Dr. Rudi Tanzi at Massachusetts General Hospital discovered inflammation kills millions of nerve cells, shutting down the area responsible for thinking and memory.
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5 Comments
so should we all tak ibuprofen daily? i seem to remember it made some worms live longer in clinical tests.
Check out Dr Mary Newport on Youtube etc.
Quackery. The inflammation theory was tried in the 1990s. It didn't work. The advice to "just stay active and learn new things, and buy this anti-inflammatory herb" left most patients disappointed. Dementia is a real disease, and a cure will only come when researchers concentrate on finding the pathogen that causes it.
Can sugars cause inflammation ?
According to Dr. Ford Brewer, inflammation is a root cause in almost all illnesses, from heart disease to insulin resistance. So if inflammation also plays a role in cognitive diseases, that should be no surprise.