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Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000214A
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00:01 We had a conference in Huntsville.
00:02 They talked about Alzheimer's diseases 00:05 and I think the thing that was the more surprising 00:07 was the causes of Alzheimer's. 00:10 So on today's show we are gonna talk about 00:12 the causes of Alzheimer's. 00:14 Stay by. 00:48 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:50 This is Curtis Eakins, 00:51 and my bride of 20 glorious wonderful years, Paula Eakins. 00:56 Hello. How are you doing today? 00:58 Wonderful. 00:59 You are looking pretty good, pretty good too. 01:00 Yeah that's a new hairstyle by the way? 01:02 I like that. Thank you. 01:04 Okay. We both wearing pink. 01:07 Pink, my favorite color. Real men wear pink. 01:10 Absolutely. That's what I'm told. 01:12 Absolutely. Absolutely. 01:14 That's a word up. That is, that is true. 01:16 That's the word up and the word down, okay. 01:18 For those who may not understand us 01:20 that's the terminology we're using today. 01:24 You mean, now though of course 01:25 we did Alzheimer's in Huntsville, Alabama, 01:27 a seminar there, Seniors Ministry, 01:31 my mom is part of that or she is over there. 01:33 She brought us in and we had 01:35 a good crowd there over I guess 60. 01:37 Yeah. 01:38 I mentioned this before been on 3ABN for many years now 01:42 and taped over I guess some 300 programs. 01:46 The one program that we get the most response, 01:49 the most phone calls, the most emails, 01:52 is Alzheimer's diseases. 01:55 So we did this I guess eight to ten years ago. 01:58 We decided to bring it back, update some information 02:02 and some fresh information as well. 02:04 Some of the information you are gonna see today, 02:06 hear today is gonna be eye opener. 02:08 So I'm gonna tell you right now folks, 02:09 if you're listening I strongly advice you 02:13 to go ahead and get out a paper and a pen. 02:16 You're gonna write some things down. 02:18 This gonna be some eye opening things for us-- 02:21 not just Alzheimer's but dementia in general 02:24 and Alzheimer's in particular. 02:26 So just go and get your pen and paper out now 02:29 because it's gonna be some eye opener 02:31 as far as some possible causes 02:33 of dementia and Alzheimer disease as well. 02:36 Well, you know, they had this book that was there 02:38 and the thing I think that blew my mind 02:40 that was talking about medications. 02:42 And it was talking about the medication side effects, 02:44 that a lot of the medications that people are taking 02:47 and that we were looking at those medications 02:49 and we were seeing certain things 02:51 that was actually in that formula 02:53 that could cause some issues 02:54 with Alzheimer's and also dementia. 02:55 And what brochure is that? 02:57 This is a brochure called the Basic Alzheimer's Diseases 03:00 and that's what Mitchell 03:01 you know who was the person 03:02 who actually did most of our talking. 03:04 Oh, the representative of Alzheimer's Association, yes. 03:06 And so we talked-- we looked at the medications 03:09 and we also did the drug side effects 03:11 and so I thought 03:13 that was kind of really, really, interesting. 03:15 So can you talk a little bit about that? 03:16 Yeah, that was interesting because that's one 03:18 of the latest brochures of Alzheimer's Association, 03:21 talk about the side effects, drugs, medication, 03:25 that causes memory loss and behavioral change. 03:29 The side effects of medication. 03:32 So we're gonna get into that and some other things too. 03:34 And so let's first go to the screen, 03:37 let's look at the Alzheimer's brain at this time. 03:41 And here we have it of course on left side 03:44 you have the healthy brain, 03:45 the Alzheimer's brain based on autopsies is shrunk. 03:50 Shrunken to about 80 percent, sometimes 70 percent. 03:54 You see here the main cortex is smaller 03:58 and hippocampus is smallest way on. 04:02 You see the ventricles 04:03 they enlarge to compensate for that. 04:05 The ventricles are the small openings 04:07 in that brain on the left side. 04:09 So in typical Alzheimer's brain is simply smaller. 04:16 Now having said that, I thank you for that graphic. 04:18 What we want to do, 04:19 we want to set the stage as to why the brain shrinks. 04:25 Wow. Wow. 04:26 Now you mentioned in the brochure 04:27 about lot of side effects of drugs 04:30 and how they cause impermanent, talking of impermanent 04:33 from the American Association of Alzheimer's. 04:34 Yeah. 04:35 And the side effects memory loss as well. 04:39 I'm gonna first talk about the effects of B12. 04:43 Okay. 04:44 It's very important in the body. 04:45 And let's talk about this because we're gonna set 04:47 the stage for how important B12 is 04:50 in relationship to this program. 04:53 B12 is needed for red blood cell development. 04:57 But also is need for the healthy condition 05:01 of the brain and the central nervous system. 05:05 So therefore if there is a deficiency of B12 05:11 then this gonna impact cognitive development 05:15 and impair memory as well. 05:17 Now B12 lot of people, you know, 05:22 what they say is that we are what we eat. 05:26 Well, I'm gonna tweak that a little bit. 05:29 We are what we absorb. 05:32 If we have a deficiency of B12 05:35 number one, it shrinks the brain. 05:40 Those have a deficiency 05:42 their brain shrinks six times more than those 05:44 who don't have the deficiency. 05:46 So B12 is very critical 05:48 as far as cognitive impairment, all right. 05:52 Now sometimes you have B12 deficiency 05:55 and what happens is that you have pernicious anemia 05:58 that causes the intrinsic factor 06:00 in the stomach. 06:01 So we can eat cartons of eggs, pounds of beef, gallons of milk 06:09 and still be deficient of B12 06:11 because the body simply is not absorbing it. 06:15 So we may take supplementation of B12. 06:18 We fear that intrinsic factor in the stomach 06:20 is not gonna be absorbed. 06:22 That's why sometimes those have deficiency 06:24 need to have injections, 06:26 therefore you bypass the stomach 06:28 and go straight to the blood stream. 06:30 So B12 is very important but in particular 06:34 the healthy condition of the brain 06:37 and the central nervous system, B12. 06:41 So when it is deficient then we have memory problems, 06:44 behavioral problems in B12 deficiency. 06:48 So very critical to the body. 06:51 So, okay, we are talking about the causes of Alzheimer's 06:55 and you just hit on a whole thing about B12. 06:57 Right. 06:58 So I'm just trying to figure out 06:59 and I'm sure that audiences is also trying to figure out 07:02 and what does B12 have to do with the Alzheimer's issue. 07:10 I mean, you are saying the cause 07:12 and we are talking about the drug. 07:14 So how does that play a part then? 07:16 What drug? 07:17 Okay, I'm glad you asked that question. 07:20 Because there-- now this you need to write this down 07:23 I hope because this one will be all ill of that an eye opener 07:29 as far as the medication is concerned. 07:31 Number one, there is a group of drugs 07:35 that causes a deficiency of vitamin B12. 07:41 It is conclusive evidence, evidence based. 07:44 Okay. 07:45 Now, have you said that let's go to the screen. 07:53 Antacids and vitamin B12 deficiency. 07:57 This comes from the Journal 07:58 of American Medical Association and says this. 08:00 "Using antacids consistently for two years or more 08:08 was linked to a deficiency of vitamin B12, 08:11 which can have adverse effects for the nervous system." 08:17 A deficiency of B12, taking antacids 08:23 consistently for at least two years or so-- 08:25 thank you for that graphic. 08:26 Now there are two groups of antacids. 08:30 We have the pump inhibitors, which is the Nexium, 08:35 you have the Prevacid, 08:38 you have the Zantac both are pump inhibitors. 08:44 They cause a deficiency in B12. 08:47 Also there is a warning on those 08:49 that also causes fractures of the wrist, 08:52 forearm, hip and spine too, 08:55 FDA warning in addition to B12 deficiency. 08:58 These are the other group of antacids 09:01 we call those histamine H2-receptor. 09:04 Those are your Tagamet, Axid and Pepcid. 09:09 Those are the histamine 2-receptor. 09:14 They too cause a deficiency of B12. 09:16 So both of those groups taken consistently 09:20 can simply shrink the brain 09:24 and causes memory impairment and behavioral changes 09:29 just by taking antacids for a long period of time, 09:32 about two years consistently. 09:34 So that's one area wise. 09:36 You know, one group of drug 09:37 that can cause impairment of our cognitive. 09:42 Okay, so I'm trying to understand this now, 09:45 so you are saying that there is a strong possibility 09:49 that these antacids they-- 09:53 you want to look at that as a possible cause. 09:54 So in other words-- 09:56 It is a cause not possible, yeah it is a cause. 09:58 So I'm kind of saying like you know, 10:00 there is someone their parent or whoever 10:03 they are taking care of has got dementia, Alzheimer 10:06 that they, they might want to look at them. 10:09 Look at the different drugs they are taking 10:12 because this could be a part of some of the things 10:14 they are experiencing has to do with the drugs 10:17 they are taking and so just-- that's, that's heavy. 10:21 Yeah. That's heavy. 10:22 Well, it gets, it gets even worse 10:25 because so it was happenings that 10:27 take an antacid because it keeps-- 10:28 and what happens that 10:30 antacids simply causes malabsorption 10:35 of B12 in the stomach. 10:37 Therefore, no matter what you eat, 10:39 eggs, milk, cheese, pork, taking beef, lamb 10:42 which is B12 in it when goes to the system its not absorbed 10:46 because the antacids stops the absorption of B12 10:49 in food that we eat. 10:50 Okay. 10:51 That's why injections are necessary 10:54 to bypass the stomach so that you get that B12 10:57 if we are deficient because of antacids. 10:59 And lot of people take them 11:00 because they are eating too fast and acid comes up. 11:03 So really slow down what you're eating, 11:05 do not drink with your meal 11:07 because down the acid and therefore 11:08 you don't have to take those antacids on a consistent basis. 11:11 Is there any other drugs then we need to be looking at? 11:14 Well, now there's another drug that cause, 11:16 again a B12 efficiency in the blood stream, all right. 11:21 Now I want you to hold on to your seat for this one, folks. 11:24 Let's go to the screen at this time. 11:27 Metformin and B12 deficiency. 11:31 This is taken from the British Medical Journal. 11:33 Listen to this. 11:34 "Individuals with who are treated 11:38 for long periods of metformin are at risk of developing 11:44 gradually worsening vitamin B12 deficiency." 11:50 Now metformin, those who know about metformin 11:53 this is the first line of drugs for diabetes 11:58 and millions of people taking metformin on as daily basis. 12:02 So this drug also causes B12 deficiency. 12:08 Now you that once you off this drug 12:10 the B12 deficiency gets even worse 12:13 after you finish taking it. 12:15 So therefore, this is another major drug 12:18 that people maybe taking right now 12:20 that causes the B12 deficiency 12:23 plus also has to health or the body 12:25 particularly the brain's central nervous system 12:28 that causes memory loss and behavioral changes. 12:33 But now it gets even worse still. 12:38 Not just an antacid, not just a metformin 12:42 but there's something as well. 12:44 Okay, you know, we didn't know what that one is. 12:48 What is that? Okay. 12:49 The next one. 12:50 Now there is another group of drugs 12:55 that causes not so much of B12 deficiency 12:58 but let me explain this, 13:00 I'm gonna kind of do it here 13:02 in hope the camera can come in with this. 13:06 Imagine this fist right here, if you can come in, 13:09 this is an X arm 13:11 and then at the end of my fist is a nerve cell. 13:15 For this nerve cell to connect to this nerve cell 13:18 there needs to be some communication 13:20 between the two fists so that therefore, 13:23 we keep thinking cognitive development 13:26 one nerve cell communicates with this nerve cell. 13:30 There are a group of drugs is over 80 of them 13:36 that simply blocks this nerve cell 13:40 communicating with this nerve cell. 13:43 It blocks it right here, all right. 13:45 Now have in mind let's go to the screen. 13:48 You want to write this one down, 13:49 here is the group of drugs that causes a block 13:53 from one nerve cell to the next. 13:55 Let's go the screen at this time. 13:57 Anticholinergic drugs. 14:02 "Taking these drugs was linked to cognitive impairment 14:08 and for the first time 14:11 these drugs were also linked to death." 14:15 This is from the Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 14:20 And it is a list of 80 drugs and I have the list right here, 14:26 it's about 80 drugs right here folk, 14:28 and these drugs here they have different categories 14:32 like there's a level three, 14:34 that's the highest of powerful portion 14:37 and properties in these drugs. 14:39 There's a level two, there's a level one. 14:42 And so those individuals who are taking these drugs 14:45 that's on this list here of 80 14:48 their cognitive impairment simply becomes impair. 14:52 And they start noticing that within 60 days 14:58 if you taken category three. 15:01 If you taken category one about maybe 90 days. 15:05 And so it's called the anticholinergic risk scale. 15:11 Anticholinergic risk scale. 15:16 And you will get a list like this 15:18 not just this a few weeks ago, 15:21 you see the list of drugs 15:23 and these drugs have-- those have taken them 15:25 then you can also block that signal 15:29 therefore there's gonna be some cognitive impairment 15:33 and it drops really 15:34 ability to think, to reason as well. 15:38 Now of the 25 drugs that most seniors take 15:41 are the 25 the most seniors take 15:43 17 are those drugs are on this list. 15:48 Okay, now, somebody is gonna say I know, 15:50 I know it's gonna happen. 15:51 When the show airs they are gonna say 15:53 where is the list? 15:54 So therefore, that list can be available to people? 15:57 Well, they can contact us, 15:58 we'll give them our website abundantlivingtv.org. 16:02 Go there email us and we will download you 16:05 that list as well. 16:06 Okay, you heard that Rebecca, 16:07 that's the best way to get the hold of it 16:08 and if you are trying to get that list. 16:10 I guess my question then would be 16:11 we talked about the drugs, we talked about the causes 16:13 and that is what about lifestyle? 16:15 Well, just one another thing 16:17 that also can cause cognitive impairment 16:21 and let me just say this 16:22 but I'm going too deep into anomie physiological. 16:25 There are two hallmarks for Alzheimer's diseases. 16:28 One is called the beta-amyloid. 16:31 Beta-amyloid, all right. 16:33 And this is a key protein in Alzheimer's diseases, 16:38 beta-amyloid for those who want to do research. 16:42 And so when this key protein is high 16:45 there is a high risk of Alzheimer's diseases. 16:48 When the protein is low 16:50 there is a low of risk of Alzheimer's diseases. 16:52 So this is one key protein that we don't want. 16:54 I want to make sure everybody understand that. 16:56 Now have you said that there's one thing that we can do, 17:01 that people do that will raise their beta-amyloid, 17:05 this key protein that resolves in Alzheimer's diseases. 17:10 One thing, hold on to your seat, 17:14 not going to bed, sleep depravation. 17:20 They did a study, sleep depravation, 17:24 a group of people stayed up one night 17:26 and those went to sleep-- they had two groups 17:29 they tap their cerebrospinal fluid 17:31 and determined that those who has sleep depravation 17:35 had an increase of beta-amyloid in the brain 17:40 therefore causing cognitive impairment. 17:44 This is from Washington State Medical Center, 17:48 they are in St. Louis 17:49 and numerous other studies about 17:51 how sleep causes impairment in cognitive ability. 17:56 Those who went to sleep 17:58 will have a normal sleep of activity 18:00 from seven to eight hours or nine hours of sleep, 18:03 their beta-amyloid actually dropped. 18:05 So sleeping stand up 18:08 not getting adequate amount of sleep 18:10 can cause cognitive impairment and memory loss. 18:16 Okay, that was a lot of information, wasn't it? 18:19 I mean, that was a lot. 18:21 So you are saying to yourself are they cooking today? 18:24 Well, we are cooking today believe it or not 18:27 and we haven't talked about we did little bit by the B12 18:29 and we are gonna talk more about nutrition 18:31 as we continue on with this program. 18:33 And that is we are gonna go into the kitchen 18:34 and we are gonna be fixing a tangy fruit oatmeal. 18:39 I'm telling you it is not down track. 18:40 You will love it. 18:41 Get your paper and pencil and meet us in the kitchen. |
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