Nutritional drink, imaging show promise for Alzheimer’s
- Image via Wikipedia
Great news for those with Dimentia/Alzheimers! Saw a lot of people suffer from Alzheimers in the different nursing homes my Mom was in. Though my Mom didnt suffer from Alzheimers, we did witness the slow decline of several patients. Here is the story from www.CNN.com writer Elizabeth Landau:
Drink to your health?
One of the features of a brain with Alzheimer’s disease is the loss of synapses, which are junctions between two neurons or between a neuron and a muscle. Research suggests some connection between low numbers of synapses in a person’s brain and Alzheimer’s symptoms such as memory impairment and language deterioration.
Scientists have developed a drink called Souvenaid that is a “medical food,” meaning it’s taken under the guidance of a physician to manage a specific condition. The drink has three components — uridine, choline, and the omega-3 fatty acid DHA — that, working together, help restore synapses, said Dr. Richard Wurtman, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-author of the study. Uridine is a molecule used in the genetic coding for RNA, choline is in the vitamin B family, and DHA is found in certain fish and fish oils.
These nutrients are already found in the human body and have been shown to be safe, he said. But taking a supplement of any one of them will not have the same beneficial effect, he said. Together in the right proportions, the cocktail increases the production of fatty constituents and proteins needed for synapses.
The study looked at 225 patients who had mild Alzheimer’s, according to an examination. Some took Souvenaid, and the control group participants received a non-medical drink, once a day for 12 weeks.
They found that patients showed significant improvement in the delayed verbal recall task, in which participants were asked to remember what they had been told earlier. The idea is that the formation of synapses delays the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, but it is not a cure, experts said.
Click the link to read Elizabeth’s full article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/08/alzheimer.drink.scan/index.html
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=1ab3b9c2-818f-403b-a292-2d1444785013)
January 14th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I had looking this article and found it here. Very interesting article and it’s look what i need and want.
January 15th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Your posts always show me that you really have some indepth knowledge about this. Quite a valuable read i must say.
January 16th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Highly impressed, discovered your blog on Bing.Happy I finally tried it out. Unsure if its my Chrome browser,but sometimes when I visit your site, the fonts are really small? Anyway, love your site and will be back.See Ya
January 16th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I just adore your weblog! Very nice post! Nonetheless you can do several things to enrich it, and i will be back.
January 17th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Hi what entice you to place an article. This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was looking for thoughts on this study last Thursday.
January 17th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Intimately, the article is actually the best on this laudable topic. I fit in with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your coming updates. Just saying thanks will not just be adequate, for the tremendous lucidity in your writing. I will right away grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Solid work and much success in your business endeavors!
January 17th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Hello, it looks like your site is up and coming in the
January 19th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Beautiful website. I wanted to lend a hand and submitted to digg. I hope the traffic to your site raise. goji berry supplements
January 20th, 2010 at 10:42 am
I am so new to all this online, the more I read the more I realize there’s so much more for me to learn, thanks for the awesome post I will be back!
January 21st, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I believe my wife is doing something the same. I wish luck to you.
January 23rd, 2010 at 7:16 am
Hey man. Sending this from a Mobile. thanks! very helpful post!! like the template btw
January 25th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Hola, mi nombre es Sabrina y estube buscando por internet, fue entonces que encontre tu blog, el cual me gusto mucho, el cual es bastante agradable para leer. Regreso la proxima semana para leerte de nuevo. Saludos Sabrina
January 30th, 2010 at 6:40 am
Hey excellent writeup there. keep it going.I seriously like to browse your site.Last of all have good night
January 30th, 2010 at 9:30 am
One predominant debate in which has happened to be on our imagination is in which way did you get started and where did you find out about all the elements that you have learned so far? Thank you for spreading all your knowledge with your visitors; I can see that you have many regular followers for your website; I will be back again later to read some more.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:38 am
Hey, great blog!. How do I subscribe to ensure I get notifed when you make new posts? Thanks
January 31st, 2010 at 10:14 am
I just signed up to your blog rss feed. Will you post more on this theme?
February 1st, 2010 at 1:41 am
Have you got to be a certain age to use this?
February 1st, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Hello Guru, what entice you to post an article. This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Thursday.
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:01 am
Hey very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your blog and take the feeds also…
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:30 am
Strategies to Avoid Emotional Eating…
We all know what can happen. We get ourselves on a diet, losing weight, feeling good about our health and appearance, and then, bam, something happens in our lives and we reach for the goodie bag….
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 am
Please, can you PM me and tell me few more thinks about this, I am really fan of your blog…gets solved properly asap.
March 4th, 2010 at 4:07 am
Wow. You definitely did a nice job of explaining this topic very clearly. I’m anxious to read more of your posts.