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by ru442
Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:10 am
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: Ready to Quit
Replies: 48
Views: 16179

Re: Ready to Quit

Jan, A lot of good advise here, and as I have said before this is not a race. You need to be comfortable with your life, I myself do not follow the diet as strictly as I did initially, as I was losing too much weight. I've added in more resistance starches, I eat more proteins (fish, chicken, pork, ...
by ru442
Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:27 am
Forum: Announcements and Events
Topic: New Senior Contributer Badges Awarded
Replies: 2
Views: 3643

Re: New Senior Contributer Badges Awarded

Congratulations to all! You truly help make this community what it is! :D :D
by ru442
Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:21 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Does Alzheimers show up on an MRI?
Replies: 6
Views: 2308

Re: Does Alzheimers show up on an MRI?

Jim if they order an advanced lipid profile, the APOE results will show up in that. That's how I found out my status.
by ru442
Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:05 am
Forum: Meet-Ups
Topic: Calling all Alzheimer's Activists!
Replies: 154
Views: 56296

Re: Calling all Alzheimer's Activists!

Huge thanks to all who continue to post here. We’d love everyone’s help and participation. While I’ve been very busy with work deadlines, this project is never far from my mind. I’m currently leaving Norfolk after spending a few days with Stavia and we’ve been brainstorming... I’m rethinking the ov...
by ru442
Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:59 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: A Clinical Trial of Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment in Alzheimer’s Disease
Replies: 1
Views: 998

Re: A Clinical Trial of Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment in Alzheimer’s Disease

DoubleBond wrote: Might this be a "silver bullet" for AD? Probably too early to tell. The trial involved only eight patients with mild-to-moderate AD; none of them had an APOE4-genotype.
I noticed none of the patients had APOE4, so this is a pretty narrow trial for us at least.
by ru442
Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:45 am
Forum: Science and Research
Topic: Epigenetic signatures of methylated DNA cytosine in Alzheimer’s disease
Replies: 6
Views: 2110

Re: Epigenetic signatures of methylated DNA cytosine in Alzheimer’s disease

SusanJ wrote:
Fiver wrote:
Great analysis guys, thank you for taking the time to break this down!
by ru442
Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: The Social Hour
Topic: For Biome Lovers: The Earth Has a Gut Biome!
Replies: 4
Views: 3890

Re: For Biome Lovers: The Earth Has a Gut Biome!

It certainly makes you think that there is life on other planets in or out of our galaxy, these creatures don't need oxygen, light, or what we would consider food to thrive and survive. While they may not be intelligent by our standards, they are still living beings.
by ru442
Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:53 pm
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: Two month N=1 experiment plus questions: 250 mg NMN + 50 mg pterostilbene
Replies: 14
Views: 5564

Re: Two month N=1 experiment plus questions: 250 mg NMN + 50 mg pterostilbene

Given my propensity to generate high TG's despite following the protocol, this could be a good option for folks like me. I would also be interested in the brand of supplements. ETA: I see Dr. Mercola has it, married with Quercetin, 90 day supply is reasonable cost: https://products.mercola.com/querc...
by ru442
Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:04 am
Forum: Science and Research
Topic: Alzheimer's Disease Meta-Analysis Identifies Five New Risk Genes
Replies: 14
Views: 6361

Re: Alzheimer's Disease Meta-Analysis Identifies Five New Risk Genes

I've got 4 of the protective SNP's (SORL1/CLU/PICALM/SPI1), and 5 of the bad ones Hi Ru442, How do you know whether the SNP needs to be TT or CC or TC in order to be good or bad? It varies, I used SNPedia if it had any useful information, else I searched and found research papers to determine. For ...