Food for the Brain

[Bhakthan]

Sometimes I keep wondering whether most of our brain disorders are of our own making or not?

Considering that over 65% of our brain is cholesterol, should not our food include a high percentage of cholesterol or not? And the next thought is as to how to reach the cholesterol in our blood and body to the brain after breaking the blood brain barrier?

Next point is that since inflammation is the root cause of 80% of all diseases and malfunctioning in our bodies, should we not take anti-inflammatory foods like turmeric, etc on a more regular basis?

We're frightened by the pharmaceutical industry to avoid cholesterol bearing foods and take statin drugs early on in life, which could very well lead to brain starvation, goading it to lose neural network connectivity, leading to Parkinson, PSP, Alzheimer's etc.

Think about it seriously and take the necessary actions to promote more natural remedies!

[kenh1]

Worth a try but how do you prove it works. I am currently on a drug trial for pulmonary fibrosis. I don't know if I'm taking a drug or a placebo. The advantage is once a month I get taken to hospital by taxi (paid for by the drug company) and get a thorough medical check.

I wish there were more such trials for PSP and CBD.

[Kevin_1]

Hi Bhakthan

I hope all is going well for you and yours.

Interesting thoughts.

Our bodies make cholesterol. Also there are different kinds of cholesterol which do different things in our bodies.

Our bodies produce a particular cholesterol to break down the fats we consume. This is the cholesterol which clogs up our arteries. Hydrogenised vegetable oils are recognised as a fat by the body and the body makes a particular cholesterol to break them down. This is the type that causes our arteries to clog. There is another cholesterol which scrubs them clean.

However the process used to hydrogenate vegetable oils gives them a chemistry that the cholesterol can't break down. So the body makes more and more of this 'bad' cholesterol to try to break them down. The 'good' cholesterol just can't keep up. Very bad for ones health! So I stick with butter and non hydrogenised vegetable oils.

They hydrogenate veg. oil for two reasons. First to make margarine spreads which are spreadable, not pourable. Second because they are very stable and baked goods have a much longer shelf life if they are used. Pourable vegetable oils are not hydrogenised.

And, yes there is considerable evidence that foods high in anti inflammatories help a lot.

There is a very good book on diet and 'dementias': 'End of Alzheimer's', The - Dale Bredesen.

Also a wider take on illness and diet here:

nutritionfacts.org/video/ho...

Both come to the same conclusion: High meat diets are very bad for us. The vegan diet is probably to most healthy. Anti-inflammatory foods do help.

There is a lot of research going on in the area of illness and diet.

My take is very middle of the road. I eat plenty of fresh veg. Only have meat occasionally. Eat anti-inflammatory foods as part of my normal diet. For example sprouting bean, pea and seed. Also turmeric with my curries and dals. Green leafy vegetables and celery are a good source too.

I never eat hydrogenated oils and avoid commercially baked goods which almost always have hydrogenated oils in them

Best to you

Kevin

[Y2U4]

I feel the same way about perceptions. It seems like they have a lot of side effects. My husband has PSP. We are on a gluten free diet because gluten causes inflammation. I read all the ingredients in the foods I buy. No nitrates and I try to limit our soy intake also. It is hard here in the states. Our food has so many things I can’t even pronounce.