Published February 26, 2010

How 81 children can improve your memory

On Wednesday, I showed you how to prevent and even treat memory loss. Today, I’m going to tell you about a study that shows you how to not only keep your memory, but actually improve it.

A study from the United Kingdom followed 81 children between 8 and 14 years of age. The researchers found that when the children took a daily multiple vitamin/mineral supplement for up to 12 weeks it improved their brain function. The kids receiving the supplement did better on two attention tasks.

Why is this important? I know that you are not a kid, but this study on children and vitamins has lots of relevance to you.

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Published February 25, 2010

This common, inexpensive vitamin slows
Alzheimer's by 52%

Treating patients with Alzheimer's disease is difficult. For one thing, the nature of the disease is variable. Some patients will respond to a particular treatment, whereas others will not. And there’s no way to determine what the response will be other than to try the treatment.

So I’m constantly on the lookout for potentially effective treatments. And the more inexpensive and safe they are, the better. One treatment that’s effective, inexpensive, and safe is vitamin E. A study performed by the Department of Neurology at Columbia University proves vitamin E can have a dramatic effect on Alzheimer's disease.

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Published February 24, 2010

I have one word for Sen. McCain — Avandia

Last week, I told you about the draconian legislation proposed by Senator McCain. If his bill passes Congress, it would give the FDA virtual totalitarian powers over nutritional supplements. Now consider that the FDA does have totalitarian powers over drugs. And rightly so. They injure and kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. So you need to know what the FDA is doing with its drug totalitarian powers versus its history with non-drugs.

We already know how the FDA handled the Vioxx scandal. It encouraged the drug company to put Vioxx back on the market after the company admitted it caused heart attacks.

Well, the FDA has done it again. This time, the horrific drug scandal surrounds Avandia — the diabetes drug. In this case, the FDA failed to warn people about the drug. It took a Senate committee to make public the fact that people were dying needlessly at the hands of Big Pharma.

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