apo e genetic screening for alzheimers and metabolic individuality

APO E

Genetic Screening for Alzheimer’s and Metabolic Individuality

Apo E

• Plays a critical role in transport of cholesterol and fats to the brain

• Insufficient fat and cholesterol in the brain play a critical role in AD

• Alzheimer’s patients have 1/6 of the concentration of free fatty acids in the CSF compared to other individulas

• High fat diet increases cognitive function in AD patients

APO E

• The brain is 2% body mass but 25% totach cholesterol

• Cholesterol needed to transmit nerve signals and fight infections

• Apo E transports fats and choleserol

• Apo E 4 is associated with increased risk– 20X increased risk when you have a 4/4

Statins

• Increased cholesterol in an APO E 4 may be the body trying to get more lipids to the brain by increasing synthesis

• Statins– Sepsis, heart failure, fetal damage, and cancer

• Cholesterol is so important to the brain that the astrocytes can make their own

• Memory dysfunction• Reduce fatty acids and antioxidents to the brain• Reduce cell’s ability to synthesize coQ10• Causes vitamin D deficiency

APO E

• Only apo in both csf and blood

• Only certain cells can make it

• Liver and brain

• Astrocytes can usher lipids across the blood brain barrier using APO e

Fats

• Most cells can use either fats or glucose• The brain is unable to utilize fat for fuel• Fat protects the brain from oxidation• Oxygen causes oxidation• The body packages cholesterol according

to where it is supposed to go• APO’s allow the package of cholesterol to

enter the cell so that the fats can be utilized

Apo E

• APOE is associated with AD • APO E is the only APO in CSF and blood serum• Only certain types of cells can make it

– Liver– Astrocytes in brain

• Can usher lipids across blood brain barrier• It binds LDL, making it accessible to astrocytes

as long as APO E is working• Convert fats in to the types that are more

attractive the toe brain• The brain likes long chain fats

Brain

• Brain likes Omega 3 fats

• Fats travel from liver to brain

• Antioxidants protect them along the way

Cholesterol and AD

• Men with high cholesterol in their 50’s are susceptible to AD much later in life

• High cholesterol is positively correlated with longevity in people over 85

H Pylori

• Possible correlation with H Pylori• More H Pylori in CSF in AD patients

– 88% in AD– 47% of controls

• 85% of treated patient had cognitive improvement in 2 years

• C. Pneumoniae – 17/19 in AD– 1/19 in control group

Ketogenic Diet

• High fat • Low carb• Defective glucose metabolism in brain• Reduced beta amyloid• Reduce dependence on glucose• Improve the myelin sheath• High fat does not help people who are Apo

E 4 positive

Supplements

• NADH– Consumes oxygen while converting pyruvate to

lactate, reducing exposure of fats to oxygen– Significant cognitive decline in those who are

predisposed to AD after oxygen exposure

• Fatty acids• Antioxidants• Phospholipids• Avoid statins• Treat H pylori

Stephanie Seneff

• Apo E-R: The Clue to Why Low Fat Diet and Statins May Cause Alzheimer’s

Exercise

• Even if you are 80 or older, it is not too late

• dancing• Reduce risk of developing dementia• Better cholesterol• Better blood flow• Better blood sugar• Less risk of depression

Depression

• Higher risk of dementia with depression

• Omega 3 fatty acids

Hormones

• Hormone replacement therapy may reduce the progression and development of dementia / AD

Learning

• Focus on things that you are not good at– Numbers– Language– Art– Dancing

Medications

• Antidepressants

• Antihistamines

• Parkinson’s drugs

• Anxiety meds

• Seizure meds

• Steroids

• Blood pressure / heart meds

weight

• Obesity in middle age makes you twice as likely to develop AD

Supplements

• Fish oil– The brain is made of fat

• Trans fats• Omega 3’s

– Fish and plant fat

Supplements

• Ginkgo – Blood flow– Helpful in

cardiovascular disease when the problem is a lack of blood flow to the head

Supplements

• heperzia • Choline• Carnitine

Cholesterol and Sugar

• 1/3 cup oat brain

• 1 tbsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp honey

• ½ cup irish (steel cut) oatmeal