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What's Good for the Heart Is Good for the Head
By JANE E. BRODY
March 22, 2005

For decades I've been pleading with my readers to adopt healthy habits to prevent heart disease and possibly some cancers. Now there's another organ, the brain, that these measures may protect.

Growing, scientifically sound evidence suggests that people can delay and perhaps even prevent Alzheimer's disease by taking steps like eating low-fat diets rich in antioxidants, maintaining normal weight, exercising regularly and avoiding bad habits like smoking and excessive drinking.

Several other practices - including remaining socially connected and keeping the brain stimulated by reading, doing puzzles and learning new things - also appear to protect the brain against dementia.

Achieving such protection is no minor matter. Nearly half of the people who live past 85 develop this devastating disease that ultimately divorces them from reality and those who love them. With 77 million baby boomers headed toward advanced age, much can be gained from postponing this most common form of dementia, if not preventing it entirely.

An estimated 4.5 million Americans now have Alzheimer's, and the number has doubled since 1980, as more people reach older and older ages. Alzheimer's already costs Medicare three times as much as any other disease. By 2010, Medicare costs for people with Alzheimer's are expected to rise by more than 50 percent, to $49.3 billion from $31.9 billion in 2000. Now, half of all nursing home costs are related to dementia.

Alzheimer's is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person's memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out normal activities of daily life.

Two changes in the brain are characteristic: abnormal microscopic structures called amyloid plaques that accumulate outside brain cells and tangles of a protein called tau that form inside brain cells. Because these changes are now seen only in autopsies, coming up with early diagnoses and tests for the disorder is a major challenge.

Early signs may include forgetting recently learned information, performing familiar tasks only with difficulty, misplacing things (putting shoes in the refrigerator, for example), fumbling for the right word for an ordinary object (like a toothbrush) and forgetting where you are or how you got there. Personalities can also change, and patients can become paranoid, suspicious, fearful or extremely confused. Some lose their judgment and suffer from mood swings or loss of initiative.

Built for Durability

The brain is a very forgiving organ. It has a very large reserve capacity and can withstand an extraordinary number of "hits" and bounce back from them. Witness how well some people recover from serious strokes and brain trauma. Likewise, autopsies often reveal considerable brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease among subjects who showed no symptoms of dementia during their lives.

But when the brain is otherwise compromised, it may not be as able to protect itself against the encroaching damage of Alzheimer's.

So how do measures to prevent heart disease and stroke protect the brain? In an interview, Dr. Laurel Coleman, a geriatric physician in Augusta, Me., and a member of the national board of the Alzheimer's Association, explained that increasing evidence suggested an overlap between vascular disease in the brain and what happens to the brain in people who develop Alzheimer's.

The presence of vascular disease - the kind that can lead to a heart attack or stroke - seems to decrease the brain's ability to fend off the effects of Alzheimer's-related damage and increase a person's chances of showing obvious signs of dementia.

"Some people," Dr. Coleman said, "have pure Alzheimer's disease and some have pure cerebral vascular disease. But most have a mix of the two." The same risk factors that raise a person's chances of having a heart attack or stroke - high cholesterol and blood pressure, excess weight, smoking, lack of exercise - also raise the risk of developing dementia, she explained.

Gluten-free, Grain Alternative and Nutrient Rich:

One of the grains, relatively unknown, tops in nutrients, is Quinoa. Pronounced keen-wah, this grain is grown in the Andes Mountains in South America where it was once a staple food for the Incas.

Quinoa has a delicious light, nutty flavor. When it cooks, the grain opens up to make tiny spirals. Quinoa contains all eight amino acids and therefore has better protein value than most grains. A nutrient-dense grain; perfect for those who have elevated needs, such as pregnant or nursing mothers.

Vegetarians and people with food allergies will find quinoa a welcome choice; it's gluten-free and provides a remarkable array of nutrients.

For anybody who has an interest in health - and for the many people who have allergies to common grains - it's a delicious alternative."

Quinoa's greatest hurdle is that it's still relatively unknown to many cooks, even those with an interest in whole foods and natural approaches. For the many people who have limited food choices now you can use quinoa.

A simple recipe for preparing quinoa;
1 cup quinoa
Pinch of sea salt
1 3/4 cups water

Rinse quinoa well with warm water and drain. Quinoa has a natural coating called saponin that repels insects and birds that creates a bitter taste. Rinsing with warm water removes the saponin.

Place rinsed quinoa, salt, and water in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer 15-20 minutes, until all the water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork before serving.
Makes 2 1/2-3 cups

For breakfast add a bit of honey and butter or fruit for a great stick-to-the-stomach breakfast grain!

Healthy and nourishing adding a bit of change to the diet is great.
Lena

Spring Cleaning Your Body!

Losing that excess winter weight gain will certainly require more than just a weight loss program for some. Winter comfort foods tend to block our intestines and clog our organs, therefore a good gentle cleansing should be undertaken to assure that weight loss can be attained… Spring cleaning of your home to remove webs, dust and buildup should also include the spring cleaning of your body to remove the buildup that comfort foods produce in your body…

A Dr. Omura informed us that he discovered, almost by accident, that the leaves of the coriander plant can accelerate the excretion of mercury, lead and aluminum from the body. He had been treating several patients for an eye infection called trachoma (granular conjunctivitis), which is caused by the micro-organism Chlamydia trachomatis. Following the standard treatment with antibiotics, Dr. Omura found that the patients’ symptoms would clear up initially, then recur within a few months. He experienced similar difficulties in treating viral-related problems like Herpes Simplex types I & II and Cytomegalovirus infections.

Cilantro Helps Flush Out Heavy Metals

After taking a closer look, Dr. Omura found these organisms seemed to hide and flourish in areas of the body where there were concentrations of heavy metals like mercury, lead and aluminium. Somehow the organisms were able to use the toxic metals to protect themselves from the antibiotics.

It just so happens that while he was testing for these toxic metals, Dr. Omura noticed that mercury levels in the urine increased after one consumed a healthy serving of Vietnamese soup. The soup contained Chinese parsley, or as it is better known in this country, cilantro. (I gave written about these and some of you may also know it as coriander, since it comes from the leaves of the coriander plant.)

Further testing revealed that eating cilantro also increased the urinary excretion of lead and aluminum. And when cilantro was used concurrently with the antibiotics or natural antiviral agents and/or fatty acids like EPA with DHA, the above infections could be eliminated for good. (Acupunct Electrother Res 95:20(3-4):195-229.)

Dr. Omura made a remarkable discovery. What he found was a novel technique which greatly increases our ability to clear up recurring infections, both viral and bacterial. And, perhaps more exciting, he’s discovered an inexpensive, easy way to remove (or “chelate”) toxic metals from the nervous system and body tissues—one that anyone can use.

Here is a simple and tasty way to achieve that cleansing and also Great News for Amalgam Sufferers!

Cilantro Pesto

1 clove garlic
½ cup almonds, cashews, or other nuts
1 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
6 tablespoons olive oil

Put the cilantro and olive oil in blender and process until the cilantro is chopped. Add the rest of the ingredients and process to a lumpy paste. (You may need to add a touch of hot water and scrape the sides of the blender.) You can change the consistency by altering the amount of olive oil and lemon juice, but keep the 3:1 ratio of oil to juice. (It freezes well, so you can make several batches at once.)

And:

SHIITAKE MUSHROOM MISO SOUP.

Packed with therapeutic action from the olive oil, onions, garlic, miso and most notably, the shiitake mushrooms. These meaty, woodsy flavored mushrooms have long been recognized for their immunity boosting, anti-viral, anti-tumor and cleansing properties.

½ lb fresh shiitake mushrooms (12 medium sized).
½ tablespoon extra virgin olive oil.
1 small onion, diced.
4 cloves garlic, crushed.
½ teaspoon dried thyme.
½ teaspoon dried marjoram.
4 cups purified/filtered water.
1 cube vegetable bouillon.
4 tablespoons miso paste.
½ cup chopped fresh parsley.

-Remove stems from the mushrooms and clean caps with damp cloth. (Keep the stems for stock) Cut mushroom caps in half, and then cut into thin strips.
-Saute the mushrooms, onions, garlic, thyme and marjoram in olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes, stir frequently.
-Add the water and vegetable bouillon bring to a light boil. Cover, reduce heat and lightly simmer for 12 minutes.
-Place miso in small bowl. Add ½ cup of soup liquid and stir until smooth.
-Take pot off heat and stir in the miso. Add parsley and adjust seasoning.
-Heat on low/medium heat for 3 minutes. Pour into bowls and serve.
Flavor with Bragg's Liquid Aminos if desired.

Eating your greens and add these foods and you can shortly have a cleansed body ready for spring and getting that weight under control much more easily, should it be necessary.

Lena

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