From medical at olympus.net Thu Sep 7 18:10:30 2006 From: medical at olympus.net (Douwe Rienstra) Date: Thu Sep 7 17:11:33 2006 Subject: [Medicine-for-people] Brain Health as We Age Part Seven - Homocysteine and B Vitamins Message-ID: ========================================== Medicine for People! September, 2006 ---------------------------------------- Contents Brain Health as We Age Part Seven - Homocysteine and B Vitamins - Introduction and Review - Turning Food into Brain Cells - The Methionine - Homocysteine Cycle - Homocysteine and the Brain - Homocysteine, B-Vitamins and Dementia - Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Work Together - Vitamin B12 Deficiency - A Hidden Epidemic - How to Lower Homocysteine - Now and the Future ----------------------------------------- === A Note to Our Readers === This month Medicine for People presents the seventh in a series of articles entitled "Brain Health as We Age." We feel this issue is vital to long-term happiness and quality of life. We are temporarily changing our practice of emailing you the text of our article and instead we have posted it on our website. We did this because we wanted to include some excellent visual aids that would be cumbersome to send and download. To read this month's article, Homocysteine, Folic Acid and B Vitamins, please follow this link: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Sep.html ========================================== === Recent issues of Medicine for People! === August, 2006 - Health Care Reform: Small Changes Big Results http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Aug.html July, 2006 Brain Health as We Age Part 6 - Microinflammation and the Brain http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Jul.html June, 2006 Brain Health As We Age Part 5 - Inflamation, Nutritional Dispensary Now Not For Profit http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006June.html May, 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 4 - Circulate and Stay Sharp http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006May.html April 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 3 - The Little Engines That Could http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Apr.html March 2006 - Brain Health As We Age Part 2 - What Happens in the Aging Brain http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Mar.html February 2006 - Brain Health as We Age Part 1 - How the Brain works http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/2006/2006Feb.html ========================================== === Reader Alert === We publish this newsletter monthly. If you do not receive every issue, your spam filter may be intercepting it. Please add us to your email "accept list." ========================================== Medicine for People! is written by Douwe Rienstra MD, edited by Carolyn Latteier, and published at Port Townsend, Washington. Copyright September, 2006. Click here: http://lists.olympus.net/mailman/listinfo/medicine-for-people to subscribe. Click here: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/newsletter/archive.html for previous issues. Write Dr Rienstra here: MedicineForPeople@RienstraClinic.com. More information about the clinic: http://www.rienstraclinic.com/