Importance Of Water In Relationship To Alzheimer´s Disease

This article is taken from “Alzheimer´s Month Brings New Research”
By LouAnn Savage

November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Sixteen million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer´s Disease. In the Fall 2009 edition of the New York City chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Quarterly Bulletin was a featured article by freelance writer, Sally Laden, M.S., a specialist in clinical therapeutics. It’s a comprehensive piece with a singular vision. For me, this is a very disappointing account of the kind of scientific treatment to come.

My interest in Alzheimer’s Disease [AD] stems from my mother’s war with it. She fought the brave fight for nearly 10 years before she died from its complications. My disappointment in this article was its shallow and narrow content that drew me in with a hopeful statement, “Research in diagnosis, genetics, and drug treatment is moving forward at a rapid pace.”�

Ms. Laden went on to report, “…if disease modifying drugs are to be effective in slowing or stopping Alzheimer’s disease, they should be administered early in the course of the disease, ideally before symptoms become apparent.” Prevention by any alternative means was not even mentioned. Neither was a healthy diet addressed. Nor was the importance of water in relationship to the brain suggested. Not once was appropriate exercise discussed. And not even was affecting healthy blood flow to the brain a considered protocol.�

A degenerative disorder, the exact cause of Alzheimer’s Disease is still unknown. Yet, there has been research that the Alzheimer’s Association doesn’t address. Clues point to nutritional deficiencies. Vitamin B-12 and Zinc are often at low levels. The B vitamins are important in cognitive functioning while it is well known that processed foods lack these critically important and essential nutrients.�

Compounding the problem is malabsorption. A common problem among the elderly, it makes them prone to these nutritional deficiencies. On the positive side, electrolyzed water [Kangen Water(TM)] can play a promising role in alleviating this inadequacy when it facilitates the body’s absorption of essential nutrients and minerals.

With so much benefit to be gained from a proper diet and exercise, it’s unfortunate that a publication like the association’s bulletin with so much influence in the Alzheimer’s community overlooks key natural components that influence overall health and wellbeing. Our bodies are much like a machine. When it begins to break down we need to feed it with what it needs to keep running. It must be tended to with its most basic and necessary elements–food and water. So why are most of the conversations, dialogues and articles only about drugs?

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�Sally Laden, M.S., Alzheimer’sResearch: A Moving Target, Alzheimer’s Association New York City Chapter,Volume 33, 2009, pgs. 5-7.

�Phyllis A. Balch, CNC and James F. Balch, M.D. Prescription for Nutritional Healing. New York: Penguin PutnamInc., 2000.

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LouAnn Savage is publisher and editor of The Weekly Healthline, an online health publication. She is lecturer, researcher and marketer for health and fitness programs and product that advance the world toward true health. Follow LouAnn at her blog, http://www.KangenWaterBlog.com, on twitter.com/kangenwater and Facebook.

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