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Solution For a Starving Brain
By Dr. Al Sears
Dear THB Reader:
Right now your brain may be starving…
It may lack a vital nutrient you need to think and remember.
And unless you do something about it, it will probably get worse.
The good news is you can take simple steps to halt this
process and preserve your clarity of mind. Today I’ll show you how.
This vital brain booster is choline. Your brain uses it to
make acetylcholine, one of your key neurotransmitters – the chemicals your
brain needs to transmit signals and messages.
Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter of memory and muscle
stimulation. It’s responsible for muscle control, sleep, arousal, attention,
memory, intelligence and mood. Your brain needs a constant, rich supply of
choline to keep all of these functions going strong.
Without acetylcholine you can’t string thoughts together or
have full access to your memory. So you can imagine not having enough can lead
to real problems. I’m not just talking about forgetting your keys, although
that can be an early symptom of choline deficiency.
Research shows people with a variety of mental illnesses are
severely lacking in choline. The brain scans of people suffering from both mild
cognitive impairment and full-blown Alzheimer’s showed these diseases are
directly related to low choline levels.
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But the news is not all bad… Several recent studies found
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attention by getting more choline.
I recommend you do just that. If you wait too long the
consequences are serious.
We’ve known for years that if your brain is starved of
choline, it starts to “steal” choline from other sources, like your cell
membranes. This process is called “auto-cannibalism.”
When this happens your brain starts “eating itself alive” to
maintain daily functions. But over time, the problems just get worse. It’s one
of the reasons why you see a rapid decline in brainpower among older folks—and
this process is behind the onset of depression, poor sleep, Alzheimer’s, and
worse.
So what can you do to stop this from happening?
The first thing is to make sure you get enough choline-rich
foods in your diet. Here’s a list for easy reference:
COMMON FOOD CHOLINE –
CONTENT (MG/100 G OF FOOD)
* Eggs (whole, cooked) – 272.6
* Egg yolk (raw, fresh) – 682.4
* Chicken liver (all kinds, simmered) – 290.1
* Turkey liver (cooked, simmered) - 220.2
* Pork (cured, bacon, cooked, pan-fried) -130.8
* Spices (mustard seed, yellow) – 122.6
* Almonds - 52.0
* Cauliflower (cooked, boiled, drained) – 39.1
* Artichokes (cooked, boiled, drained) – 34.4
* Green peas (frozen, cooked) – 27.6
* Spinach (whole leaf, frozen, microwaved) - 27.5
* Red cabbage
(cooked, boiled, drained) - 21.5
Source: USDA Database for the Choline Content of Common
Foods, March 2004
As you can see, eggs and organ meats are the best sources of
choline.
By the way… don’t be put off by raw eggs. The eggs you get
from your local big-chain grocery stores are safe to eat raw. I eat raw eggs
all the time. If you add them to a protein shake you don’t even notice them.
Men need more choline than women per day, about 550 mg
compared to 425 mg for women.
But as you as age, you need more. I usually put my older patients on as much as 1,500 mg per day to get the maximum brain-boosting benefit.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
References:
1. Herholz et al. “Acetylcholine esterase activity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.” European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2008. 35(Supplement):1619-7070.
2. Kuo et al. “Focusing Effect of Acetylcholine on Neuroplasticity in the Human Motor Cortex.” Journal of Neuroscience. 2007. 27(52):14442-14447.
3. Wurtman, RJ. “Choline metabolism as a basis
for the selective vulnerability of cholinergic neurons.” Trends in
Neuroscience. 1992. 15(4):117-22.
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