Alzheimer's Disease, a Nutritional Deficiency Disease?

Almost certainly a combination of alkaloids such as the anatabine extract derived from the solanaceous family (green peppers and tomatoes), cholecalciferol (vitamin D), and astaxanthin derived from Haematococcus pluvialis (MicroAlgae) can treat signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Astaxanthin is derived from Euphausia pacifica (Pacific krill), Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill), Haematococcus pluvialis (MicroAlgae), Pandalus borealis (Arctic shrimp), and Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, formerly Phaffia rhodozyma (yeast) Currently, the primary natural source for astaxanthin is the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis. This is the form used in the overwhelming majority of human nutritional supplements, and it is the form on which all human clinical trials have been done . These human clinical trials have shown benefits in the areas of anti-inflammatory, cardiovascular health, eye and brain health, skin improvement and the protection of skin from UV damage. Additionally, there have been studies showing improvement in endurance and strength as well as other applications for athletes (12). Other sources of astaxanthin such as synthetic astaxanthin from petrochemicals and astaxanthin derived from genetically mutated phaffia yeast have never been proven beneficial in human health and have not been proven safe for direct human consumption ([13]). Haematococcus pluvialis seems to accumulate the highest levels of astaxanthin in nature; Phaffia yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous exhibits 100% free, non-esterified astaxanthin, which is considered advantageous because it is readily absorbable and need not be hydrolysed in the digestive tract of the fish. In contrast to synthetic and bacteria sources of astaxanthin, yeast sources of astaxanthin consist virtually all in 3R, 3’R form, an important astaxanthin source in nature. Finally, the geometrical isomer, all-E, is higher in yeast sources of astaxanthin, as compared to synthetic sources. This contributes to greater efficacy because the all-E (trans) isomer has greater bio-availability than the cis isomer.[16] http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865608289/Low-vitamin-D-level-may-double-risk-of-Alzheimers-disease.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin