Yes to vit. D. Also C and sometimes E. But also decaf green tea extract.
It has ECGC which helps w/ inflammation in brain. It's pretty powerful
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> Hi all, tired out, but if I don't get this up now, it may not happen as I'm
> pretty busy the next couple weeks, or I'll forget something by then.
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> I said some time ago I was working up a theory. -
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> Inflammation Connection
>
> Besides our need to get heavy metals, etc. out of our bodies, repair myelin
> sheath,
> remineralize, limit radiation exposure, I believe we need to manage
> inflammation.
>
> I know many of us are taking things that help reduce that, such as
> turmeric, vit. D, etc.
>
> I think however we would do well to work towards some kind of loose formula
> that actually
> controls the symptomatic problems, especially for the problems in our
> heads.
>
> While continuing to endevor getting well, some symptom relief would be
> wonderful don't you think? I also believe it would help speed healing.
>
> I've found that not only do these metals in the brain change the electrical
> charge and rate of
> neuron firing, but it truly is inflammatory, such as with cytokines.
>
> Take a look at some of the links below. (A large part of my problem was
> caused by inhaling through the nose mercury vapor from having a filling
> drilled and improperly removed. I didn't learn till too late that this
> causes it to go directly to the brain, and I would've been better off
> breathing through my mouth had I known.) These first couple links talk about
> that pathway, and going in not just through the regular routes, but the
> nerve pathways as well. -
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http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/10/02/gis-brains-fried-by-military-dispensed-nose-candy/> Radioactive uranium that is inhaled by soldiers on the battlefield and by
> workers in factories may bypass the brain's protective barrier by following
> nerves from the nose directly to the brain.
> Nerves can act as a unique conduit, carrying inhaled uranium from the nose
> directly to the brain, finds a study with rats. Once in the brain, the
> uranium may affect task and decision-related types of thinking.
> This study provides yet another example of how some substances can use the
> olfactory system bypassing the brain's protective blood barrier to go
> directly to the brain. Titanium nanoparticles and the metals manganese,
> nickel, and thallium have been shown to reach the brain using the same
> route.
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http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/nanoparticles-damage-brain-cells/> Finally, to determine if TiO2 exposure caused chemical changes in the
> brain, the authors measured levels of certain molecules called cytokines
> that indicate increased inflammation and cell stress.
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http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/burning.html> burning brain, finding a good dentist, detox. (Marie's story is a bit
> similar to mine.)
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http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health/autism/vit-D-and-brain.shtml>
> ...Both the brain and the blood of autistic individuals show evidence of
> ongoing chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. That is, the autistic
> disease process is progressive and probably increasingly destructive. If
> this ongoing inflammation could be interrupted, the symptoms might improve.
> Hope for a vitamin D treatment effect lies in activated vitamin D's powerful
> anti-inflammatory properties. Its administration decreases production of
> inflammatory cytokines in the brain, which have consistently been associated
> with brain impairment.
>
> Besides reducing inflammatory cytokines, vitamin D does one more thing: it
> increases concentrations of glutathionethe brain's master antioxidant. ...
>
> ...Vitamin D's role in increasing glutathione levels may explain the link
> between mercury and other heavy metals, oxidative stress, and autism. For
> example, activated vitamin D lessens heavy metal induced oxidative injuries
> in rat brain. The primary route for brain toxicity of most heavy metals is
> through depletion of glutathione...
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> If anyone gets into trying a combination of antiinflammatories, please keep
> track of your combination, approx. doses, and let us all know!
>
> I also found a couple months back that the amino acid glycine is
> antiinflammatory to the hippocampus - short term memory, and mine surely
> needs help, but I have to figure a good dose.
>
> Also GABA - good article here on that, and it does make me feel calmer:
>
>
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2989138/gaba_supplement_and_the_blood_brain.html?cat=5>
> Glucocorticoids help close the blood brain barrier, and has anyone been on
> these and noticed a difference, (cortizone allergy shot for instance) or
> nsaids even? Natural alternatives I think would be better, but GC's are a
> starting place to close what is opened by emf.
> www.physoc.org/publications/pn/issuepdf/61/34-35.pdf
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>
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2788610/important_differences_between_synthetic.html?cat=71> Important Differences Between Synthetic and Natural Glucocorticoids
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> What else do any of you use for inflammation?
> I also use bromelain and yucca, besides vit. D, gaba, and now the glycine,
> and histidine.I just need to figure out a dose/combination I think.
>
> ~ Snoshoe
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