Environment and Alzheimer's Disease.

ALZHEIMER'S disease; TAU proteins; MILD cognitive impairment; POISONS; NEURODEGENERATION

Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that is the most common cause of dementia. Many people mistakenly believe that genetics is the sole cause of Alzheimer's, but research accumulated over the years has shown that environmental factors actually have a greater role in the development of the disorder. In this review we show that infectious agents, the toxic chemicals in our environment, even the food we eat daily, and the composition of the bacteria in our bodies can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. By their reaction with brain tissue antigens such as amyloid or tau protein, these environmental triggers or antibodies produced against them contribute to the pathophysiology of this disorder. Although statistics show that about 6,000,000 people in the US do suffer from mild cognitive impairment or the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, roughly 47,000,000 people may actually already be in the preclinical stage of the disease. It is important to use reliable and accurate testing such as Alzheimer's LINX™ to identify the specific triggers that are involved in the development of this disorder, so that medical practitioners can remove these triggers and implement lifestyle modifications to prevent Alzheimer's disease in the more than 50,000,000 individuals in the preclinical and early stages of the disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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