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 I started using Alpha Lipoic Acid as a supplement for diabetics, back in ~2004. It helps prevent diabetic blindness and can help reverse diabetic neuropathy.
When I started using ALA, I was taking 2 capsules x 3 times a day. Within months I began to regain feeling in my fingers and feet. Being frugal, I cut back to 1 capsule x 3 times a day.
This Spring, I had surplus cash for the first time in years. So I did a little experiment. I upped my ALA dose to 2 caps x 3 times a day.
In less than 2 weeks I noticed my memory had begun to work differently. Bits of biographic memory have alway surfaced unbidden. But now, the memory fragments had more substance. Now, if I have a memory fragment about a particular event, I know not only the other people involved in the event, but where the event happened, and even some idea of when it happened.
I did some googleing while at the Bastille internet cafe. I have no links, but it seems that ALA enhances explicit memory (see below for definition).
I have always been a problem solver. I fiddle around to get a grasp of the problem, then I put the problem on the back burner to simmer. Then, days or weeks later, the solution pops into my conscious mind.
Now, however, the problem solving is much quicker. Not instantly by any means, but an hour instead of a day, or a day instead of a week.
Memory begins to fail as humans age. futurologist Alvin Toffler wrote of Future Shock in 1970. When I was young, I noticed that old people did not adapt well to rapid societal and technological change, whereas I and my peers adapted easily
It seems to me that supplements which reverse age related brain sluggishness might be of interest to those who wish to keep their minds sharp over the decades.
Lots of snippets from webpages along with URLs below cut. ( Read more... )
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I nipped the text below from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nebris .
I never used to supplement with vitamin D, other than what I got from sunlight and milk (which had D2, which is vastly inferior to D3). used to get deeply depressed in winter. I contemplated suicide a lot. Big mood swings (which were made worse by my sugar addiction).
Depression lessened when I moved South and began working outside in winter. But I was still moody and glum.
After being diagnosed with diabetes, I began to take many many supplements. Carlson' cod liver oil became a staple. I read that the RDA was far too low for health. So I took a tablespoon of cod liver oil each day, rather than the recommended teaspoon.
In my research I saw links between mental problems, arthritis, and vitamin D deficiency.
I stumbled on a synthetic D3 made from sheep lanolin. Made in Canada. Marketed under the Carlson label. This winter, I began taking 2,000 I a day, gradually upping my dose over several months. My moods were excellent. Better than they have been in decades. I discovered this Spring that I am no longer prone to burn when I get sun exposure. I used to get very painful sunburn with even half an hour of Spring sun exposure here in New Orleans unless I used massive amounts of sunscreen.
As Spring turned into Summer, I no longer could handle working outside by day. So I upped my D3 intake. I now take half a tablespoon of Carlson's cod liver oil, along with a tablespoon of Carlson's fish oil (for omega 3 oils) every morning. I also take 6,000 - 8,000 I of D3 from Ddrops, twice a day. I have never felt more fucking copacetic in my life.
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Vitamin D and Mental Health
Therese Borchard Author of the blog, Beyond Blue, on Beliefnet.com
( Read more... ) I've been wondering how vitamin D and mental illness are related, so I did a search and found that vitamin D does, indeed, play a role in mental illness based on these reasons from the Vitamin D Council's website: 1. Epidemiological evidence shows an association between reduced sun exposure and mental illness.
2. Mental illness is associated with low 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels.
3. Mental illness shows a significant comorbidity with illnesses thought to be associated with vitamin D deficiency.
4. Theoretical models (in vitro or animal evidence) exist to explain how vitamin D deficiency may play a causative role in mental illness.
5. Studies indicate vitamin D improves mental illness. Here's even more details, according to the Vitamin D Council: * Mental illness has increased as humans have migrated out of the sun.
* There is epidemiological evidence that associates vitamin D deficiency with mental illness. Two small reports studied the association of low 25(OH)D levels with mental illness and both were positive.
* Depression has significant co-morbidity with illnesses associated with hypovitaminosis D such as osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
* Vitamin D has a significant biochemistry in the brain. Nuclear receptors for vitamin D exist in the brain and vitamin D is involved in the biosynthesis of neurotrophic factors, synthesis of nitric oxide synthase, and increased glutathione levels -- all suggesting an important role for vitamin D in brain function. Rats born to severely vitamin D deficient dams have profound brain abnormalities.
Yikes.
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Originally published on Beyond Blue at Beliefnet.com. To read more of Therese, visit her blog, Beyond Blue at Beliefnet.com, or subscribe here. You may also find her at www.thereseborchard.com.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/therese-borchard/vitamin-d-and-mental-heal_b_211636.html
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I have had this problem for many years. Now (thanks to Windows Vista and the new Internet Explorer) I have a nice easy solution.
It has to do with my Westell DSL Router used to connect my computer with Bellsouth DSL. If I shut the power off, when I restart (especially if it has been raining outside my window, or north of Lake Pontchartrain), I can't connect with the internet.
As it rains a lot down here, this is a frustrating problem. I found that pulling the power cord on the router, waiting 30 seconds, then plugging it back in will sometimes undo the problem. But often I have to repeat this procedure a dozen times for it to work.
Generally I do not use Windows Internet Explorer. I much prefer Firefox. But yesterday I stumbled onto something.
Windows help files, search engines, and control panel are of no use whatsoever. But if I open up IE, I not only get the "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" message, but when I press the button to diagnose the problem, I am given a button to reset the network adapter. When I press the button, the problem gets resolved. Works like a charm! I am impressed!
See pics below cut. ( Read more... )
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I am the de facto list owner of CaveManFood on yahoo groups. The past few days, when I post to the list, I get an off-list reply from someone whose e-mail is not in English. [deai at nozze.com].
So I went to the member list of the group. No such member. I searched for members from nozze.com.
Jayati-nahrewop at NOZZE.COM is the only list member at nozze.com. And has never posted to the list.
So I wrote back to deai, saying "English is the only language I know, so I can't read your emails."
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