Alzheimer's caused by gum disease?
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...-how-to-stop-it
Really good read! Actually, easier way to stop it is to stop the carbs that feed it. |
Not eating the carbs has got to be better, but there must be more to gum disease than that because I've eaten very few carbs for years and it still remains a problem. Hoping it's not a major cause of Alzheimers.
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Definitely interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Gum disease can be a sign of inflammation. Store bought mayo and salad dressing are full of Omega 6 oils, even though they are low in carbs. Or you might be sensitive to a food item and don’t know it. Just throwing out ideas. |
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Gum disease is inflammatory, but it is due to a specific bacteria, according to the article: "Porphyromonas gingivalis, the key bacteria in chronic gum disease." So reducing inflammation, in general, isn't necessarily going to reduce that particular bacteria, or the toxins from that bacteria (which they think is the cause). They're working on a vaccine though.
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It has long been known that gum disease creates heart infections. This could be the same cause.
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I couldn’t agree more. I worry that everyone will stop THERE with the vaccine or targeted antibiotics, and continue to ignore the way excess carbs wreak havoc through the whole body. |
Looking up gingipain in wikipedia;
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If blocking gingipain turns out to be effective in reducing alzheimers--maybe it does so at the expense of expanding our understanding of diseases of inflammation. :lol: Yes, I think that counts as a joke. Please don't judge me. Point being--what we call inflammation, immune response, etc. is a lot more involved than these labels imply. Inflammation broadly speaking is a change in the local interior environment. Besides fighting infection--our cell's genetic and epigenetic expression, differentiation etc. are all dependent on environment. These "inflammatory" cytokines have important roles to play throughout the development and maintenance of the brain and other organs. Mal-expressed cells could obviously cause all sorts of problems in a multi-celled organism. Also besides attacking foreign invaders, the immune system has the job of degrading various host proteins etc. when appropriate, maybe that's relevant when we're looking at accumulation of tau and amyloid. |
We do like to go for the medication/vaccine over preventative medicine. But telling people to use pickle juice mouthwash doesn't make much money.
The paper below says that more than one species of bacteria is needed for periodontal disease to develop (emphasis mine). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746253/ Quote:
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Alzheimer's moniker of Type 3 Diabetes is consistent with the above. The condition of the host determines the virulence. There's pretty strong evidence that Lactobacilli that are found in commonly consumed fermented foods, like yogurt and pickles, counteract p. gingivalis. What would a discussion be without a mouse study? (emphasis mine) The LG2055 is Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00623-9 Quote:
In humans https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...896112618300683 Quote:
For now, I won't worry about p. gingivalis. I'll brush my teeth, keep eating low carb and live fermented things. |
One reason we go with vaccines is that they're pretty effective. If I were high risk, and this line or research panned out, I would consider the medication.
I know one little girl who's had umpteen operations and is currently on a round of chemotherapy. If her mother had been given a particular vaccination when she was young, this probably wouldn't be happening. |
I used "HealThy Mouth Blend" essential oil and homemade kefir for a mouthwash. Fixed my gums and banished my chronic tooth staining and bad breath in about three months.
The clove and other oils disrupt bacterial plaque formation, and kefir is an natural antibiotic. That's why it does not spoil. It also colonizes the GI tract over time; crowding out 'bad bugs' down there just as it does in the mouth. That's my theory as to why it works so well when low-carb alone did not. |
I just discovered "Hard" kombucha at TJ's. Get my probiotics and a little buzz at the same time. Seriously, it takes almost nothing to get me tipsy.
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