There is reliable data that shows after correcting for longevity, that heavy smokers have a very low incidence, practically zero, of Alzheimers. This connection to, most likely, nicotine should be a clue to possible therapeutic or preventative medicine, just as the knowledge of cannabis mechanism in the brain has led to an excellent drug for treatment of obesity. The drug is available in Europe, works with virtually no side effects, but is being blocked in the US by competing interests.
Why Old Traders Are So Strange
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There is reliable data that shows after correcting for longevity, that heavy smokers have a very low incidence, practically zero, of Alzheimers. This connection to, most likely, nicotine should be a clue to possible therapeutic or preventative medicine, just as the knowledge of cannabis mechanism in the brain has led to an excellent drug for treatment of obesity. The drug is available in Europe, works with virtually no side effects, but is being blocked in the US by competing interests.
a teaspoon of turmeric in your cereal would look and taste disgusting. try adding a little extra to your mustard container, or cooking with it in spicy dishes. encouraging people to add turmeric to meusli will only ensure that they have a great aversion to a wonderful spice. also great in soups.
Totally agree. it is an anti-inflammatory, and we now think more diseases are linked to inflammation than previously. I also happen to believe that our bodies have the ability to recover, more than we give credit. Years ago, we used to believe nervous cells do not grow...now we know differently
You know, that is a very cogent observation. While some MD's are scientists, most are not. Linus Pauling, one of the most brilliant scientific minds of the twentieth century, once stated that medicine as practiced in the US was way too conservative.
Pauling, years before the FDA accepted it, was giving lectures in which he pointed out that US diets were woefully lacking in folic acid and that the MDR set by the FDA was far too low. Much later, it was shown that curvature of the spine in newborns is a result of too little folic acid and pregnant women are now routinely given Folic acid supplements. We all should take them in fact. Pauling was also the one who started the ascorbic acid craze and claimed that massive doses (12 to 24 grams per 24 hours) were a cure for colds caused by Rhino virus whentaken at the onset of symptoms. He had convincing evidence obtained in British clinical studies. The AMA and the American drug industry essentially ignored, or worse, these findings, and the few studies done in the US all involved far too low a dose of ascorbic acid to show a positive effect, according to Pauling. Pauling, himself, took two grams of Vitamin C daily, or perhaps it was with each meal, unless he was coming down with an illness. He traveled and worked into his mid-nineties, but eventually died from prostate cancer.
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Totally agree. it is an anti-inflammatory, and we now think more diseases are linked to inflammation than previously. I also happen to believe that our bodies have the ability to recover, more than we give credit. Years ago, we used to believe nervous cells do not grow...now we know differently
I had some tumeric growing as a perennial in my garden for years, perhaps it is still there. The original plant was given to me by an Indian fellow. He told me that it is not commercially available (the plants) in the US. You've got me interested now in using it.
Huperzine A (an extract from chinese Club Moss) is being looked at as a treatment for Alzheimers and has been shown to have short term memory boosting action. If I remember correctly it blocks Acetylchline breakdown in the synaptic cleft thus increasing the amount available and so acting like a cholinergic agonist such as Nicotine. Spanish Sage has also been shown to imrove memory and anecdotally both are an alternative to Viagra due to cholinergic receptors playing a part in the blod flow control mechanism.
Have yet to try Huperzine - Nicotine gave me the ability to focus which i lost when I gave up smoking years ago.
Are you nuts? There's no such thing as 'eating too much pussy'.
Now, I'll tell you what's wrong with us, using a story.
A 60 year old took a pretty 25 year out for dinner. When it came time to order, she had two cocktails, three appetizers, the most expensive entree, two desserts, and an appertif.
The fellow chuckled and asked "do you eat like this at home?"
"No," she said. "but no one at home is trying to fuck me."
See, we're just paranoid.