alzheimers news-yes i know about it

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-YES I KNOW ABOUT IT

thats what i told them yesterday
when several people contacted me
about this story that was on nbcs today show
with dr bredesen from ucla

all the links about this protocol are on the above link

first
let me stop here
if you are a sibling of mine
i have encouraged all of you to get on this regimen
a cousin of mine
a nephew or niece of  mine
a great niece or great nephew of  mine
a son of mine
or
if you have someone in your family with alzheimers disease
stop
take the time to read the above article
click on the two videos
especially the first one
the second is on the study i am being considered for
then
jump on board
do all these healthy things i mention below
even if you dont take any of the supplements

your brain will be the better for it
then
go back and read and watch the videos again

remember those of us who have the diease
have nothing to lose by trying it

yes
i said to those who contacted me
i know all about it

you
see
i have been on the bredesen protocol for several months now
ever since it was published 2 years ago in the magazine
aging


he has a 36 point approach to slow down cognitive decline
his study was on only 10 people with different amounts
of memory loss
from barely noticeable to full blown moderate alzheimers disease
the protocol only worked on 9 out of 10 folks
the one with moderate alzheimers disease showed no change

this goes along with what we know about this disease
by the time you reach this stage
you may have reached the point of no return

two of the folks were professionals
one a lawyer
the other a physician
both were at the point where they were going to have to
discontinue their profession
however
after being on the protocol for awhile several months
their memories improved to the point where they
were able to continue their careers

i looked at the protocol carefully
all 36 things
i realized that i was already doing the majority of them
so was everyone else who was taking good care of themselves
physically mentally spiritually

it did encourage me to check my hormone levels which were ok
my b12 which was way too low
as was my vitamin d3 levels
my homocysteine level it was way too high
all easily corrected with over the counter medicines

there were two items i couldnt do
omega 3 fish oil and coconut oil since it worsened my indigestion

the others i tolerated ok

so along with this protocol
again most of it is healthy stuff i needed to do better on
and
adding the aricept (donepezil)
my memory returned to a normal level last year
and
i think based on how i felt i did on my memory test two weeks ago
has remained there

was it the protocol
yes i think so
which parts
i think a lot had to do with correcting my abnormal levels of vitamins
and
doing all the healthy things i should have been better at doing
like
controlling my blood pressure my cholesterol
maintaining a normal weight
exercising regularly i was habitating it doing lots of gardening
doing ranch work
improved my sleep back to normal levels
learned to relax i think the aricept does that somewhat
i have no palpable stress
i am happy
i do stop and look inside frequently even when working in the yard
i stay active mentally doing this blog interacting with folks a lot here
and in real life and read books and lots of news articles and
medical articles
i eat a mind diet and am as i say a 90% vegetarian
i drink a glass of red wine a day
i dont use tobacco

so all those things are on the protocol
along with several supplements many of you recognize
like turmeric acid resveratrol coq 10 balance b 100 etc

so add all this up
yes i guess i am on dr bredesens protocol
most i was already doing
i contnue to take aricept (donepezil) to slow down symptoms
i plan to continue all this
even
if i get on the new treatment study with the new experimetal alzheimers drug
aducanumab
which is discussed in the second video

dr bredesen plans to do a much larger study at cleveland clinic
on a much larger group of folks
to look closer as to whether this protocol really works
whether in the long run whether it stops the disease
or just delays things for a long period of time

he also is commercializing it some
which i have no problem with i guess

my opinion
like aricept (donepezil)
i think it just delays the symptoms for a period of time
hopefully a long time
but
this disease will end up winning in the end
but
gaining some more time sure is worth it all

ms b i might make it to your high school graduation afterall

the organicgreen doctor

country n news-garden stories

COUNTRY N NEWS-GARDEN STORIES

several years ago
when touring the natural gardener in austin
i ran into the owner the organic guru john dromgoole
we stopped and talked to him for a few minutes

when i looked up
i noticed we were standing under this vine that
i had not seen before
it had yellow flowers on it
whats that i asked
john said oh its a butterfly vine

why is it called that i asked

well he said look closely at these seedlings
they look like butterflies dont they
these are frequently used in decorations

well i see why i said

so i planted one at our house
its sort of wax and waned over the years
but

this year it exploded into these yellow flowers

which turned into these little butterflies when the flowers dry up

they do look like butterflies dont they

out i went to the garden

this little ladybug was doing its work on our okra

we have used okra in as many recipes as we can think of
i have used a ton of them just grilling them with other veggies
also i have added them to beans and have done an
okra tomato dish in the crockpot
but
my standby when we are out of things to cook
is to dunk them into quart pickling jars with pickling juice
in the refrigerator
having now pickled okra out the ying yang

a few years ago we had the best fall tomatoes ever
we had a late freeze almost not into mid december
which allowed the tomatoes to grow and grow

we are hoping for another crop like these this year
thanks hannah

here is the bed a few weeks ago

here are a few that are much much bigger today

now if i can just keep my wife she from picking them
for fried green tomatoes

we planted all our cole crops like broccoli and cabbage
swiss chard kale bok choy spinach and lettuce
we harvested our first lettuce crop last week
soon we hope to have a regular weekly crop of lettuce and spinach
i plant a small section every 2 weeks so we should have these
until late spring
we shear them a few inches off the ground leaving a stub
so lettuce spinach swiss chard bok choy will regrow more

also when we harvest our cabbage and broccoli
we let them regrow so we reharvest smaller heads of each
well into the spring

our carrots and beets and english peas are also growing

this is the best time to garden around here
especially since our winters are getting warmer
it just takes keeping a close eye on the weather
covering them with a warm row cover
when the temperatures drop too much

bon appetit

the organicgreen doctor

gonna do it

GONNA DO IT
i know i said i was going to wait until the last day
but
something has happened to change my mind

we love to vote at our local voting place
its at a small community
at a small community center which use to be the old
high school gym
it seems and feels so country old school down to earth
when you go in there
to vote

its the essence we enjoy


however
i will be voting early today
in fact by the time some of you read this blog today
i will have already voted
done
over with

there is nothing anyone can say or do
there is nothing that can happen in the next week
im sure there will be more surprises left
that will or would have changed my mind
on how i will vote

i am sure that most of you are in the same boat
how can anyone not know how they are going to vote
i say
if you dont know how you will vote by now
then
dont vote

i saw an article this morning
that we should all look at
especially if you are a republican voter

our country can not survive if one party becomes
the overall dominant party

if only millennials were voting the democrats would win
over 400 electoral votes
if only nonwhite voters voted the democrats would win
every state in the union
if only women voters voted the democrats would win
over 450 electoral votes
if only men voters voted the republicans would win
if only white voters voted the republicans would win

however
over half the population are female
the millennials are the largest group of any age group
sorry baby boomers
the majority of voters will soon be nonwhite

this none of us can change

hopefully the republicans can look deep inside themselves
if they dont
they could be our whig party


Nature Vol. 537, No. 7618; pp7-128 (Image: Nature)

the reason i decided to vote early
is that i got a phone call yesterday
from the alzheimers center
saying that i had passed the first hurdle for getting into the
aducanumab study
click here to read about it
where i would receive an infusion if i dont get the placebo
that will remove the bad beta amyloid from my brain

this drug is the most promising drug that is being researched
that shows promise for curing this disease
or
at least slowing it down

next i have to go back up to dallas to have
240 ml of blood removed   its like donating a unit of blood
get interviewed by the neurologist heading up the study
get examined by him
have more memory tests

have an mri

have a amyvid pet scan that shows if i have bad beta amyloid
in the brain

i have to pass each step to go to the next one
if i pass the last one then
im in

im gonna do it

so i voted early to clear my schedule for all this testing
i want it all done asap

the organicgreen doctor