Posted by jujube on October 14, 2004, at 10:25:04
In reply to brain fog and creatine/methylation, posted by raybakes on October 14, 2004, at 9:12:36
I've been reading that L-carnitine is another supplement that is important for healthy brain function. Apparently in one study involving people with Alzeimer's disease (don't know how big the study was), the progression of the disease was significantly reduced in those receiving 2 grams per day of acetyl-L-carnitine orally for a year. Although often called an amino acid because of its chemical makeup, L-carnitine is actually a vitamin-like nutrient related in structure to the B vitamins.
Tamara
> Hi everyone, went to an interesting conference at the weekend, ed mitchell, the astronaut was there, and skip atwater from the monroe institute was there talking about hemi sync.
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> I took a few supplements along as I didn't want to get brain fog and miss most of what they were saying - serrapeptase worked really well at keeping the blood going to my brain, but I was amazed at how well betaine worked at keeping me alert. Methylation was obviously helping with my brain energy, but why? I bought a biochemistry book in one of the breaks and it said that 70% of all methylation reactions in the body are used to form creatine - previously I've done really badly on creatine, but now I can take a small amount as long as I've taken plenty of folinic acid (not folate) sublingual B12, and betaine (and sometimes some methionine). Now if I take a little creatine, I stay alert. The book also mentioned that creatine can work to maintain correct acid/alkaline balance in cells too.
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> I've always wondered why methylation and SAMe are helpful in depression - is it because the brain is starving of energy? It's also interesting that creatine can reduce antibodies and raise glutathione, as glutathione needs a lot of energy to keep it activated.
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> http://hdlighthouse.org/see/diet/supplements/creatine/creatine14.htm
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> Ray
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