Nutritional Supplements to prevent Alzheimer's Disease
by: Ted Langely, PhD.
These short articles are easy to understand and remember. They are written to help you to gradually change your lifestyle to one of health, so you will actually get healthier as you get older, just as I have done. At this time, October, 2002, I am 63 and have the health of a college athlete, and so is my personal doctor, Dr. Tim Smith who is 60 and has a family practice in Berkeley, CA for 30 years.

In the  previous article (Most Alzheimer's Disease Can Be Prevented), I referred to his book RENEWAL, by St. Martin's Paperbacks, which costs $7.00. Its ISBN # is 0-312-97209-1. It provides sound medical information about disease prevention and which supplements and doses to take.

The entire book of 684 pages instructs us how to slow down aging, prevent most diseases Weight Loss , and even to reverse many of them. He has sections on the etiology (causes) of aging, what food to eat and what food to avoid, which supplements to take, recipes, and exercises.

For example, on the following pages, he describes how to prevent Alzheimer's Disease: 138, 140, 253, 350, 357-360, 389-394, 441-443, 447-448.

On page 395 is a list of nutritional supplements to prevent Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Smith calls this age-proofing the brain, by phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, acetyl L-carnitine, pregnenolone, ginkgo biloba, B-complex vitamins found in a quality multivitamin formula, extra Vitamin E, essential fatty acids from flaxseed oil and borage oil, ginseng, and DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol). [In the section on Ginseng, he distinguishes between Red Korean, Panax and Siberian ginseng].

Please do NOT go out and buy a dozen bottles of supplements, thinking they will provide you with a "quick-fix" for your diseases. There is NO quick-fix to disease prevention and reversal. Most prescription medicines do not cure disease but only cover-up the symptoms. And most prescription medicines then cause their own diseases, called side-effects. In fact, last year, 110,000 people in this country died from side-effects of prescribed medicines, and many more thousands were afflicted with long-lasting illnesses. This statistic appears in another Article, but I restate it here because it's so important.

Most adult diseases can be prevented and even reversed by proper nutrition, exercise and supplements. There is no quick-fix to your diseases, but there is solid HOPE for you. I bring you solid HOPE that most adult diseases can be prevented, and even reversed, by what you do with your body. You are not a victim of your heredity. Your health is under your control. This is very good news indeed!

If your doctor does not practice nutritional medicine, I recommend you contact the American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM) which is listed in page 591 of Dr. Smith's book. This is an organization of licensed medical doctors who practice nutritional medicine to prevent and reverse diseases. Their Internet site is http://www.acam.org and their phone is 1-800-532-3688. You can write to them for a list of hundreds of nutritional doctors, and a catalog of excellent health books written by medical doctors. Send them a self-addressed #10 business envelope, with 3 First Class stamps on it, to: American College, PO Box 3427, Laguna Hills, CA 92654.

Your health is under your control. There is HOPE for your future. This is very good news indeed!