Brain Health & Alzheimer’s Prevention

by admin on July 17, 2010

A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience states that people who eat significant amounts of the Omega-3 fatty acid docosahexanoic acid (DHA) may be less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly and afflicts an estimated 4.5 million people in the US alone.

The study detailed that mice fed a diet rich in DHA had less beta-amyloid, a protein that causes plaques in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, than mice on a normal diet. Total amyloid was cut by 70 per cent in mice on the DHA-rich diet compared with those on another diet, said the researchers, while brain plaques were reduced by 40.3 per cent.

“These results suggest that dietary DHA could be protective against beta-amyloid production, accumulation, and potential downstream toxicity,” write the researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles.

These results tie in with a wealth of other data being published, linking the benefits of DHA with brain health. The scientific evidence supporting the benefits of DHA is now overwhelming. DHA is essential for optimal brain development and function at every stage of life. The human brain is composed of over 60 percent fat with its most abundant fat being docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Scientists have discovered a link between low levels of DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid and reduced visual, learning and behavioral function.

Today the average American’s diet is estimated to be 100 mg lower in DHA than it was 50 years ago. In fact, our nation has one of the lowest DHA levels in the world. Vegetarians and individuals on low-fat diets are particularly vulnerable to having a lower DHA level.

Low levels of DHA have been correlated with changes in disposition, memory loss, and visual and other neurological conditions. This decline in the consumption of DHA has also led to an unhealthy imbalance between omega-3 fatty acids and the more plentiful omega-6 fatty acids.

Fish are high in DHA because they consume microalgae, its original source. DHA is a major component of fish oil. It is a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) of the n-3 or omega-3 type. It has been combined with EPA in Fish Oil or Omega 3 and supplements are available in drug and health food stores. However, not all Fish Oil or Omega 3 products will provide you with DHA. This is because these essential fatty acids are not present in many Omega 3 products.

For example, ground flax seed is an excellent oil for certain uses and contains Omega 3’s but does not actually contain any DHA or EPA at all. Your body will convert the flaxseed oil into DHA, though not very efficiently. It is estimated that most adults would have to consume 10 – 40 grams of flaxseed oil to produce just 0.2 grams of DHA. It is also important to understand that many fish oils on the market are low in DHA. A typical level is 12% DHA and 18% EPA. Therefore, it is important to find a source of fish oil that is high in DHA or alternatively be prepared to take much higher doses of conventional fish oil.

If you are a vegetarian there is now a vegetarian source of DHA available. The product name is Neuromins DHA. Unlike fish oils; Neuromins DHA does not contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Neuromins DHA is extracted under tightly controlled manufacturing conditions and is free of chemical pollutants that may be present in some fish oils.

Many fish oils on the market today are from questionable sources and some have high levels of heavy metals or other contaminants such as PCB’s. To ensure that you don’t ingest these contaminants, either use oils which have been molecularly distilled, or are from impeccable sources with a reliable certificate of analysis.

We know Alzheimer’s disease, the pathology, begins many, many years before the symptoms. We ought to be thinking about the health of our brain the same way we think about the health of our heart.

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Christopher Stewart, M.S. is a Medical Intuitive, Healer, Author, and Researcher. A natural clairvoyant healer since childhood, Christopher has traveled globally to learn from healers of many cultures and traditions. He has worked internationally with clients since 1981.

His work is the healing of heart, mind, body and spirit.  During your consultation the physical body as well as the emotional, mental and spiritual levels of your medical and health concerns will be addressed.

He will often get a sense of timing for a medical or health condition how long it will take the client to heal when the recommendations are followed.

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What is a Medical Intuitive?

by admin on August 8, 2009

A medical intuitive is someone who has a special working relationship with the human body, its energies, and systems, and the illnesses that can invade the body, mind and spirit.

A medical intuitive views the body on the physical level, the energy level and the spiritual level. They understand the human energy fields and can communicate the information that is within those fields. Medical Intuition assists healing the mind, body and spirit when other methods are unsuccessful or moving too slowly.

The fields of our minds extend far beyond our brains and bodies, both in space and time, as do the minds of other animals. These invisible fields underlie the sense of being stared at, telepathy and precognition, which are a normal aspect of animal and human life—as when dogs know when their owners are coming home, and people think of someone just before that person calls on the phone. Sometimes these abilities are of immediate survival value.

To understand medical intuition it is important to understand the principle that all matter (including human bodies) are made up of energy. Physics has shown this to be a scientific fact for years

A medical intuitive focuses on the energies of their client’s body mind and spirit. Medical intuition has many diagnostic and other tools to help heal these energy systems. As all the cells and chemistry of the body are made of energy, if you shift the energies you will heal the body.

What Happens During a Medical Intuitive Consultation?

During a reading a medical intuitive will be focusing on the client’s human energy field.  There is a deep knowing and wisdom inside the human energy fields. These energy fields organize the body

When you have a consultation you will gain greater insights into the causes of your illness, and which actions and options you may use for your healing.

With these healing insights shedding light upon your current path in life, you open new horizons, release old patterns and provide a focus for your energy and healing process.

Does Medical Intuition Work at a Distance?

Yes! In the realm of healing we are all connected energetically, so distance is not a problem. You do not have to go to an office or clinic. Distance has no effect on accuracy. We are not separated if there is a clear intention to heal. Recent studies done at Harvard University and detailed in the book Reinventing Medicine, by Larry Dossey M.D have shown this.

What Will I Receive During a Medical Intuitive Consultation?

Christopher’s medical intuitive healing consultations include extensive health, medical and psychological details. Included in your consultation are suggested remedies and other healing tools that are the most helpful for each person’s condition.

Medical intuition may be used in combination with any other system of medicine or healing. The energy that is healing in the universe does not flow through only one system of medicine or practice of healing. Working with the energy which is the basis of matter, medical intuition is a skill that can be both an alternative and a complement to any of our traditional methods of health and healing.

Medical intuition  is an “open” medical system. An open medical system is where the human body is viewed as continually receiving energy and life from outside itself. Most medical systems reject this idea. In spiritual healing, all healing is done as a function of spirit.

It does not matter in what form this healing comes in, whether it is a vaccine, antibiotic, acupuncture, homeopathic or a specific body-mind practice from a spiritual tradition. A human being may only be a mediator of the spiritual force that brings about the healing of body, mind, heart and soul.

All healing comes from the realm of spirit. In Christopher’s medical intuitive and healing practice, he seeks to harmonize the body and open the heart and spirit. Medical intuition addresses not only the various diseases and health problems of the body, but also those wounds of feelings and spirit. This creates a greater, more holistic healing.

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