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82. My mother could also play the piano

Wed May 22, 2013, 01:34 AM

May 2013

late into her dementia.
As i understand it, the memories go in reverse order to when they were laid down in the brain.
Since most musicians began their studies in early childhood, it stands to reason that they would not lose that facility until much later in the course of their disease.

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B vitamins could delay dementia [View all] socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 OP

LOL trotsky May 2013 #1

Drug companies also make Linbrel, an extract of Scutelleria Baicalensis(chinese skullcap). socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #2

From another for-profit company making medicine. trotsky May 2013 #4

No I don't. Skullcap can be grown in the backyard and made into a 5-1 extract in your kitchen. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #12

The study you posted didn't test ANY of those things. trotsky May 2013 #18

Look at the doses in the study. Foods can be included in the diet that are equivalent. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #23

Thanks for letting me know I'm wasting any further time. trotsky May 2013 #25

Agree drugs are overpriced, but they do work. Deep13 May 2013 #29

Natural treatments worked long before clinical testing was thought of. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #31

And some also didn't work. progressoid May 2013 #35

Yes not all plants are therapeutic, but not all studies done in the U.S. are unbiased. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #37

"all have gone through their respective countries version of the FDA" progressoid May 2013 #46

Nothing you posted mentions any of the natural compounds that are PRESCRIBED worldwide. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #55

I'm confused by your posts. progressoid May 2013 #61

Well naturally if you jumple them up, mix them around, they will make no contextual sense. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #96

No they didn't. Deep13 May 2013 #54

Your understanding is limited. Berberine, Gingerols, Bacosides a-b, Curcumin have all socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #57

Would love to see what evidence you are relying on. nt Deep13 May 2013 #77

Try PUBMED. Its full of studies focusing on these compounds alone, as well as thousands of other socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #97

And the drugs you talk of don't timdog44 May 2013 #48

Then they are not double-blind studies. Deep13 May 2013 #58

Thats how pharma works. Use influence to alter studies, studies which are often funded by taxes socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #60

And your evidence is...? nt Deep13 May 2013 #79

Chemotherapy, in most instances timdog44 May 2013 #65

I Must Say I Do Agree With Your Comments. ChiciB1 May 2013 #72

I have to say timdog44 May 2013 #102

Yes, it's overpriced. No argument there. Capitalism sucks. Deep13 May 2013 #80

Quick Question... ChiciB1 May 2013 #36

There are much more absorbable forms such as methycobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, both active forms socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #38

So You Suggest Taking A ChiciB1 May 2013 #71

Those two compounds are sublingual socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #98

I assume you are talking timdog44 May 2013 #66

No, Injections Don't Bother Me... ChiciB1 May 2013 #70

I hope I did not timdog44 May 2013 #81

Alzheimers is no joke, trots. bettyellen May 2013 #5

Not making a joke about Alzheimers, bett. trotsky May 2013 #8

There are plenty of vitamin manufacturers that aren't owned by Merck or Pfizer or gateley May 2013 #7

Oh, so some drug companies are OK? trotsky May 2013 #10

You know the answer already. longship May 2013 #19

Yes, I wish these discussions could get past the black-and-white... trotsky May 2013 #24

Supplements must go through rigorous clinical trials in much of the rest of the world. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #27

In the USA, supplements are regulated as food. longship May 2013 #39

Kira is a regulated formulation that went through clinical trials and is monitored by E.U. Fda socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #43

But it's natural! longship May 2013 #50

It natural and was proven more effective than other synthetics, thats why it's 1# prescribed socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #59

Do you chew willow bark? longship May 2013 #63

No that's not where aspirin comes from. Aspirin is synthetic. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #99

Yes, willow bark. longship May 2013 #101

Yeah. Zoeisright May 2013 #83

Anybody who believes in Big Pharma's "proof" of efficacy or safety is a fool. gateley May 2013 #87

''Let food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be food.'' Hippocrates n/t DeSwiss May 2013 #17

Hippocrates also believed in thoroughly-discredited Humorism. trotsky May 2013 #21

True..... DeSwiss May 2013 #68

All I can say is timdog44 May 2013 #42

Hopefully your for-profit companies can be trusted over the other for-profit companies! trotsky May 2013 #44

If you think big pharma has any kind of oversight timdog44 May 2013 #45

Sorry, I don't see things in black-and-white extremes like you. n/t trotsky May 2013 #53

Funny, that is what I thought you were doing. timdog44 May 2013 #56

Wrong. I view both with reasonable suspicion. trotsky May 2013 #88

Again timdog44 May 2013 #90

LOL trotsky May 2013 #91

You are just all over the place. timdog44 May 2013 #92

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Zoeisright May 2013 #84

You don't have the slightest idea of my background. timdog44 May 2013 #89

But selling a bottle of vitamins for a few dollars isn't so unreasonable. Kablooie May 2013 #93

Gotta look at the profit margin. trotsky May 2013 #94

Thanks -- Hope they really pursue this. gateley May 2013 #3

You don't think someone makes a profit off selling vitamins? trotsky May 2013 #6

I'm not against the profit, I'm against having the FDA in your pocket and suppressing gateley May 2013 #9

Vitamin companies have shareholders, too. trotsky May 2013 #11

There's a BIG difference between Big Pharma and gateley May 2013 #13

Is there really? trotsky May 2013 #28

Hey, if Kevin Trudeau says it works, that's good enough for me. progressoid May 2013 #47

*SNORT* trotsky May 2013 #51

Okay, you win -- I've seen the light! gateley May 2013 #76

Oh bullshit. Zoeisright May 2013 #85

First of all, timdog44 May 2013 #95

I don't get it- do you think no research or info should be shared because of the profit angle? bettyellen May 2013 #15

The truth will out. Eventaully people will realize they have been swindled and bamboozled. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #16

Our bodies just want is to live like nature intended. nt scrubthedata May 2013 #14

Nature intended for us to die when we're are 35 years old. Deep13 May 2013 #26

Nature provides treatments for everything you mentioned. socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #30

Then why did young people die in droves back then? Deep13 May 2013 #49

People died because of SUPERSTITION, FEARS OF WITCHCRAFT ETC socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #62

Sorry, but you're dead wrong in your subject line. Deep13 May 2013 #78

Your understanding of history is quite flawed socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #100

The cure to Alzheimer's is cheap, generic, and over the counter. The Stranger May 2013 #20

Could Be True... ChiciB1 May 2013 #73

That's just cruel. Zoeisright May 2013 #86

Large doses of a specific vitamin is not a natural remedy. Deep13 May 2013 #22

The doses studied can be obtained from the diet:) socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #32

So why do my grandparents have dementia? Deep13 May 2013 #52

Our doctor in Europe prescribed vitamin B for my husband, and I started taking it too, way JDPriestly May 2013 #33

My mother was an accomplished pianist and No Vested Interest May 2013 #64

My stepfather was a professional organist and accomplished pianist Lydia Leftcoast May 2013 #74

My mother could also play the piano No Vested Interest May 2013 #82

People with skin cancer less like to develop Alzheimer's joc46224 May 2013 #34

Awesome! Phlem May 2013 #40

I've bee taking B vitamins for over 20 years. olddad56 May 2013 #41

Yet studies show that high levels of folate/folic acid which is a B vitamin snagglepuss May 2013 #67

I have a great memory, it is just short. olddad56 May 2013 #75

My B-complex caps have no folic acid & only 5 mg of B6 Hekate May 2013 #69

Vitamin B in all forms timdog44 May 2013 #103