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A Healthy Body = A Healthy Mind

By Carlyle Coash

Losing your memory? Afraid of where this is leading to as you age? We propose that you have two choices: (1.) Wait for medicine to develop a drug or some other magic bullet. Could happen in the next 10 years. Or not. (2.) Start now to pursue with a vengeance all of the things that doctors are proposing as ways to improve brain health, improve memory and even reverse dementia. This podcast lays out the areas of research and the healthy practices that have been shown to improve brain health and memory. Note-search for “reversing cognitive decline” at OrganicMD dot com for a detailed description of the things you can do now, available as a downloadable PDF.

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Do You Need Bilberry?

By Carlyle Coash

The ideas many people have about the need for bilberry for eye health are, to put it mildly, pretty confused. Bilberries are simply a wild variety of blueberries. The frozen wild blueberries or organic blueberries in our local Trader Joe’s food store have a nutritional profile very similar to bilberries. A healthy food, but nothing about the nutritional value of bilberries or blueberries is unique. Some of the confusion comes from claims the English made during World War II that they had developed a “secret weapon” to allow their pilots to see at night, and to bomb the German army in the dead of night. After the war, it was revealed that the “secret weapon” was bilberry jam, and that the whole story was an elaborate propaganda scheme to put fear into German soldiers and citizens. 90% of the people who do the full Better Eye Health Program™ see significant and lasting improvement in their vision, and they are not taking bilberry, so we know it is not essential for eye health or eye healing.

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Do We Need More DHA?

By Carlyle Coash

Everyone needs DHA, and most of us need more than we are getting. DHA is one of the essential fatty acids, meaning human beings need to eat it, since they cannot make it. DHA is an omega-3 essential fatty acid with a carbon chain containing 20 carbon atoms. (The “docosa” in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the Greek word for 20.) We get DHA directly from eating algae, or from eating things that exist in the food chain that begins with algae, like krill and fish. Most of the omega-3 essential fatty acids in our diet come from plant sources, and these have a carbon skeleton with 16 or 18 carbon atoms, i.e. linolenic acid. Human beings can convert smaller chain omega-3 fatty acids to the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids like DHA, but for every milligram of DHA we make in this internal conversion process, we need to eat 1000 mg of a shorter chain essential fatty acid. One quarter of the weight of our retina and brain is DHA! If you are trying to regenerate damaged tissues in your eyes, eat more DHA regularly.

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Is It Safe To Eat Fish?

By Carlyle Coash

Fish are an excellent food source for the essential fatty acids and DHA needed for eye health. Yet as the oceans become increasingly polluted, there are concerns about the safety of fish as food. We discuss the pros and cons of eating fish. Our conclusion? There are still fish available where the benefits gained from this nutritious food source outweigh the risks.

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Non-Invasive Alternating Current Stimulation Improves Vision in Optic Neuropathy

By Carlyle Coash

A research paper published in the Journal for Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience from IOS Press. Part of work done at the Institute of Medical Psychology in Magdeburg Germany. Also with EBS Technologies, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Carl Von Ossietzky University Institute of Psychology – Department of Experimental Psychology.  NOTE: Click on […]

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