Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Research analysis led by Kamal Patel.
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Summary of Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Primary Information, Benefits, Effects, and Important Facts
Scientific Information on Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
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Human Effect Matrix
The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect symptoms of alzheimer’s
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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Minor
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Very High See all 5 studies |
Cognitive impairment that is associated with Alzheimer's appears to be significantly reduced with ginkgo supplementation.
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Notable
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At least among nutraceuticals, Alpha-GPC appears to significantly improve cognition in persons with Alzheimer's disease at the dose of 1,200mg when taken as a daily supplement over a prolonged period of time.
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Notable
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Very High See 2 studies |
Very high dose Vitamin E supplementation in the form of α-tocopherol (2,000 IU) appears to reduce the rate of cognitive decline in persons with moderate to severe Alzheimer's Disease with a potency comparable to selegiline. Currently no research on lower (more standard) doses, and there appears to be no influence on minor AD or cognitive decline not characterized by AD.
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