Alzheimer's and zinc supplementation

Someone I know who ain't been right in more than a year, and was becoming increasingly muddled by the day, was diagnosed finally with an early Alzheimer's a few weeks ago.

I read up on it. In the Alzheimer's brain, copper causes the amyloid plaques to vampirize zinc from the neurons where the zinc should properly be (sometimes causing serum zinc concentration levels to read as 'normal').

I'd had no idea the zinc-copper balance (they're counter to each other) was such a big issue in Alzheimer's. But most doctors don't know about such things.

So I started giving the patient in question a 50mg zinc supplement three times a day.

In 48 hours, the patient mentally cleared up as they hadn't done in 15 months, or longer.

Absolutely staggering. And it wasn't a *burp* -- they've continued to be markedly clearer ever since. Like night and day. And I hadn't expected it to work.

(A few days ago, he started taking Aricept -- but so far, it's only given him indigestion).

If anybody's taking care of, or has influence over, an Alzheimer's patient, start them on a regimen of zinc (the amount in a "multi" isn't enough). See if it works.

Not surprisingly, the subject is controversial, as these things always are.


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