Tryptophan, Niacin Protect Against Alzheimer's

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Tryptophan, Niacin Protect Against Alzheimer's

 

Niacin may protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent

study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and

Psychiatry, referenced in an article by Reuters News service.

 

Niacin is also called nicotinic acid and like its cousin nicotine,

which smokers get from tobacco, is a substance that promotes proper

activity of the brain chemical acetylcholine. This would tend to

explain why smokers are about 50 % less subject to Alzheimer's than

non smokers.

 

It is also interesting to note that niacin and the aminoacid

l-tryptophan are closely related. In fact in the absence of niacin,

our bodies will use tryptophan to manufacture the vitamin, so the

need for niacin is actually expressed in " niacin equivalents " , which

could be niacin itself or a certain amount of the aminoacid.

 

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Sepp

 

 

 

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Fascinating! My grandmother died in her 91st year. She didn't have

Alzheimer's, and she did smoke. She did have macular degeneration.

 

What's the latest on preventing macular degeneration?

 

Laura

 

 

, " Sepp (Josef)

Hasslberger " <sepp@l...> wrote:

> Tryptophan, Niacin Protect Against Alzheimer's

>

> Niacin may protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to a

recent

> study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and

> Psychiatry, referenced in an article by Reuters News service.

>

> Niacin is also called nicotinic acid and like its cousin nicotine,

> which smokers get from tobacco, is a substance that promotes proper

> activity of the brain chemical acetylcholine. This would tend to

> explain why smokers are about 50 % less subject to Alzheimer's than

> non smokers.

>

> It is also interesting to note that niacin and the aminoacid

> l-tryptophan are closely related. In fact in the absence of niacin,

> our bodies will use tryptophan to manufacture the vitamin, so the

> need for niacin is actually expressed in " niacin equivalents " ,

which

> could be niacin itself or a certain amount of the aminoacid.

[Guest guest]

At 1:27 +0000 19-07-2004, Laura Cooper wrote:

>Fascinating! My grandmother died in her 91st year. She didn't have

>Alzheimer's, and she did smoke. She did have macular degeneration.

>

>What's the latest on preventing macular degeneration?

 

 

Here is a piece I recently came across on macular degeneration:

 

Source: Macular Degeneration Foundation - Australia

 

http://www.mdfoundation.com.au/

 

 

Dr Beaumont says he doesn't envisage vegetable oil being removed from

all foods, but says there should be a consumer health warning.

 

" I think we have to have a warning on the packages similar to a

warning of a cigarette package: 'vegetable oil can lead to macular

degeneration', " he said.

 

The major reason for blindness in Australia 30 years ago was diabetes

and it was rare to find macular degeneration.

 

Today the condition has overtaken diabetes five-fold and is now the

leading cause of loss of vision in Australia. Two-thirds of those who

lose their vision are blind due to macular degeneration.

 

" I've seen an exponential rise from the early 1970s through to the

1990s, " Dr Beaumont said. " If we look at Japan 40 years ago the

disease was rare, now it's common. "

 

" I don't think there's any doubt we have an epidemic. "

 

Dr Paul Beaumont is horrified at the rate macular degeneration has

multiplied. He's seen a tenfold increase in the last 30 years.

 

" I think we could halve the number of people going blind with macular

degeneration if we could change their diet, cut out the vegetable

oil, " Dr Beaumont said.

 

When macular degeneration strikes, patients like Gwen Oliver are

first given laser therapy to help stem the bleeding. They're also

told to look at a chart daily and if they see any difference in the

lines on the charts - such as a straight line looking bent - it's

back to Dr Beaumont for treatment.

 

But for Jillian Price, laser therapy didn't work. Her last chance is

a cutting edge treatment called photodynamic therapy. It doesn't look

like much but it causes plenty to happen inside the body.

 

" You inject a chemical that slowly accumulates in that blood vessel

and doesn't accumulate in normal tissues, " Dr Beaumont said. " And

then you shine a light on the eye and it selectively activates that

chemical that shuts down the abnormal tissue and [does] not damage

the normal. "

 

For Jillian Price, the disease has disabled her life as an active woman.

 

" Two months is very fast to lose so much sight; I've lost a lot of my

independence, " Ms Price said. " The distance, everything is distorted,

getting on the buses, shopping is very hard, I cant read labels any

more. "

 

" One day I was doing crosswords and the next day I couldn't. "

 

A specialist told Colin Noble he'd be blind within 18 months. Luckily

Colin sought a second opinion and today he's one of the lucky 10 per

cent who regain vision after having photodynamic therapy.

 

Usually the treatment merely stops or slows down the degeneration.

 

" It's a miracle, I'm so grateful for this man, " Mr Noble said. " It's

had a big effect on my life and my family's life ... it's allowed me

to do so many things. "

 

" I can still tie a fish hook, important things like that ... I'm a

very lucky bloke. "

 

Dr Beaumont has lobbied the federal Health Department to help fund

this huge problem, but to date nothing has happened.

 

" I think they should move fairly urgently, " he said. " I don't think

we can afford to delay in informing the public about something which

can be affecting their vision. "

 

The federal Health Department is looking into this massive problem

but wouldn't tell us any more than that. As for the Australian Food

and Grocery Council - the voice of the food manufacturers who use

vegetable oil - they had nothing to say, except that they were

waiting to hear more evidence linking vegetable oil and macular

degeneration.

 

" There are hundreds of thousands of Australians waiting for that

advice, " Dr Beaumont said. " And I think the government has to move

quickly. "

 

For more information please contact the Macular Degeneration

Foundation on 1800 111 709 or

visit <http://www.mdfoundation.com.au>www.mdfoundation.com.au

 

 

 

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The individual is supreme and finds its way through intuition.

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[Guest guest]

, " Sepp (Josef)

Hasslberger " <sepp@l...> wrote:

> At 1:27 +0000 19-07-2004, Laura Cooper wrote:

> >Fascinating! My grandmother died in her 91st year. She didn't

have

> >Alzheimer's, and she did smoke. She did have macular degeneration.

> >

> >What's the latest on preventing macular degeneration?

>

>

> Here is a piece I recently came across on macular degeneration:

>

> Source: Macular Degeneration Foundation - Australia

>

> http://www.mdfoundation.com.au/

 

 

 

Vegetable oil! I thought so! That's why they push antioxidants so

much as prevention. The industrially-processed vegetable oils

contain tons of free radicals and trans fats.

 

That site is GREAT!

 

Thanks so very much. :-)

 

Laura