This is an easy to read, comprehensive overview of a complex set of variables in neurodegenerative disease...includes recommendations for naturopathic treatment, how to have your total body iron stores measured, and recommends against any supplemental iron unless tests show anemia.

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2012/...eration_01.htm


a compelling study published in late 2011 demonstrating for the first time that limiting your body’s lifetime exposure to iron can in turn limit your risk of neurodegenerative brain disorders.

One treatment that stands out is quercetin. Recall we were just posting on antihistamines and benefit to our symptoms. Well look at this (from U Maryland Medical Center on Alteranative Therapies:

Quercetin acts like an antihistamine and an anti-inflammatory, and may help protect against heart disease and cancer. Quercetin can also help stabilize the cells that release histamine in the body and thereby have an anti-inflammatory effect.


Source: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/q...#ixzz2IGLX9M00

I am thinking I might build a test herbal cocktail based on this and see how it goes for 6 weeks.

Laura