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Lemon balm may beat out drugs for controlling the symptoms of severe dementia. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ I’ve done one other video on lemon balm: Reducing Radiation Damage With Ginger & Lemon Balm (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-radiation-damage-with-ginger-and-lemon-balm/). We grow it in our garden—makes a delicious tea. More on the potential (and limitations) of aromatherapy here: • Lavender for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lavender-for-generalized-anxiety-disorder/) • Lavender for Migraine Headaches (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lavender-for-migraine-headaches/) • Orange Aromatherapy for Anxiety (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/orange-aromatherapy-for-anxiety/) • Peppermint Aromatherapy for Nausea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Peppermint-Aromatherapy-for-Nausea) • Benefits of Rosemary for Brain Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Benefits-of-Rosemary-for-Brain-Function) Better, of course, to prevent dementia in the first place. See, for example: • Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease With Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Preventing-Alzheimers-Disease-With-Plants/) • Reducing Glycotoxin Intake to Prevent Alzheimers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Reducing-Glycotoxin-Intake-to-Prevent-Alzheimers) • Alzheimer’s May Start Decades Before Diagnosis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-may-start-decades-before-diagnosis) • Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-and-atherosclerosis-of-the-brain) • Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-and-alzheimers-disease) • The Alzheimer’s Gene: Controlling ApoE (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-alzheimers-gene-controlling-apoe) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-aromatherapy-herb-for-alzheimers and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-aromatherapy-herb-for-alzheimers. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Image credit: gate74 via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Using a new imaging agent that binds to tau protein and makes it visible in positron emission tomography (PET) scans, scientists have shown that measures of tau are better markers of the cognitive decline characteristic of Alzheimer's than measures of amyloid beta seen in PET scans.

Scientists have found preliminary evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other compounds found in marijuana can promote the cellular removal of amyloid beta, a toxic protein associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists have succeeded in increasing the velocity constant for a reaction in which proteins causing Alzheimer disease (AD) turn into toxic substances to 1,000 times by using optimum frequency of ultrasonic irradiation.

New research provides insight into the role of the western diet in Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study indicates that a simple but powerful lifestyle modification could dramatically reduce Alzheimer's disease risk.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. However, the etiopathogenesis of this devastating disease is not fully understood. Recent studies in rodents suggest that alterations in the gut microbiome may contribute to amyloid ...

Hemp seeds are gaining increased recognition as a delicious and nutritious food, but few still know they have significant medicinal value as well.

Major supermarkets are deceiving us in one of the worst ways possible - by deliberately boycotting products that can reverse the damage caused by continuous exposure to toxic aluminum.

Of the mice that received the treatment, 75 percent got their memory function back.

Drugs used to treat diabetes could also be used to treat Alzheimer's disease, and vice versa, according to new research. This is also the first study of its kind to show that Alzheimer's disease can lead to diabetes, as opposed to diabetes occurring first as was previously thought.

Alzheimer's disease is a devastating disease whose recent increase in incidence rates has broad implications for rising health care costs. Huge amounts of research money are currently being invested in seeking the underlying cause, with corresponding progress in understanding the disease progression …

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A newly discovered pathway leading to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease may unlock the door to new approaches for treating the disease.

The spice saffron is pitted head-to-head against the leading drug for severe Alzheimer’s disease. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ Support NutritionFacts.org with a donation at http://www.NutritionFacts.org/donate. For more on herbal approaches to dementia, check out Best Aromatherapy Herb for Alzheimer's (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-aromatherapy-herb-for-alzheimers) and Treating Alzheimer's with Turmeric (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-alzheimers-with-turmeric). What else can saffron do? See: • Saffron vs. Prozac (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-prozac/) • Saffron for the Treatment of PMS (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-for-the-treatment-of-pms/) • Saffron for Erectile Dysfunction (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/saffron-for-erectile-dysfunction) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-memantine-namenda-for-alzheimers and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-memantine-namenda-for-alzheimers. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages. To find yours, click on the settings wheel on the lower-right of the video and then "Subtitles/CC." Do you have feedback about the translations in this video? Please share it here along with the title of the video and language: https://nutritionfacts.zendesk.com/hc/requests/new To view the subtitles in transcript format, click on the ellipsis button below the video, choose "Open transcript", and select the language you'd like to view them in. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Scientists have succeeded in sorting out the mechanism of Alzheimer's disease development and possibly distinguished its key trigger.

This is incredible.

Diet may explain the Nigerian Paradox, where they have among the highest rates of the Alzheimer’s susceptibility gene, ApoE4, but among the lowest rates of Alzheimer’s disease. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ What dietary changes? See some of my latest videos on preventing Alzheimer’s disease: • Preventing Alzheimer’s with Lifestyle Changes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-alzheimers-with-lifestyle-changes) • Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-alzheimers-disease-with-diet) • Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease With Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Preventing-Alzheimers-Disease-With-Plants/) • Reducing Glycotoxin Intake to Prevent Alzheimers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Reducing-Glycotoxin-Intake-to-Prevent-Alzheimers) • Alzheimer’s May Start Decades Before Diagnosis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-may-start-decades-before-diagnosis) • Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-and-atherosclerosis-of-the-brain) • Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-and-alzheimers-disease) This concept of switching genes on and off is the exciting world of epigenetics. For more, see BRCA Breast Cancer Genes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/brca-breast-cancer-genes-and-soy/) and Soy and Cancer Reversal Through Diet? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-reversal-through-diet/). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-alzheimers-gene-controlling-apoe and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Researchers in Sweden have discovered a new function for vitamin C. Treatment with vitamin C can dissolve the toxic protein aggregates that build up in the brain in Alzheimer's disease.

This study assessed the therapeutic utility of the autophagy enhancing stable disaccharide trehalose in the Tg2576 transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) via an oral gavage of a 2% trehalose solution for 31 days. Furthermore, as AD is a neurodegenerative condition in which the transition …

Turmeric has been used in India for over 5,000 years, which is likely why still today both rural and urban populations have some of the lowest prevalence rates of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the world. A study on patients with AD found that less than a gram of turmeric daily, taken for three months, resulted in 'remarkable improvements'

Researchers at UCLA say they've developed a program that shows for the first time Alzheimer's memory loss being reversed in some patients.

An aging specialist discusses 10 main signs of Alzheimer's disease and the importance of obtaining an early diagnosis. More than 5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Not only is Alzheimer's disease the sixth leading cause of death in the country, but it also currently cannot be prevented, cured or slowed.

A new study is helping to explain why the long-term use of common anticholinergic drugs used to treat conditions like allergies and overactive bladder lead to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life. The study used mouse models to show that long-term suppression of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine -- a target for anticholinergic drugs -- results in dementia-like changes in the brain.

Inhibition of platelets in Alzheimer's disease patients may become important in therapy in future, say researchers whose findings could be of great importance for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease patients.