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Exploring evidence on rosemary and lavender scents and cognitive performance.
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UCLA: Memory-Mood Boosted by Curcumin Despite Aging
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The spice turmeric contains curcumin. In a UCLA study, curcumin significantly improved memory and mildly improved mood in people with memory problems.
Turmeric Spice Drug Shows 7 Brain Benefits
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Salk Institute’s J147 is a derivative of turmeric, a spice used in curry. Learn how it fights memory deficits and has a host of unexpected anti-aging effects in the lab.
Rosemary Emulates Aricept & Donepezil
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Rosemary naturally works like Aricept® (generic: donepezil), treating Alzheimer’s by blocking AChE. Learn about rosemary’s dementia-fighting benefits from Dr. J. Duke.
Rosemary’s Carnosic Acid Offers a Potential Alzheimer’s Treatment
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Rosemary & sage extracts inspire a potential anti-inflammatory drug for Alzheimer’s. Scripps Research created a stable form of carnosic acid, improving memory in the lab.
Daffodils Make Great Alzheimer’s Drugs
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Nature provides some of the best therapies for Alzheimer’s. Daffodils specifically from Wales are a big source of Galanthamine for Alzheimer’s. Rosemary competes head-on with the Alzheimer’s drug donepezil. Learn more about these natural sources.
Basil May Protect Against Alzheimer’s
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A preclinical study finds that a natural component in basil reduces neurotoxicity in the Alzheimer’s brain. Learn more.
Saffron Improves Alzheimer’s
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DIET VIDEO: See the results of a full-blown double-blind randomized trial where saffron was added to a dementia diet.
CLR01 Beats Curcumin in Blocking Alzheimer’s
November 9, 2023
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CLR01, a “molecular tweezer”, keeps brain proteins from the clumping, or aggregating, that causes Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s dementia. Find out why CLR01 has strong potential as a new treatment.
A Curcumin Aerosol to Fight Alzheimer’s?
October 22, 2023
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CURCUMIN (FROM TURMERIC) destroys Alzheimer’s plaque. Japanese researchers are developing an atomizer that generates a curcumin aerosol to get it past the blood-brain barrier barrier. Find out more.
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