Antioxidants May Not Help Alzheimer's Patients

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BY FAR, the most promising news in AD research is the recognition that "vitamin" D prevents amyloid beta deposition.
Further, "vitamin" D, with and without synthetic curcuminoids, STRONGLY stimulates amyloid beta clearance.
"In closing, this work suggests that 1,25D3 can retune Alzheimer's disease macrophages to efficiently phagocytose soluble Aβ42 by regulating the function of both extranuclear proteins (i.e., non-genomic signaling) and expression of genes (genomic signaling),"
"http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Vitamin-D-Stimulates-Amyloid-Clearance-in-Alzheimers
ALWAYS remember "vitamin" D is no such thing!
Not at all!
"Vitamin" D is metabolized and becomes the human body's most potent steroid hormone, by a factor of billions.

CLS88 of MD 5:22PM March 20, 2012