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Originally Posted by soccertese
keep in mind this MIT article was back in 2010 and LIFE EXTENSION is in the business of selling supplements.
and this was tested only in rats.
here's the article the LEF article cites, not much there.
http://www.mit.edu/press/2010/magnesium-supplement.html
For Immediate Release: January 27, 2010
contact: Jen Hirsch, MIT News Office
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Magnesium supplement helps boost brainpower
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Neuroscientists at MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing show that increasing brain magnesium with a new compound enhanced learning abilities, working memory, and short- and long-term memory in rats. The dietary supplement also boosted older rats’ ability to perform a variety of learning tests. |
You are right. But still, I found the article I sent really interesting. It looks like magnesium can unfold misfolded PD protein. And iron does fold it. People with PD have lack of magnesium and too much iron. To me, this explains why the protein is misfolded and attacks the neurons. If this article is really true, sooner of later something must be discovered that is related to this. Looks like some iron needs to be removed and magnesium added to the brain to avoid the dangerous clumps.
I remember vaguely an article about an agent that removed iron from the brain. If only I could remember a bit more about that article. I think it would be worth to test this agent in combination with magnesium in some clinical trial.