Diet and lifestyle

Stop smoking and avoid places where tobacco smoke is abundant.

Daily exercise such as walking or swimming positively effects all systems of the body and slows the ageing process generally.

Keep your brain active by completing puzzles, quizzes etc and socialise as much as possible.

Adapt a high fibre, low salt and low adulterated fat diet with plenty of leafy and other vegetables and fruits. A daily breakfast of muesli containing oats and other grains would provide ample B vitamins and fibre. Raw carrots and carrot juice contain large amounts of calcium which is vital for nerve function, dark leafy veg will do the same.

Eat calcium and phosphorous rich foods such as egg, swede, turnips, olives, lentils, cauliflower, bran, almonds and all nits, peas, cheese, radishes, cucumber, beans, seeds etc, all fresh seasonal fruit, veg and whole grains.

Avoid all sources of aluminium in your diet and lifestyle. This list includes the well known sources of food additives containing aluminium; E173, E520, E521, E523 E541, E545, E554, E555 E556, E559. Check everything you eat and avoid these E numbers.

Other foods containing aluminium include dry cake mixes, pastries and croissants made from frozen dough, processed cheeses, donuts and waffles, some breakfast cereals, raising agents, muffins and food coloring.

The following list contains foods and supplements which help eliminate excess aluminium from the body and will play a vital role in recovery and prevention of Alzheimer's disease;

• Apples contain pectin and malic acid, both of which help to remove aluminium from the body. Eat 2 apples a day and/or take apple pectin in capsule form.
• Lemon Juice - Squeeze half a lemon in a glass of water, drink two or three times a day
• Coriander
• Do a foot soak with Epsom salts and sea salt (1/2 cup each) every few days
• Chlorella, a form of algae carries aluminum out of the body via the colon and also provides excellent nutrition and energy to the body.
• Turmeric  used in food or a pinch in a glass of warm milk before bed
• Garlic in its raw form in capsules or in cooking thins the blood and improves blood flow to the brain
• Fish Oil
• Kelp
• Eat sulphur-rich foods such as eggs, cabbage, beans and onions and leeks.

The B vitamins and particularly B12 are very important to the healthy functioning of the brain and nervous system so the diet should include plenty of foods rich in B vitamins such as organic lean meat, fish and seafood, milk and eggs. See also the chapter on 'vitamins' in the 'natural healing' section of this site for more ideas of foods high in the B vitamins.

Daily consumption of organic cold pressed coconut oil has preven very useful for many and anecdotes talk of significant cognitive improvemnet when taking 2 tablespoons of coconut oil daily.

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