ALZ Causes & Treatment At the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Mark Hyman interviews Dr. Dale Bredesen regarding ALZ causes, subtypes, and treatment. During this discussion, Dr. Bredesen reveals that the brain is plastic and able to change. Functional Medicine Approach to Treat ALZ Regarding neurological problems, the brain can change by treating the body’s system, not the symptoms. In fact, this is a functional medicine approach. So far as Alzheimer’s and dementia are concerned, the earlier the treatment – the better. Also, certain types of ALZ are easier to treat than others. Functional medicine is used to treat the system. By doing so, ALZ symptoms can begin to halt and...
Alzheimer's Subtypes & Causes, Amyloid Precursor Protein, Diet & Lifestyle, Functional Medicine
The protective response causes APP (Amyloid Precursor Protein, the long molecule that protrudes from neurons) to be cut into four fragments, including amyloid-beta, that downsize the neural network and eventually destroy synapses and neurons. When the APP molecule is cut into those four pieces, it is not cut into the two pieces that nourish and maintain synapses.
Alzheimer's disease is a state of the brain in which there is an imbalance between the reorganization of synapses that have outlived their usefulness (and which the brain can stand to lose - healthy destruction) and the maintenance or creation of existing and new synapses (which the brain needs to sustain old memories and form new ones, as well as perform other cognitive functions). That imbalance comes from too many of the synapse- and neuron-destroying quartet of molecules snipped from APP and too few of the synapse- and neuron-sustaining duo of molecules snipped from APP.