Published July 7, 2010

Stop homocysteine from stealing your memory

I’ve told you in the past that high homocysteine levels put you at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve also told you many ways to reduce your homocysteine levels. These include vitamins B6 and B12, folate, and green tea. But now there’s a new study that says reducing your intake of an essential amino acid might help.

In the study, researchers divided a group of seven-month-old mice into two groups. They fed one group a diet rich in the amino acid methionine. They fed the second group a control diet of normal methionine.

At 15 months, the researchers tested the mice for brain plaque. (Fifteen months for mice is the equivalent of 70 human years.) The high methionine group had higher homocysteine and also 40% more brain plaques. They also tested lower in cognitive skills.

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Published July 2, 2010

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Published July 1, 2010

Is your body a toxic waste dump?
It is if this number is low...

Two weeks ago, I showed you how the Acid-Ash diets have more to do with hype than health. However, that doesn’t mean you should ignore your pH balance. The truth is you are an acid maker. That’s the way God designed you. You use it to produce energy. This is called aerobic energy production. In this process, your body produces acid in the form of carbon dioxide.

But when aerobic energy production is not working efficiently, the body goes into another form of energy production — anaerobic energy production.

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