While I know of no reason to dismiss these out of hand, I'd also be more comfortable seeing them discussed in more depth. Can anyone with actual medical knowledge speak up?
Another article where the editor is not up to date. Alzheimer is already known to be reversable (curable). Dr Dale Bredesen wrote an article about how he reversed Alzheimer in 9 out of 10 patients: http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v6/n9/full/100690.html
That article smells fishy as hell. And if Alzheimer's were treatable, today, it would be a huge huge deal, not something being peddled around as a miracle cure on the basis of a 10-person "study".
They're making progress though. They've found at least one candidate drug that appears to clear up the Amyloid-beta plaques in mice.
One of the things I noticed right away is that the therapeutic programs prescribed to the patients patients in the study combined autophagy/ketosis (fasting 12 hours at night), low-glycemic diets, daily exercise, stress reduction, and sleep optimization.
A recent paper [1] concluded that "[...] the term 'type 3 diabetes' accurately reflects the fact that AD represents a form of diabetes that selectively involves the brain and has molecular and biochemical features that overlap with both type 1 diabetes mellitus and T2DM."
Something to think about.
[1] De la Monte SM, Wands JR. Alzheimer’s Disease Is Type 3 Diabetes–Evidence Reviewed. Journal of diabetes science and technology (Online). 2008;2(6):1101-1113. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/
If you inject amyloid-beta peptide extract from an AD-infected mouse into the brain of another, it then starts growing the usual plaques[1]. And A-beta plaque deposits are basically the distinguishing characteristic of Alzheimer's. So in my book that's very strong experimental evidence that A-beta is the causal mechanism of Alzheimer's and not merely a side effect.
It seems to be basically a misfolded protein, like CJD or mad-cow.
Usual caveats - nothing in science is ever proven to 100% certainty. Remove seal before use. Ask your doctor if Alzheimer's is right for you.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/301485.php
While I know of no reason to dismiss these out of hand, I'd also be more comfortable seeing them discussed in more depth. Can anyone with actual medical knowledge speak up?