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--Save Your Brain by Removing Toxic Aluminum
--Dr. Blaylock

Aluminum is thought to play a major role in most of the neurodegenerative diseases and has been a suspect in Alzheimer’s for many years as well as in the development of dementia, Parkinson’s, Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) and other degenerative diseases.

Experimental studies show that aluminum can produce all the same changes in the brain we see with Alzheimer’s disease. Most of us are exposed to dietary sources of aluminum including cookware, medications, baking powder, vaccinations, several foods (teas) and public drinking water.

Normally, people absorb very little of ingested aluminum, but recent studies have discovered that those with Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease absorb a lot more aluminum than normal.

In fact, Down’s children absorb 11 times more aluminum than is normally absorbed. Children with Down’s syndrome have the same pathological changes in their brains as those with Alzheimer’s disease. Ironically, several commonly consumed products dramatically increase the absorption of aluminum and increase its toxicity in the brain.

Fluoride, when combined with even small amounts of aluminum, produces dramatic destruction of the same brain cells that are destroyed in Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, as little as 0.5 ppm (parts per million) fluoride added to aluminum in water was found to produce extensive brain cell loss in the hippocampus, the memory part of the brain. Most water systems add 1 to 1.5 ppm fluoride and all add aluminum.

The amino acid glutamate, as found in monosodium glutamate (MSG), also increases aluminum absorption and deposition in the brain. MSG is added to most processed foods, usually under a disguised name such as hydrolyzed protein, soy extract, natural flavoring or even spices. As with fluoride, glutamate is even more destructive to brain cells when combined with aluminum.

Another surprising culprit is citric acid. Lemon juice is high in citric acid, as are most citrus fruits. Adding lemon to tea, for example, increases aluminum absorption from the tea (which contains very high aluminum levels) over sevenfold. This is why you should not add lemon to your tea.

Chemicals that remove toxic metals such as aluminum from the tissues and organs of the body, do so by a process called chelation, hence they are called chelators.

A study done in 1993 at the University of Toronto found that patients given aluminum-chelating drugs deteriorated at half the rate of those given no treatment. Recent studies have found that using aluminum chelation could reverse the pathological changes characteristic of Alzheimer’s dementia.

You can learn more about how to save your brain by going here to get my special report “Save Your Brain: Protect Yourself from the Ravages of Alzheimer’s and other Diseases.”

You can reduce your brain load of aluminum yourself by using the following supplements, also shown to significantly lower brain aluminum.

--Magnesum citramate. Magnesium reduces brain levels of mercury and the citramate, a combination of citrate and malate, has been shown to significantly stimulate elimination of aluminum from the body.

--Ascorbate (as magnesium or calcium ascorbate). A study found ascorbate to be a very effective chelator of aluminum, especially when the aluminum was bound to brain cell DNA. Taking higher doses of ascorbate with the magnesium citramate increased the removal of aluminum even more.

--Malate. Malate was shown to be one of the more effective aluminum chelators for the brain.

Pyruvate (as calcium pyruvate). Pyruvate has been shown to effectively prevent aluminum absorption.

-Flavonoids. Eat a lot of fresh vegetables. Supplements containing flavonoids, such as quercetin and hesperidin, also prevent aluminum absorption. Chlorella helps remove mercury and lead and may remove aluminum. These supplements are in addition to the antioxidant vitamins you normally take.

My special report “Stop Aging Naturally” will give you more tips on how to keep your brain healthy and strong throughout your life.

Dr. Blaylock Tip of the Week ~~
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--Beta-Glucan: Powerful Immune Booster

Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015 02:17 PM

--A number of nutritional supplements have been shown to boost the function of the immune system. Studies have shown that even a single vitamin or mineral deficiency can impair immunity.

Of particular significance are deficiencies of:

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin E

• Vitamin B6

• Thiamine

• Folate

• Methylcobalamin (vitamin B12)

• Selenium

• Magnesium

• Zinc

Eating organic, nutrient-dense vegetables supplies most of these vitamins and minerals. But as people age, higher levels may be needed than can be supplied by food alone.
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Special supplements can boost immunity not only for existing infections, but also in preparation for a hospital visit — especially for those facing elective surgical procedures.

Beta 1,3/1,6-glucan is the most widely researched of these immunity-boosting supplements. A person scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure should start supplementation with beta-glucan two weeks before the procedure, or as early as possible.

The dose is 250 mg, taken once a week on an empty stomach along with 1,000 mg of buffered vitamin C.

Beta-glucan can be taken at any time of the day, but you shouldn’t eat for one hour afterward, in order not to interfere with absorption.

This regimen should be continued until the day of admission to the hospital. After surgery or hospital discharge, a patient should resume taking the beta-glucan at the same dose for two weeks, because that is how long the immune system is suppressed by the anesthesia.

In my opinion, treatment for active infections should also include boosting the immune system.
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The fact that the immune system is absolutely essential for clearing any infection — even when a person is taking powerful, broad-spectrum antibiotics — means that improving cellular immunity will speed recovery and improve the chance of healing.

A number of phytochemicals have antibacterial and antiviral properties, and can aid treatment of these infections. These include:

• Resveratrol

• Curcumin

• Quercetin

• Apigenin

• Hesperidin

• Luteolin

• Kaempferol

Combinations of these phytochemicals are even more effective.

For additional protection, you can take 100 mg of the phospholipid phosphatidylserine twice a day. This compound is needed by phagocytic white blood cells to gobble up bacteria. In addition, it protects the brain and stimulates brain repair.

Unfortunately, in most cases patients undergo virtually no nutritional counseling during treatment of an active infection, or in advance of surgery. And virtually none undergo immune preparations before having a procedure done.

Immune fortification is very important because surgery, anesthesia, and blood transfusion all powerfully suppress immunity — not just during surgery, but also for at least two weeks afterward.

This increases the risk of postoperative infections and complications.
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**What many doctors don’t know is that some antibiotics — particularly the tetracycline antibiotics, such as doxycycline — are also powerful cellular immune suppressants.

In fact, they suppress immunity so much that they are now being tested to treat diseases associated with excess immune activation, such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS.
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