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today we’re going to discuss a very very

important topic um

what was that

dementia actually i’m going to show you

the number one vitamin deficiency

that mimics

dementia okay because

if you have this idea that you’re

getting dementia or someone’s telling

you you’re getting dementia

it could be a simple vitamin deficiency

not the actual disease dementia and i

will point this out i’ve talked about in

other videos the worst thing to do is

if your spouse friend or family member

starts

forgetting things they start having

confusions or they’re making all these

different mistakes to remind them of

that but that’s actually one way to

cause them to make more and more

mistakes or forget things

all right what is the most important

vitamin uh for the brain okay and if

you’re deficient can create

all sorts of cognitive problems well

that would be vitamin b12

b12 is from animal products so if you’re

not consuming animal products you

probably are going to be deficient

unless you take it as a supplement

now i will say that b12 is also made by

microbes because

i did an evaluation on my wheatgrass

juice powder and it was kind of shocking

to find out there was b12 in wheatgrass

because grass doesn’t make b12

it’s the microbes that were in the grass

that made the b12 which is interesting

so you can get b12 from certain microbes

all right the other cause of a b12

deficiency is that

you don’t have enough hydrochloric acid

in your stomach now that happens as we

age it can also happen if you’re taking

an antacid you need

strong hydrochloric acid to be able to

absorb b12

so that’s another little thing

to be aware of one symptom of low

hydrochloric acid is acid reflux okay

if that surprises you

you should probably watch that video

that i did on that topic after you’re

done with this one

now one of the cause of a b12 deficiency

would be the side effect of metformin

all right so when you take metformin you

become deficient in not just b12 but

vitamin b1 as well now in the studies in

b12 when they gave people b12

with people that already had a

deficiency in omega-3 fatty acids

b12 didn’t seem to work but when you

have enough of this omega-3 fatty acid

called dha

then b12 worked very very well so in

other words you need the omega-3 fatty

acid

to allow b12 to work so you need both of

these for brain function

another really

common cause of dementia

are the side effects from

medications

especially antacids

bladder medications for bladder control

sleep aids antidepressants medication

for anxiety cholesterol medication okay

statins

blood pressure medications cortical

steroids

and alcohol

so in other words if you’re starting to

get dementia symptoms

and you’re on some of these medications

get that medication out and start

looking at the side effects it could be

as simple as some medication that is

causing you to have dementia in fact

it’s very very common i mean can you

imagine not really evaluating these side

effects right and then you have dementia

and you’re on another medication for

that that potentially can give you

another side effect that you take

another medication for i’m telling you

there are so many side effects that are

then camouflaged with other medications

and there’s no way to know if your

symptom is coming from that unless you

come off that medication of course check

with your doctor there’s several other

really important vitamin deficiencies

and a mineral deficiency that is related

to dementia that you have to be aware of

b1 is a very common one

especially with the area of the brain

that’s involved with memory loss and

that would be the hippocampus the

hippocampus is the part of the brain

that’s involved with

memories now they don’t know exactly

what it does but they do know when the

hippocampus shrinks and has

neurodegeneration or atrophy then you

get alzheimer’s and not just a b12

deficiency

but a b1 deficiency can actually create

damage of the hippocampus it can create

the same damage as a lack of oxygen

hypoxia okay so b1 is very very

important

it’s important as a cofactor in the

metabolism of the mitochondria that

generates energy for the brain so

without b1 the nerves cannot work and

you literally starve off the fuel for

the brain

and the number one cause of the b1

deficiency is consuming too much sugar

or carbohydrates you see the more

carbohydrate that you give the brain to

run on the more b1 you you need so the

high carb diets increase the demand for

b1 and so usually people don’t have

enough b1 and so that creates more of a

deficiency and now you’re left with a

situation where your hippocampus starts

to suffer it starts to break down and

then you’re having problems with memory

uh locating things

confusion

coming up with solution to problems zinc

is another key nutrient involved with

hippocampus if you have a zinc

deficiency

you’ll have a tendency to develop

amyloid plaquing in the brain which you

see in alzheimer’s

now how do you become zinc deficient

probably also because you’re consuming

too much sugar or carbs

but also something called phytic acid

phytic acid is in the grains it’s in the

breads it’s in the pasta it’s in the

crackers so that phytic acid blocks zinc

which can then cause these symptoms

right here so zinc is an another

important nutrient and then we have

vitamin d okay

if you’re deficient in vitamin d which

most the population is deficient you can

go from a mild form of dementia to a

severe

form of dementia a lot faster so vitamin

d

slows

the process of developing

damage in your brain and of course

vitamin d comes from the sun it’s very

difficult to get it from the food but

it’s in fatty fish dairy it’s in cod

liver oil it’s also in mushrooms but not

to a large degree so if you have signs

and symptoms of dementia

this is what i would recommend okay i

would recommend getting on a keto diet

immediately okay the healthy version

with fasting because out of all the

things that you can do running the the

brain on ketones

would be the best thing you could do

because it’ll bypass the damage in the

hippocampus and feed the neurons

directly from a different way and

actually

help slow down this degeneration

number two

fish fatty fish and seafood okay seafood

will give you the zinc it will also give

you the omega-3 fatty acids dha but also

fatty fish like salmon will also give

you both of those nutrients as well as

vitamin d

red meat for b12

another important thing but if you’re

deficient in b12 red meat will give you

all you need

now this other thing with the stomach if

your stomach acids are not strong enough

this is a really good remedy it’s called

betaine hydrochloride you want to take

like five of these right before you have

a meal and that will slowly start

building up the acid in the stomach as

well as the absorption of b12 so this is

a really good plan if you’re starting to

get this symptom of um

what is that

dementia

now if you haven’t seen my video on b12

that would be the next video to watch i

put it up right here check it out