal to keep track of their progress.  But one of the groups was assigned to do something extra – exercise 20 minutes each day, on top of the two and a half hour requirement.  This group was labeled as the “exercise” group.

By the end of the trial period – about six months in total – the exercise group performed better in tests that measured the participants’ mental acuity and brain function, about 1.7 points better.  Further, the exercise group continued to perform better on brain function tests than the control group a year after the initial test (the groups were encouraged to continue exercising, which we can only assume they did).

Now, to me, this is just another nail in the coffin, another biscuit in the net confirming the fact that exercise is every bit as good as prescription pills in combating debilitating illnesses.  In fact, the results were so impressive that the researchers themselves said exercise appears at least as effective as the psychotropic drugs used to treat Alzheimer’s patients.

However, in classic “hedging your bets” style, the researchers are reluctant to advocate exercise as a proven treatment for Alzheimer’s patients.  They also say that this study should not suggest that exercise diminishes one’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s.

On that point I agree; Alzheimer’s is still too abstruse a disease to say definitively what will and will not increase one’s risk of developing it.  But I don’t agree with the good doctors on whether or not it should be prescribed as a treatment.  While their research might be the first “randomized, clinical trial” published in a medical journal, there are lots of other studies pinpointing physical activity as beneficial to fighting Alzheimer’s, including one that says exercise can reduce the amount of shrinkage the brain endures when affected by Alzheimer’s (see my article “Fighting Shrinkage”).  Another study conducted by the Mayo Clinic found that people who exercised for 15 years or more were less likely to have impaired brain function with age.

This is an exciting time.  More and more research continues rolling out about the breakthroughs in uncovering this mysterious disease.  I remain confident that if this kind of progression in the knowledge and treatment of Alzheimer’s continues, it will join smallpox as eradicated diseases.

Published in the July edition of the journal Neurology, researchers from the University of Kansas and its school of medicine have discovered that people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease can slow its debilitating effects depending on how fit they are.

The researchers examined the brain size of 121 participants 60 years of age or older. Approximately half of the participants had been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; the other participants had not been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s nor did they show any signs of other dementia-related diseases.

When the researchers compared the participants’ brain sizes and measured their level of fitness – which was determined by measuring their oxygen consumption while walking on a treadmill – they found that brain size was correlated with how fit the participants were. For example, among the participants with Alzheimer’s, those who were the fittest exhibited the smallest amount of brain shrinkage compared to the patients not diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. But the least fit among the Alzheimer’s group exhibited the largest amount of brain shrinkage when compared to the non-Alzheimer’s group. It’s believed that the larger the brain is for someone suffering from Alzheimer’s, the longer he or she will be able to function before succumbing to the crippling effects of the disease, such as frequent forgetfulness, inability to communicate, changes in behavior, no longer recognizing common faces and not being able to do what were once common tasks (e.g. Writing a check, feeding one’s self, driving, etc).  

While there was no observable change in the participants’ brain size among those without Alzheimer’s and were also fit, the researchers point out that previous studies point to how regular exercise can help keep the brain from changing its formation as people age. 

While this is indeed an important, encouraging and motivating reason to exercise regularly, the researchers caution not to read too much into the results. This is because their testing examined how fit participants were at one given point in time. If they truly want to test how effective exercise is to Alzheimer’s patients and their health, they’d likely have to examine their fitness levels for an extended period of time.

Nevertheless, as I recently wrote, more and more good news regarding Alzheimer’s and what can be done to prevent – or lessen its severity – is making headlines today (see “Fixing Memory Goofs with Grape Juice”). Like cancer, Alzheimer’s is something more and more of us are touched by in one way or another. Let us hope that these findings will hasten the arrival of a cure to Alzheimer’s so that it can no longer extend its pernicious tentacles over us or the generations to come.

There are a few staples found in just about every refrigerator.  Milk is one of them.  Eggs are another.  A half-full bottle of ketchup is probably a third.

For the health-conscious consumer, though, celery is as much of a pillar as milk is.  Why?  Well, other than the fact that celery stays relatively fresh for a while and is a great snack – plain or with a dollop of peanut butter – celery actually contains negative calories!  That’s right – the energy the body expends to digest a stalk of celery is more than the celery stick itself!

Now, a diet of eating nothing but celery is not only impractical and unwise, but it probably wouldn’t amount to a whole heck of a lot of weight loss – so celery’s negative calorie content is not the reason why it ought to inhabit our refrigerators.  Perhaps the most practical reason why was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

According to the study, the chemical compounds found in celery (and green peppers) can help reduce brain inflammation.  This kind of finding may have profound implications in the advancement of treatments that can help avert neurological diseases and auto-immune system disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, respectively.

Brain inflammation by itself is not a bad thing.  In fact, brain inflammation plays a key role in the body’s immune system function when we get sick.  But when inflammation gets “out of whack,” if you will, that’s when brain inflammation is a bad thing.

The impact celery’s chemical compounds have on excessive brain inflammation is what researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign looked into.  These compounds, called luteolin – yes, they too are flavonoids – are found in various spices and vegetables like cabbage, brussel sprouts, spinach and thyme.

To study luteolin’s impact, researchers performed two experiments.  In the first experiment, they took microglia cells from rats and exposed them to harmful bacteria cells; microglia cells release the molecules in the brain that trigger brain inflammation when under stress.  They then exposed these cells to the luteolin compounds.  When they were exposed to the luteolin compounds, the excessive inflammation observed was reduced.

The second experiment involved injections and spiking.  First, researchers spiked rats’ drinking water with luteolin and had them drink this water for a three-week period.  Near to the conclusion of the study, they injected the rats with a bacterium that causes inflammation in the brain.  Amazingly, four hours after injecting the rats with the bacterium, inflammation had reduced in the brain, particularly in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that’s primarily affected by Alzheimer’s.  The researchers attribute this reduction to the luteolin-spiked water.

More research needs to be done, but this kind of finding is a truly exciting one for all of us with loved ones that are, or have been, afflicted with this terrible disease.  Scientists believe approximately four and a half to five million Americans currently have Alzheimer’s, with no signs of dire diagnoses slowing down.  Thanks to these and other natural health findings, though, Alzheimer’s disease could become a thing of the past.  And it may all start with a stalk of celery.

These two components of flavonoids have proved their ability to reduce the build up of beta-amyloid, which is what causes the plaque build-up on the brain of someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The scientists within this study have been working diligently to find a natural way to reduce this build up and these flavonoids may prove to be the answer. These powerful antioxidants produce far less side effects than the drugs currently being developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease. This is only one of the many benefits that are turning the heads of medical professionals today.

The researchers involved in this study believe that flavonoids may be able to prevent and guard against Alzheimer’s disease. You can consume large amounts of flavonoids through your diet. Some of the foods include fruits, vegetables, seeds, wine and peanuts. The question that still remains within this research study is if this method of treatment will work on those with cognitive impairments. Other researchers and professionals have brought their attention to this new study to find that the flavonoids are targeting GSK3, which is an important factor within cognitive activity. With this in mind there is still a great deal of research to be done prior to using this form of treatment on humans but it offers high potential for a new avenue of natural treatments.

I have been talking about flavonoids for quite some time now. Flavonoids also hold many other healing benefits and properties when it comes to conditions that include inflammation of any kind. Foods high in flavonoids such as broccoli and strawberries can help reduce inflammation throughout the body. Flavonoids can also be taken advantage of through different medicinal herbs as many times flavonoids are the main component within herbs and their healing functions.

There is no end to the amount of health benefits and healing properties that can be obtained through flavonoids. The more modern science continues to research these benefits, the more likely we will be able to control the conditions and diseases within our society by protecting our own bodies that much more.

A study was recently presented at the American Academy of Neurology stating that anyone who is middle-aged with high cholesterol is 50% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease decades later. A study was conducted, which included 9,752 people from Northern California that found these statistics and on the contrary those who had low cholesterol were considered to be far less likely candidates. What many people do not realize is that Alzheimer’s disease is not something that happens over night, it can be developing in your brain and cognitive resources for many years before any signs appear, which is called the silent phase.

In collaboration with the first study, these same researchers found information to support their original theories that having a big belly when you are middle aged is yet another factor that can contribute to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies like this are working around the clock to develop more and more information regarding the disease itself and what other risk factors are associated with it like obesity and hypertension. There have been many studies in the past that have specifically targeted high cholesterol to be related to dementia but never Alzheimer’s in particular.

The people within the study went through numerous and detailed health evaluations throughout the years of 1964 and 1973 when they were between the ages of 40-45 years old. This study resulted in 504 of the original 9,752 participant developed Alzheimer’s later in life and they took this opportunity to study their cholesterol levels at this point in their lives as well. With research and studies like this constantly being published and presented to our society, it becomes that much more important to take care of our health and cholesterol levels at a younger age.

Statin drugs are NOT the answer to lower cholesterol. There are many natural ways to lower and maintain healthy cholesterol levels through your diet. There are several different foods that have been known to lower cholesterol levels that should be in everyone’s diet, no matter what your age. Some of these foods include almonds, apples, bananas, carrots, cold-water fish, garlic, grapefruit, oats, olive oil, strawberries and walnuts. As you can see no matter what your taste buds prefer there is at least one of these foods you can enjoy and lower your cholesterol at the same time.

Fiber is an important element when it comes to lowering your cholesterol and including types of high fiber foods in your diet like brown rice, beans, fresh fruits and vegetables you are making a healthy choice all the way around. There are many different types of natural supplements you can choose to utilize as well. Studies have shown that spirulina can improve cholesterol levels when taken everyday. Garlic can be taken as a supplement and will lower your blood pressure as well as your cholesterol levels. Use Kyolic Formula I04 by Wakunaga of America, which is a powerful combination of aged garlic extract and lecithin.

There are so many different natural ways to relieve high cholesterol and maintain these healthy levels that there is no reason not to! The more and more our society becomes health conscious and aware of the consequences the easier it will become to avoid risking Alzheimer’s and other conditions that may be associated with health problems we can correct now.