Alzheimer’s disease (AD), also referred to only as Alzheimer’s, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common beginning symptom is short-term memory loss.
Symptoms can include:
- Problems with language
- Disorientation(including easily getting lost)
- Mood swings
- Loss of motivation
- Not managing self-care
- Behavioral issues
Many people with Alzheimer’s withdraw from family and society as their disease progresses. Over typically a three to nine-year period, bodily function declines, and the disease ultimately leads to death.
Alzheimer’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease. Only 5% of people have the Alzheimers gene. Alzheimer’s is caused by deficiency and toxicity. If you are among that 5 %, you do not have to express that gene. You can prevent it. These are some causes:
Neurotoxins:
Statins
Cholesterol is an essential component of neurons. Your brain can contain up to 30% cholesterol, which is necessary to develop and maintain neuronal plasticity and function. Cholesterol is imperative to brain function.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a “Safety Announcement” earlier this year warning that the statin drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol have been linked to the following conditions:
- Liver damage
- Memory loss and confusion
- Type 2 diabetes
- Muscle weakness (for certain statins)
Sugar
It is proinflammatory and addictive and plays a vital role in causing Alzheimer’s disease. Many studies have linked sugar to Alzheimer’s disease.
Aspartame
Aspartame is linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. R.H. Roberts is a diabetic specialist and world expert on aspartame poisoning and author of “Defense Against Alzheimer’s Disease.” He believes Aspartame poisoning is escalating Alzheimer’s Disease.
Read the details of aspartame poisoning; it’s not just Alzheimer’s Disease.
Weight
Obesity hurts the brain. The physical size goes down as you gain weight. Higher BMI (over 40) is shown to have links to a higher risk of dementia than average-weight people.
Benzodiazepines
Which include the popular drugs lorazepam (Ativan), alprazolam (Xanax), and clonazepam (Klonopin).
A six-year study published in the British Medical Journal found a 51% increase in Alzheimer’s disease in people that took benzodiazepines for more than three months. The study followed 1,796 people with Alzheimer’s disease and 7,184 healthy controls.
Mood
Having had depression earlier in life has now been associated with a doubled risk of developing dementia. Depression doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s in women and quadruples it in men.
Neuroinflammation
High blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol, also increase Alzheimer’s risk.
Glyphosate
New Evidence shows a correlation between the gastrointestinal tract, the microbiota, and the central nervous system.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – MORE TO FOLLOW
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the pervasive herbicide, Roundup, is playing a synergistic role with aluminum to induce Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. Together with colleagues, I published an open-access paper titled, “Aluminum and Glyphosate Can Synergistically Induce Pineal Gland Pathology: Connection to Gut Dysbiosis and Neurological Disease,” where we argued that glyphosate chelates aluminum and carries it into the brain stem, unloading it when the pH drops to a sufficiently acidic level. The incidence of Alzheimer’s and dementia in the U.S. has been rising dramatically in recent decades, in step with the dramatic rise in glyphosate usage on core crops. –Stephanie Seneff