ARE VACCINATIONS CAUSING EARLY ALZHEIMER'S?

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By Byron J. Richards, CCN

 

November 19, 2008

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The issue of cognitive decline and the more advanced Alzheimer's disease is

predicted to be a public health crisis in America over the next 20 years, as the

swell of baby boomers hits the age when problems manifest. This past week the

Wall Street Journal ran an article on a man getting Alzheimer's in his 40s, one

of 500,000 Americans with early onset. The notion that this problem is striking

ever earlier sent shock waves through the country and left people wondering why

this is happening. Clearly, there are many inflammatory factors in one's life

and gene-related weaknesses involved. However, theoretical data on the

inflammatory nature of vaccines, especially in the large numbers given to

children at an early age while their nerves are developing response patterns for

future life, means that they cannot be ruled out as one main factor that primes

the Alzheimer's pump.

 

We already know from existing research the recipe that leads to Alzheimer's

risk. Data coming from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging found that aging

in general, fewer years of education (less brain exercise), and the

apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele were significantly associated with increased

risk of Alzheimer's disease. Other research has shown that heavy smoking and

drinking speed the onset of Alzheimer's. A sluggish thyroid also increases the

risk.

 

On the other hand the Canadian researchers found that the use of nonsteroidal

anti-inflammatory drugs, wine consumption, coffee consumption, and regular

physical activity were associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease.

There are many great anti-inflammatory nutrients that readily replace the

concept of drug use, including the grape seed extracts of red wine (which have

been shown to reduce Alzheimer's plaque formation). Natural vitamin E at the

dose of 2000 IU per day has been shown to extend the life of Alzheimer's

patients by two years. DHA and folic acid have been shown to be protective

against Alzheimer's. Moderate coffee intake has a brain-activating effect, which

would be synergistic with learning or other forms of constructive brain exercise

that help keep your brain cells fit. Physical exercise is proven to elevate

levels of brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) vital for your brain to

withstand stress and inflammation and keep your brain cells living longer in a

healthier condition. The common theme is that using your brain constructively

helps keep it fit and factors that induce brain inflammation, of which there are

many, send you in the wrong direction.

 

Besides the above, obvious factors that cause brain inflammation include a lack

of sleep, emotional stress, physical exhaustion, cell phone use, and a poor

quality diet. This means that there will never be a specific cause of

Alzheimer's identified, other than the idea that too much inflammation combined

with genetic weaknesses will lead to the problem. Too much inflammation is the

common theme behind all nerve-related diseases, heart disease, and cancer. Thus,

the manifestation of various shades of cognitive decline will be common in the

overall population and progression into full Alzheimer's, compared to some other

serious problem, will depend on genetic weak spots. For example, healthy

children of Alzheimer's patients have adverse changes in their brain structure

before any symptoms appear. The greater the amount of inflammation, combined

with an individual's ability to tolerate inflammation, will determine the age of

onset.

 

Recently researchers did autopsies on the brains of individuals who maintained

sharp memory into their 80s. Those with sharp memory compared to the brains of

those with " normal aging " had far less brain tangles. Thus we see a sliding

scale of tangles, going from virtually none in true health, to the common

averages of " normal aging, " down into the diseased ranges of cognitive decline,

and eventually into Alzheimer's. With this understanding, " normal aging " can be

seen as abnormal from an optimal health point of view. Such brain tangles are

driven by inflammatory processes.

 

The Immunization-Alzheimer's Controversy

 

The adjuvants used in vaccines (putting the mercury issue aside) are

intentionally highly inflammatory so as to provoke a more active immune response

to the weakened pathogen. The fact that American children are the most

vaccinated in the world at such an early age, when their brains are setting up

shop, runs the high risk that vaccinations will " train " nerves to become more

hyper-active to future inflammatory stress of any kind. Such issues would be

magnified if a child had a history of stress in the womb, stress as an infant

(unstable environment), poor nutrition in the womb or early life, other health

problems as an infant, or has family-related gene weaknesses predisposing to

Alzheimer's (or any other nerve-related disease for that matter). These massive

numbers of early vaccinations could easily set the stage for early onset

Alzheimer's. At this point there is absolutely no science that refutes this

theory, and plenty of science to predict it.

 

Our government, bless their little hearts, has no interest in proving this not

to be the case or in figuring out a safety threshold for the number of vaccines

or the age they are given. Rather, they operate on the assumption that any

number of vaccines is harmless. This public health mentality of fire a shot gun

and ask questions later (or never ask any questions at all) is good for herd

mentality and not so good for personalized wellness and quality of life.

 

Any notion that the treatment is problematic, such as a contributor to autism,

is met with flat out denial. It does not matter to them what data is presented

or what new science obviously predicts. Our government's illness is their

bizarre concept of control at all costs by unelected bureaucrats, risks be

dammed. The bottom line, our government doesn't actually care what adverse

effects vaccinations may cause to your child, they are treating a herd.

 

This issue flared up back in 1997 when a leading proponent of the vaccine-autism

link, Hugh Fudenberg, MD, presented his research at the NVIC International

Vaccine Conference, Arlington, VA. His data showed that if an individual had

five consecutive flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied) his/her

chances of getting Alzheimer's disease is 10 times higher than if he/she had

one, two, or no shots. This data was never published in a peer reviewed journal.

Supporters of Fudenberg describe him as " the world's leading immunogeneticist

and 13th most quoted biologist of our times (nearly 850 papers in peer review

journals). "

 

The Alzheimer's Association website attempts to discredit Fudenberg, but not the

data he presented, stating that his " license was suspended by the South Carolina

Board of Medical Examiners. " This is true, but that was due to a classic witch

hunt because of his anti-vaccine position. The Alzheimer's Association went on

to reference a meaningless study in which those with a negligible vaccine

history had no apparent risk of Alzheimer's. The data does not begin to

approximate the potential risk of massive numbers of vaccines given to American

children and future Alzheimer's risk.

 

Thus, the question of the immunization link to Alzheimer's is an open-ended and

controversial issue. A responsible government would have demanded animal studies

with different levels of immunizations at different ages in relation to the

onset of Alzheimer's. These studies aren't being conducted because OUR

GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER.

 

Since Americans are more vaccinated than Europeans, a detailed analysis of

vaccine amounts compared to Alzheimer's risk or early onset of Alzheimer's could

be conducted. However, if the government is behind this study they will use

statistical techniques that water down the results so that risk disappears, the

favorite strategy employed when any drug or medicine has potential risks that

would cause people not to take them.

 

Stopping Problems Early

 

Regardless of factors that set the stage for Alzheimer's it is quite clear that

an overall strategy that balances your inflammation checkbook is central to

preventing the problem. On one side of the equation is the wear and tear in your

life. On the other side is the healthy things you do to rejuvenate and recover.

No matter what you believe in, you better figure out a way to balance this

checkbook.

 

We definitely know that it takes many years of wear and tear for full blown

Alzheimer's to manifest. It is vital to act aggressively to prevent the problem

if you are sliding down the Alzheimer's slope.

 

Managing inflammatory stressors is at the top of your list. It is easiest to

make changes in your brain before the problem gets large. Various memory

glitches are normal and others are not. The Alzheimer's Association does have a

list of the ten warning signs that is helpful:

 

1. Memory loss. Forgetting recently learned information is one of the most

common early signs of dementia. A person begins to forget more often and is

unable to recall the information later. What's normal? Forgetting names or

appointments occasionally.

 

2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks. People with dementia often find it hard

to plan or complete everyday tasks. Individuals may lose track of the steps

involved in preparing a meal, placing a telephone call or playing a game. What's

normal? Occasionally forgetting why you came into a room or what you planned to

say.

 

3. Problems with language. People with Alzheimer's disease often forget simple

words or substitute unusual words, making their speech or writing hard to

understand. They may be unable to find the toothbrush, for example, and instead

ask for " that thing for my mouth. " What's normal? Sometimes having trouble

finding the right word.

 

4. Disorientation to time and place. People with Alzheimer's disease can become

lost in their own neighborhood, forget where they are and how they got there,

and not know how to get back home. What's normal? Forgetting the day of the week

or where you were going.

 

5. Poor or decreased judgment. Those with Alzheimer's may dress inappropriately,

wearing several layers on a warm day or little clothing in the cold. They may

show poor judgment, like giving away large sums of money to telemarketers.

What's normal? Making a questionable or debatable decision from time to time.

 

6. Problems with abstract thinking. Someone with Alzheimer's disease may have

unusual difficulty performing complex mental tasks, like forgetting what numbers

are for and how they should be used. What's normal? Finding it challenging to

balance a checkbook.

 

7. Misplacing things. A person with Alzheimer's disease may put things in

unusual places: an iron in the freezer or a wristwatch in the sugar bowl. What's

normal? Misplacing keys or a wallet temporarily.

 

8. Changes in mood or behavior. Someone with Alzheimer's disease may show rapid

mood swings - from calm to tears to anger - for no apparent reason. What's

normal? Occasionally feeling sad or moody.

 

9. Changes in personality. The personalities of people with dementia can change

dramatically. They may become extremely confused, suspicious, fearful or

dependent on a family member. What's normal? People's personalities do change

somewhat with age.

 

10. Loss of initiative. A person with Alzheimer's disease may become very

passive, sitting in front of the TV for hours, sleeping more than usual or not

wanting to do usual activities. What's normal? Sometimes feeling weary of work

or social obligations.

 

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