This is a subject very near and dear to my heart. My lifelong mission in life is to get the word out concerning these two silent killers. Alzheimer Disease and Dementia are robbers of life, not only to the victim, but every single person near and dear to their heart. I know, what I am talking about as approximately four years ago my family was forever changed by these thieves.
My mother a brilliant, loving person suffered a stroke. The stroke's direct hit came in the form of lost long term memory and some short term. Suddenly, words like Dementia and Alzheimer became the topic of discussion as she laid in the hospital receiving vitamin B-12 intravenously in mass doses.
Why B-12 I asked myself, this is where I did some research and found out that the culprit called homocysteine, although it was first described in the 1930s and its instrumental role in causing heart disease was discovered in the late 1960s, homocysteine has gone relatively unnoticed and underappreciated by the medical community—until recently. Homocysteine is an amino acid that occurs naturally in your body as it processes protein. When you ingest the essential amino acid, methionine, it must be broken down into non-essential amino acids. An essential amino acid is a protein you must have to live. A non-essential amino acid may be made from essential proteins. A very important protein, methionine, is used to make many other important proteins.
Homocysteine is used in many of the important steps your body uses to break down methionine into non-essential proteins. At the end of the cycle, homocysteine is used to recombine the “leftovers” from this process back into a little methionine. This entire process takes a lot of energy. Your body gets this energy from vitamins and other nutrients. If you don’t have enough nutrition, especially if you are B-12 deficient—either because you are not getting B vitamins from the foods you eat or because your body is not able to adequately absorb them (which happens as we age)—the methionine is not recombined and homocysteine escapes into your bloodstream. If it does, the homocysteine will eventually become toxic and will damage your arteries and brain cells.
The outcome of this toxicity is two-fold:
Endothelial cell injury—infarctions
Stroke and/or heart attack
Neuronal injury—degenerative diseases
Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia
Many studies have been done on the relationship between homocysteine levels and dementia, and while research does not conclusively prove the relationship, it strongly suggests that homocysteine directly promotes the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. "Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease" Published in The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 346, No.7 Sudha Seshadri, M.D, et. al.
One study showed that patients with clinically diagnosed dementia of Alzheimer type had significantly higher homocysteine levels than control subjects. Folate and vitamin B-12 levels were significantly lower in Alzheimer’s patients than in controls. An increase in the plasma homocysteine level of 5 µmol per liter increased the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 40%. A plasma homocysteine level greater than 14 µmol per liter doubled the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Isn't this a good reason all in itself to change the course of your life and those around you? By taking one small sublingual tablet of B-12?
B-12 ia a very vital vitamin in your health arsonal. Take it daily.
To Your Continued Good Health
Kim Buchanan
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