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By Max MacCloud, DO, ND, PhD aka The Nutrition Ninja
Founder & Director of the Age Reversal Technology Center (ARTC.health) & MyBodySymphony.com
FEAR can be useful; in fact, it can be very useful if you use it to your advantage.
FEAR can and should be a major motivator. It mostly motivates us to avoid certain things; however, it can also be used to motivate us to do more positive things.
When it comes to health and disease, what scares you? What motivates you?
Two of the strongest fears when it comes to potential diseases are Cancer & Alzheimer’s disease.
This article will hopefully help to educate and motivate you about several things you can do to proactively avoid both, as well as virtually every other chronic health condition. These are things that your doctor will likely never tell you about because they simply weren’t taught about them.
The only way to avoid and prevent a disease process is to BUILD health. A ‘disease’ is just a name given to a set of signs & symptoms that show up to let you know that something is wrong. Think of it like the oil light on your car dashboard. When it turns on, you know your car needs oil. The body isn’t quite as simple, and we don’t have red flashing lights labeled with what we need.
Instead, when something isn’t working properly, our body sends us a variety of messages like pain, inflammation, stiffness, fatigue, weakness, brain fog, weight gain or loss, etc. Modern medical care is more about pacifying and applying band-aids than getting to the route of the problem. Doctors are generally ill-equipped to determine what is wrong with you until things go very wrong. As a result, most people continue to mask the signs and symptoms of their health problems with medications that simply don’t fix anything (and often make things worse in the long run).
I’m here to tell you that there is a new breed of doctors out there that are much better equipped to find and reverse the underlying problems before things degenerate too far. Generally, we are not appreciated by the ‘powers that control’ the so-called healthcare (actually disease care) system.
We use more progressive, functional tools to assess your health and innovative approaches to rebuild it. Sadly, most of what we do is not covered by conventional health insurance because it doesn’t fit the current medical-industrial complex economic model. Don’t shoot the messenger, that’s just the way it is. If you truly want to be healthy, you’re going to have to foot the bill and do the work.
“There is only one way of seeing things rightly, and that is to see the whole of them.” – John Ruskin
We have to evaluate the whole person to properly understand the dysfunction. Conventional medicine is too disjointed with specialists who only look at one area or system of the body. It is similar to the story of several blind men examining an elephant and describing the part that they are touching. It is simply dysfunctional and inaccurate.
Once we properly evaluate the whole person, we can develop a comprehensive plan of action to reverse the damage and help the body heal. This is as true of various brain issues as it is for anything else.
The brain is part of the body and must be addressed as part of the body.
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that leads to the degeneration and death of brain cells, causing memory loss, cognitive decline, and ultimately, the inability to carry out simple tasks. It is the most common cause of dementia among older adults.
Prognosis: Alzheimer’s disease progresses over several years and can vary greatly among individuals. The typical progression involves:
1. Early Stage: Minor memory loss and confusion.
2. Moderate Stage: Increased memory loss, confusion, difficulty recognizing people, and changes in behavior.
3. Severe Stage: Loss of ability to communicate, recognize loved ones, and perform basic activities of daily living.
The average life expectancy after diagnosis is 4 to 8 years, but some people can live up to 20 years with the condition.
The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease has been skyrocketing over the last 20 years.
2000: 2.5 million; 2005: 3.0 million; 2010: 4.0 million; 2015: 5.3 million; 2020: 6.2 million
What causes it? They don’t know… (but we have a really good idea).
Conventional medicine attributes it to some combination of the following:
• Genetic Factors: Family history and specific genes, such as the APOE-e4 gene, increase the risk.
• Age: The risk increases significantly after the age of 65.
• Plaques and Tangles: Alzheimer’s is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques and tau protein tangles in the brain, which disrupt cell function.
• Lifestyle and Heart Health: Factors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, and cardiovascular conditions may also contribute.
There is currently NO EFFECTIVE treatment or cure. Let that sink in a bit. Conventional medicine doesn’t know what causes it, they have nothing effective to offer for treatment, yet they criticize those who have come up with logical, safe, progressive treatments that definitely appear to help.
The actual causes of the increased incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease in my humble opinion include:
• A Variety of lifestyle factors, including things like:
– Consumption of a high-carbohydrate diet, which activates strong insulin release and eventual insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.
– Consumption of highly processed foods that contain high amounts of refined carbohydrates/sugars, rancid oils, trans fats, and hundreds of toxic additives.
– High-stress levels that likewise spike blood sugar and insulin independently of diet.
– Lack of consistent, effective exercise and activity. This is why we lose muscle mass, strength, and endurance as we age. It can be prevented and reversed.
– Increased, regular exposure to a wide range of toxins from our polluted air, water, food, and things like toxic electromagnetic radiation from screens, phones, cell towers, and improperly grounded wiring, etc. The list of probable toxins is huge.
– Mold, yeasts, fungi, and mycotoxins are of particular concern for those living in Florida and other places where these microbes are known to thrive. Exposure could have been decades before, once they gain entry and overgrow these microbes and their mycotoxins can be with us for life without proper, aggressive treatment. They have absolutely been correlated with Alzheimer’s disease as well as other neurodegenerative conditions.
• These factors and others lead to the following:
– Poor oxygenation and nourishment of the trillions of cells that make up the body due to damage to the microvascular system. We lose 40-90% of our capillaries as we age due to the above-mentioned factors. This happens to everyone but can be prevented and reversed.
– Reduced mitochondria numbers and function. These are the energy powerhouses of our cells in addition to several other vital functions. We lose 50-90% of our mitochondria as we age. This also happens to everyone but can be prevented and reversed.
– Reduced metabolic efficiency, including insulin dysregulation, adrenal fatigue, thyroid damage, sex hormone and neurotransmitter imbalances for starters.
– Reduced metabolic reserves. This includes reserve capacities of each and every organ and system of the body. Loss of muscle is a prime example.
– Reduced stem cell numbers and viability. Stem cells are what repair all damage in the body, they also decline dramatically as we age. That’s why younger people heal faster and easier than older people. We can also boost stem cell numbers and activity, so even this is modifiable.
All of these things impact all the cells, tissues, organs, and systems of the body. That obviously includes the brain.
There is no simple medication that can, or ever will, fix all of these issues. However, all of them can be dramatically improved with the right plan and action.
Your brain is part of your body. Brain health is a function of your overall physical health. Neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid proteins don’t happen for no reason. They are simply the manifestation of cumulative damage resulting from disruption of optimal physiology and biochemistry.
Alzheimer’s disease has been referred to as Type III Diabetes. That assessment is right on point. Excess blood sugar causes disruption to optimum physiology which negatively impacts all the tissues of the body including the brain. To properly nourish the brain, you must properly nourish the body. High intake of refined, high carbohydrate, sugar, and damaged fats leads the way to metabolic dysfunction. A whole-body approach is needed, not a magic pill.
Diabetes and obesity are two of the most prominent metabolic dysfunctions there are. Heart disease and cancer are still the top two killers with Big Pharma running a close third. Premature death and debility are associated with all of these chronic conditions including Alzheimer’s.
We spend more on our ‘disease care’ system than the next five countries combined, yet our health is among the worst in the world. What’s wrong with this picture? Do you know the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
Please wake up, take responsibility for your own health, seek advice and coaching from a health expert rather than a disease expert.
That is exactly what we do; we use different tools to assess the damage to your microvascular system, your mitochondria, metabolism, and metabolic reserve. Then we design a program that includes a comprehensive approach to begin reversing the damage and enhancing your health.
Here are just a few of the innovative things that we can do to assist you in building health:
1. The Glycocheck assesses the health of your microvascular system.
2. The Cell Wellbeing test evaluates your epigenetic responses to your environment.
3. A variety of blood tests assess dozens of biomarkers of health or dysfunctions pertaining to your metabolism.
4. Exercise with Oxygen Training to open & reset the microvascular system.
5. The Wolverine Healing Protocol activates, stimulates, and supports your body’s ability to heal and repair itself. This can be applied to virtually any problem; we especially use it with our non-surgical joint regeneration programs.
6. The 4M approach supports the restoration of your microvascular, mitochondrial, metabolic, and metabolic reserves.
7. Our Foundation Nutritional Support system to support repair & healing.
8. Stem Cell therapy is also available when the Cavalry is needed.
9. Joint Decompression therapy.
10. Regenerative Injection therapy & even Regenerative Aesthetics.
It would take an entire book to provide sufficient details about these and the additional tools we use to help people and that goes way beyond what we can cover here. If you find this information helpful and motivational, please reach out to let us know how we can assist you. Call 941-806-5511; learn more at www.ARTC.health
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Age Reversal Technology Center, LLC
(941) 806-5511
www.ARTC.health
3226 Clark Rd. Sarasota, FL 34231
