>
> 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
> stuff.
> Might also see if Bee Propolis helps with that?
> Bill
>
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:38 PM, snoshoe_2 <snoshoe_2@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I said some time ago I was working up a theory. -
> >
> > 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. -
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > -------------------
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > ======
> > http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/burning.html
> > burning brain, finding a good dentist, detox. (Marie's story is a bit
> > similar to mine.)
> > ========
> >
> > 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 glutathione—the 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...
> > ---------------------
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2788610/important_differences_between_synthetic.html?cat=71
> > Important Differences Between Synthetic and Natural Glucocorticoids
> >
> > 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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