Alzheimers

When you have someone approach you that you have known for over 50 years and they say "Who are you?" "Where am I?", you know that you are dealing with the devil himself.

There are 6 main things you can practice to avoid this dreaded malady and all of them are covered in our many features on www.blueeyedcurse.com

We will post the various links to the features that have the full details as we have written extensively on the 6 practices below, as we proceed with this special feature on Alzheimer's. In fact just this morning it was reported that they are discovering the first stages of Alzheimer's in people in their 40's.

General health has been our theme in our www.blueeyedcurse.com website, but this Alzheimer's is so devastating to the victims and their families that this has prompted us to do a special feature, so here goes. The black cat does not have to cross your path and neither does the devil.

1. A weighted Alkaline diet along with a minimum amount of cooked food especially using high heat vehicles as in deep frying and barbecue causing damaged cholesterol and this is the puppy you should really worry about, not the good cholesterol that Doctors are obsessed with lowering. Heated food adds to acidity. If you have to indulge in a little cooked foods (as we do) make sure you counter it with an overwhelming amount of alkaline foods.

4. Conducting an active mind and in particular hand and mind activities in tandem.

5. Teeth and Gums. When you view our illustrations and the brains close proximity to the key lymph nodes you will easily see how healthy teeth and gums play a part in the devil's workshop.

6. Sun. Vitamin D is produced by the Sun and the best choice over supplements. Vitamin D has so many benefit we can't even begin to enumerate them, from bone loss to your immune system and in particular your lymphatic system.

It is written that there is no such thing as a natural death. All deaths from so called natural causes are merely the endpoint of progressive tissue acid saturation. We believe if we could sum up the serious nature of tissue acid waste (The Culprit) we would quote a passage from an Internet article by a Dr. Baroody. “The countless names of illnesses do not really matter. What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause…"Too much tissue acid waste in the body” He also has written an excellent book on the subject to the right.

Alzheimer's is the tip of the iceberg (like the one the Titanic hit) because Alzheimer's is a classical example of tissue acid waste collecting in areas, in this case the brain, that cause this debilitating disease, and eventual total acid saturation of the brain.

When you eat and drink foods that are acid forming and do not eat enough alkalizing foods to overwhelm the acids you invite tissue acid waste, hence Alzheimer's and much more, period end of case.

Alkaline foods in particular fresh raw green vegetables have a sophisticated mineral complex that has the ability to scavenge these likewise sophisticated, free radical, acid wastes. I call it fighting fire with fire. Other vegetables and fruits have some of these properties as well. I might add vegetables that are blended, not juiced have put many cancer victims into remission and I strongly believe that blending over juicing will prevent Alzheimer's, as long as you do not sacrifice the therapeutic benefits of insoluble fiber, that accompanies the best foods that are juiced and blended. We simply recommend a diet that has both, blended foods and the same food chewed well, but left in their insoluble state. I am working with a Grandson that is really into blending and my theory at this time is to gain the phytonutrients and anti-oxidants in a concentrated form by blending, but to incorporate a fair amount of fiber along with the blended product. (We are researching just how to do this, so keep posted). I might add that the mix should always have some nuts (Almonds are a great nut as they are one of the few alkaline nuts) as fat is the vehicle that carries the nutrients to the cells of the body via the lymphatic network. Some prefer to throw the "good fat" in the blender and that should be fine providing you drink it immediately. Lets not forget that "traffic time" through the intestines is critical. You could take in the best food money can buy, but how available it is makes all the difference in the world. This is the principle of roughage, TIMING is everything. Shooting a smoothie through like a bat out of hell may not be the smartest thing you can do.

A 3 Hp blender will extract the maximum amount of phytonutrients and anti-oxidants from vegetables and fruit and because of the high speed and capacity will not overheat and degrade the end product.

The below link brings up our rather extensive feature on the Alkaline to Acid ratio. I avoided the use of "balance" because the ratio is over weighted to the alkaline side, like 75% alkaline foods and drinks to 25% acid forming although acid foods such as lean meats and an occasional glass of wine are essential in ones diet. The full feature has a generous classification table of Alkaline and Acid foods. If you don't have Internet access or anyone that you know has but will not print it out for you, just tell me and I will provide you with a printed copy of the full feature. http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/alkalize.htm

We can't say enough about an adequate liquid intake in our feature on the 7 ways to good health http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/7%20ways%20to%20good%20health.htm One of the 7 ways covers the importance of not only liquid intake, but the right liquid intake. Your Alkalinity can be enhanced with liquids that are specially engineered by you. The first thing I do in the morning is to prepare a half gallon of liquids that I partake in throughout the day. The base is distilled water, (The distilled water eliminates the chlorine that kills good bacteria in the gut) I add about 4 to 6 ounces of unsweetened cranberry juice. Cranberry juice is acid forming but I believe is overwhelmed with the tablespoon of Braggs apple cider vinegar, a few squirts of pure lemon juice (both are highly alkaline after you ingest them) and a dash of paprika, high in potassium that we incorporate. There is something significant about cranberry juice as it applies to the urinary tract. Ironically urinary infections are accompanied with an alkaline condition in the urinary tract and the cranberry juice counteracts it.

There is also a lot to be said about supplements, especially plant based supplements. We believe there are alkaline benefits in plant based supplements and there could be in non-plant based, your calcium's, magnesium's etc., that most likely are derived from a mine. In these cases I believe it is important to take these supplements with live foods, as they compliment one another. I think two of the most important supplements that you can take are CoQ10, I would suggest the new 50 mg Life Extension brand that is highly absorbable and their Super Omega-3 Fish oil plus product with EPA/DHA along with Sesame Lignin's and Olive Fruit extract. CoQ10 and these Omega 3's are the best anti-inflammatory waste absorbing supplements money can buy and I believe one of the best ways you can beat the devil, not only in Alzheimer's but the other waste causing inflammatory diseases, as in the heart and cancer. Ironically even some of these supplements are acid foods derived from Fish, but again essential to the diet, never the less mandating alkaline foods to buffer them.

On the Acid side all meats are acid forming. You need meat in your diet, or at least I think you do, but just about what you can hold in the palm of your hand at a sitting and that isn't a piece of meat more than 3 to 4 ounces. The other bad acid guys are booze, refined sugars and refined grains in tandem with refined sugar. A jelly donut would be a perfect example. You want to make booze, all you need is sugar and ground up grain and all the acid that is generated with it. Full article below.

We could go into volumes on exercise, but we are not going to do it here. We are going to confine our exercise information as it applies to Alzheimer's and I think it will surprise you. In our lymphatic drainage feature http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/Lymphnew.htm you will be exposed to the fact that exercise "moves" lymphatic fluids. A simple expansion of the chest moves lymphatic fluid. The importance of moving these fluids is backed up with the fact that there is about 3 times more Lymphatic fluid in the body than blood. Hippocrates the Father of medicine called it "White Blood". In addition, the blood does not directly nourish the cells in the body and remove wastes. This is the job of the lymphatic system and the link above will go into detail. The blood integrates with the lymph fluid in a fascinating operation 24/7. The lymph fluid actually extracts nutrients from the blood, but through a complicated gradient will not allow wastes back into the blood stream from the lymph fluids. The wastes including cancer cells are then carried to the lymph nodes the bodies "garbage cans" from the extensive lymphatic network and processed for safe disposal via the elimination vehicles kidneys, liver and respiratory network etc.

Take note of the concentration of lymph nodes on one side of the subjects neck and under the chin to the left. When you go to the doctor with certain infectious problems one of the first things the doctor does is to check whether your lymph nodes under the neck are swollen. This gives the doctor a clue as to how to proceed, medications etc. Exercise in the upper extremities leading to the critical areas of the neck, the brain and the all important concentration of lymph nodes, under the chin and the carotid arteries just for starters. We believe that the prominent nodes directly placed on top of the carotid arteries were not put there by chance. You will read where cancer can metastasize between the lymph nodes and the blood network and although we have never confirmed it, we believe the carotid arteries are being served continually by the integrated lymph network. Incidentally the head/brain receives a huge amount of fluids on a continuous basis, more than any other area with perhaps the heart itself leading the way.

Notice the arrow direction in the illustrations above and below. All lymph flow first is directed to the nodes from the vast lymphatic network of vessels and then the nodes direct what I believe is a processed product to the thoracic area of the chest. (The thoracic network merges back to the blood stream) At that point the blood is sent to the disposal organs.

The photo below with the 5 poses is courtesy of a professional model that we hired to demonstrate specific exercises in the upper extremities, the neck and face. The chin out exercise (the furthest on the right) you will recognize as a very effective stretching maneuver of the neck that a lot of gals and I suspect a few guys practice to make themselves look pretty. As you will note I have made it real easy for you to remember using the vowels that were taught to us in school. They work pretty well, but you can devise your own method as long as you do the stretching in this area.

I personally go through a series of these neck and facial exercises every morning while I am doing my 5 minute tread mill regimen. You get a pile of upper extremity exercise in 5 minutes. Now in my case I am pretty enough, in fact I am almost a clone of the fellow above, but I have another motive and that is to move lymphatic fluids in this very critical area, especially to benefit the carotids arteries and the key nodes under the chin that have a tendency to plug up as we age. Of course once they clog up it shouldn't take a brain surgeon or a specialist in Alzheimer's disease to relate problems in the brain to a deficiency in flow and the inefficiency of the lymphatic system. Again connecting these dots to the devil is not a difficult chore.

We have a special exercise that we practice everyday that is as combination of some of the individual exercises we illustrate throughout this feature and other features on our website. Some of this information is repetitive from the above material, but I still haven't developed an organized means of conveying the written word, so bear with me. Perhaps in my next life, I will come back as an accomplished writer. For now you just have to take the convoluted words of a retired fruit peddler, or not take his word at all. You can always get your money back.

I think that at this point of time June of 08 we can pick out 3 particular cases of prominent individuals, Tim Russert for one that dropped dead the other day at 58 years old. The other two are Ted Kennedy with a deadly brain tumor and John McCain who had melanoma cancer on the side of his face and in the process had to have I believe 30 lymph nodes removed because the cancer had spread either to them or from them. I say possibly from them because I believe the lymph nodes (the garbage cans) being one of the chief neutralizers of cancer cells, could very well be a cancer source if they are not functioning properly.

What I am saying here is that it is logical that if the nodes are not functioning properly and cancer cells have been directed to them, is it out of the question that these nodes not only can become cancerous, but actually be responsible in spreading the cancer to other parts of the body? A woman has a breast removed and they remove lymph nodes with it, can we assume that the breast became cancerous first and the nodes after that? I don't buy it, at least until some medical genius reading this convinces me otherwise. I think they refer to it as "The primary site". Perhaps if we knew that the lymph nodes could possibly be the primary sites of cancer we would take them more seriously, not to say that if they were instrumental in neutralizing cancer cells that we shouldn't take them seriously. I take these little puppies seriously.

Now in the case of Tim Russert who everyone admired, had a blood clot, DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) and they believe it could have been one of these venous clots in his leg, that traveled to his heart. He had just got off a red eye flight from Europe and this speaks profoundly about people traveling long distances and not moving around, even just the feet and legs in place. My wife had an incident a few years back after a long trip that scared the beJesus out of us. We believe now that it could have been a DVT. It cleared because the Good Lord decided it was just not time to take her. Phewwwwww. In any event the lymph systems job is to filter out these potential problems and it appears Tim's lymphatic network could have failed him at some stage of the game. Of course diet plays a huge role in the cardiovascular system. We write a ton about that in our http://www.blueeyedcurse.com/antioxidants.htm feature, check it out.

In the case of Ted Kennedy, again we relate to Alzheimer's in our feature and brain tumors certainly are caused by a malfunctioning of the filtration system. The filtration system being the lymphatic network.

Now to make a point here lets go to John McCain. Now we are told there are about 600 lymph nodes in the body concentrated in key areas. Now if he had about 30 removed from one side underneath his chin, there is most likely 30 more on the other side. This amount of lymph nodes concentrated in these areas certainly reflect the importance of them in those specific areas. You are talking about 10% of the total amount of lymph nodes in a couple of small areas under your chin. In fact if you scroll back to the Illustration Lymph 1 you will notice the concentration of lymph nodes in the neck area and along the carotid arteries that supply the brain as well as returning the blood diastolically/brachially.

Take another glance at the A-E-I-O-U illustration above where that super model is demonstrating the facial and neck exercises that are in direct benefit to lymph movement.

There is one more exercise that is known to be very beneficial regarding the lymph node concentration in the chest area, we mentioned it above in this feature. The chest area being directly over and I am sure connected to the critical thoracic net work certainly demands some attention regarding exercises and the simplest one of them all is expansion of the chest.

Now before we give you the special combination exercises that you should do every day of your life, lets not forget those nodes under the arms. I believe all of those nodes are there for a couple of purposes. First they are in an area where there is physical movement that is necessary to move lymph fluid, because as we know the lymph system does not have the benefit of a pumping heart. Second I believe the good lord placed them there because the blood returns brachially from the brain, past these lymph nodes (They call them sentinels for a good reason) and down the arms (One of the reasons you have arm pain during a heart attack) and I am sure the blood finds its way across to the thoracic net work in the chest.

Now with all this information above I am going to give you the mechanics of the special exercise that you should do every day for the rest of your life and if you do, I guarantee that it will extend your life. If it doesn't, we can have St. Peter arbitrate our differences at the pearly gates.

Standing up extend your arms laterally. Rotate your arms in sort of a whirly bird motion. (Not a bad exercise for the roto cuffs) I call it the "Chicken wing exercise". Now in the process you Gently, I am going to repeat it "Gently" take the inside of your arm just under the arm pits and rub the lymph nodes area right next to your breasts in a forward motion outwardly toward the thoracic areas of your chest.

Now in the process, expand your chest intermittently as the chest has a large amount of lymph nodes, I assume associated with the thoracic network. As we brought our before expanding the chest moves lymph fluid and in fact is an example how easy it is to move fluids.

I am not done yet. In this combination do the A-E-I-O-U facial and neck exercises as illustrated above.

I believe the combination of all of these exercises in tandem will add up to more than if they were done individually. I like to use the word "Synergy" in nutrition, the combination of certain foods and supplements taken together and in fact in our antioxidant feature we bring out a cider apple master and him blending different apples into a cider mix and how the timing in the enzymatic reaction takes place. I believe the same applies to moving lymphatic fluids. You can't do a real good job of moving fluids in any part of the system if one part has an obstruction. One train off the track, everything comes to a halt.

Just to make a point as I am straying away from the brain for a minute is the feet with a rolling heel to toe motion that pumps lymph fluids, the groin area, the creases in the arms and the legs, even the chest as stated above when expanded to its fullest, pumps fluid. In fact it isn't by chance that the major nodes in the body are placed in the most active mechanical areas. Is that incredible or not? I wish I could have thought of that.

Note: We borrowed the below from a study we made regarding DVT, deep vein thrombosis. (Tim Russert) It doesn't make much difference what takes you, a blood clot to the brain or Alzheimer's. So the below gets you two benefits for the price of one, you can't beat that.

The benefits of a treadmill. You can't beat the cardiovascular and Lymphatic fluid movement aspects of a treadmill and in the comfort of your air conditioned environment. You can't beat having a treadmill within eyesight in your workplace or at home so you can jump on it for even a couple of minutes. I do 5 minutes in the morning and days that I don't play ball, 5 more minutes in the afternoon.

Most skeletal deterioration of the net work especially the knees, hips and between the vertebras is simply a lack of the right pressure applied to the parts. Your knees and hip joints and the areas between the vertebras in your back from the coccyx up to the vertebras in your neck are like shock absorbers.

Shock absorbers just like on a car have to be lubricated with the right grease or food in our case and they have to be worked or they will rust, it is as simple as that. Rust usually is translated into arthritis or osteoporosis. There is also what they call osteoarthritis, all one in the same. Trouble.

Minimizing rust can only benefit your brain hence beating Alzheimer's and the Devil.

There is another angle to a tread mills action and that is the ability to deviate your foot impressions on it to put different muscular tension in force and counter to lets say the repetitive nature of playing one sport. I myself that plays a handball sport have developed a shin splint problem brought on by repetitive action. I now make it a practice of crossing my feet on a treadmill and applying heel to toe motion at the same time. I change to what I refer to as a duck motion where my feet strike down outwardly in a toe to heel motion. I just alternate different positions as I go through the routine. This gives me a diversity in a tread mill session that makes sense if you believe as we do in the negative aspects of repetitive activities.

The chest expansion example in the exercise portion above will give you a sense as to how delicate moving fluid is, as lymph networks can be injured with overly aggressive activity and counter to the process desired. We use both a wash cloth and lymphatic drainage brushes just about everyday, but again prudently.

Illustrations above show the wash cloth (wet) and the lymphatic brush (dry). In both cases as in all cases brushing with a cloth or brush, the direction is toward the heart. We don't do both processes at the same sitting. We use the washcloth during normal bathing along with other parts of the body and the brushing at night. Actually the direction is really toward the thoracic net work in the chest right over the heart. Don't ask me how the lymph fluids are returned to the blood net work, I don't know yet, perhaps some day when I trade my fruit peddlers license in for a thoracic surgeons degree. From the thoracic (blood) net work the fluids are channeled to the Kidneys, Liver, Heart and Respiratory for final disposal.

The brush on the right is the softest brush of the 3 that we use and the one you would want to use for the delicate upper extremities. I use a very stiff brush ( the one on the left) for my feet especially the calloused bottoms and a medium brush for my old legs. This is the one in the middle with the detachable handle as there are brushing operations that work better without the handle. I believe that the lactic acid that is accumulated in the legs from sports activities can be moved along nicely with brushing and I didn't invent lymphatic brushing. It has been used for centuries.

Please note the illustrations only show the carotid area being lightly worked, this would include the arteries themselves as well as the nodes on top of them, along with the lymphatic vessels serving them. The cloth and brushing would also be used underneath the chin area where the large complex of lymph nodes reside. Even with a light brushing especially in the carotid areas, a word of caution here as someone with calcification in the carotid arteries could create a problem and we advise having your Doctor authorize an ultra sound of these areas before progressing with the brushing. My wife had an ultra sound and they were clear. I have never had one but I brush anyway, but again almost on par with what I would do with a general washing. I use a wash cloth that is little worn for just a little traction.

"An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's. The line above deserved top billing in the start of this feature and is worth repeating. We have all heard the saying "If you don't use it, you will lose it" Unfortunately Alzheimer's is not just losing your memory it is the forerunner of losing the function of your brain and that means the end.

The devil deplores hand and mind activities. Watching a soap opera is not hand and mind, taking a tennis lesson at 90 years old on your way to a Wimbledon championship is!

An active mind will go a long way toward warding off Alzheimer's, but we believe that hand and mind activities are the ultimate.

Watching the boob tube is certainly not hand and mind. Even watching sports is not, unless you are learning from it and are about to practice it.

Sports whether it is tennis or even shuffle board is great hand and mind activity. Playing a musical instrument is a wonderful hand and mind activity and especially for someone who is not able to participate in active sports. Knitting and even playing cards can be hand and mind especially if you get peeved at your future husband (52 years ago, New Street, Valatie, New York) and throw a full deck of cards at him after he goes Canasta on you. That's hand and mind and ducking the cards was too.

5 Years ago I went through what they call a gum shaving to fix pockets that developed in my gums and raised havoc with my entire being and although I practiced normal dental care it wasn't good enough, the pockets developed. The process was a 4 year ordeal, it was expensive over 1000 bucks a quadrant, with 1 quadrant treated a year. The first quadrant treated was the worst of the 4. It involved bone grafting by I believe one of the finest periodontist in the country, Dr. Dave Genet.

For 2 and a half hours without a pee pee break the Doctor worked on this first quadrant feverishly. He just about stood on my chest. 2 and half hours for about 3 inches of gums and teeth. I thought I enlisted a madman. I believe major heart surgery is accomplished in less time and this is no reflection on the Doctor, as he teaches this stuff in addition to his practice. 5 years later my gums are as sound as a silver dollar. I bring this experience out because of what I believe is one of the major causes of Alzheimer's disease and even though you may believe that regular dental visits are enough. (Regular) dental visits are not enough.

I think the first thing to do in this feature it to ask you a couple of simple questions. How close are the teeth and gums to your brain? How close are the teeth and gums to the garbage cans, the lymph nodes in your neck and under your chin? 1/4 of an inch, a 1/2 an inch?

It has been known for many years that diseased gums were directly related to heart disease. My Dad died of esophagus cancer and I would bet my life his neglected teeth and gums were at least partially responsible. He died a horrible death. Inflammation plugging up the lymph glands is a no brainer and the Devil just adores fools like me that neglected their teeth and gums. Depriving the glands of doing its job by neglect is just plain stupid.

Diseased gums are most always accompanied by bleeding gums and you talk about a gateway to the blood net work, there are few gateways but this is one. Bacteria in the mouth is abundant, but it doesn't belong in your bloodstream. You have bleeding gums don't walk to a good Periodontist run as fast as you can.

Besides the multitude of tooth brushes (4) that I use every day and the other practices I go through, I think the most important thing that you can do is have periodic deep cleanings not by a technician as most are tentative. Most technicians do a great job of polishing what you see, not much under the gums that only a good periodontist can tackle. There are a few dental technicians that do a very good job including under the gum line. If you have one as we do you can stretch your periodontal visits to 1 a year, if not 2 periodontal visits would be advised.

It is not pleasant and it is costly, 150 to 200 bucks is about the going rate and you will spend about 30 minutes in the hot seat, but when you think of the alternatives, this deep cleaning is a walk in the park for me.

I do 3 (every 3 months) visits to my dentist for a cleaning and checkup with a Periodontist fit in during this 12 month cycle.

SUN In just about all of our features you can't escape our views on the sun and your health and Alzheimer's disease cannot be excluded. When you investigate Alzheimer's and the brutal accumulation of wastes in the brain, you have to be brain dead yourself not to make the connection and benefits of the sun in relation to Alzheimer's.

The major biologic function of vitamin D is to maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus. Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium, helping to form and maintain strong bones. It promotes bone mineralization in concert with a number of other vitamins, minerals, and hormones.

The below link involves hormone replacement therapy for woman and a dementia relationship. If you got this far in this feature you must be concerned with Alzheimer's and this article from Dr. Mercola and the alarming statistics is a must read.

Due to the influence of heat, cholesterol in food is oxidized. Already at 100°C, cholesterol oxidizes 'spontaneously'. (19) Through oxidation, the cholesterol molecules gain or lose atoms, originating new cholesterol-like molecules.

Due to the influence of heat, approximately 30% of cholesterol oxidizes into oxy-cholesterols. About 6% of oxy-cholesterol is absorbed into the body. (20) ABSORBED INTO THE BODY

10 to 20% of the brain is composed of cholesterol. Thanks in part to cholesterol in animal food, humans are as intelligent as they are. Essential substances like the sex hormones and vitamin D are also constructed of cholesterol. Therefore it is absolutely not true that a low cholesterol level is healthier.

This information is intended to heighten awareness of potential health care alternatives and should not be considered as medical advice. See your qualified health-care professional for medical attention, advice, diagnosis, and treatments.