Update August 23, 2017 On My Fight to Beat Alzheimer's

I am doing better now on the Plant Paradox plan. My weight seems to have stabilized. I am on the low end of the normal range of BMI at 18.6. I do get to eat grass fed beef and pastured eggs so that helps. The mycoprotein by Quorn can get tiresome. At least the millet has lots of protein as well as carbs.

I wish to thank Alex Newell for his comments on Andrew Cutler's work on Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) as a chelator. I stopped taking my 600 mg twice per day and did a three day 100 mg every three hours (including at night) so that I would have a constant level and not have the ALA drop its binding to the mercury somewhere and cause problems elsewhere.  Since I was at 600 mg twice daily, I thought the 100 mg every three hours should be low dose for me and I wouldn't have to start as low as he indicated.  I should check my comments more often. I found a lot of info on line about Andrew Cutler's protocol. I should try to buy his “Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment” book. I will do another three day ALA cycle next week.  I will try to update the July 4, 2015 entry with some of the links I found on his detox protocol.

Update August 1, 2017 On My Fight to Beat Alzheimer's

After trying to go vegan for a while I determined that something was wrong because I was losing too much weight and having loose stools and gas. I think my wife heard about this book “The Plant Paradox” by Steven Gundry MD and so I researched it and ordered the book. It is a good book that goes beyond “The China Study” by T. Colin Campbell so it may show me why I do not feel as well as I should.

I did not know about lectin proteins before and how plants use this protein to protect themselves and how GMO fruits and vegetables are engineered to have more lectin as well as be resistant to pesticides. When I tried to go vegan I was getting more lectin and not cooking beans and lentils in the pressure cooker to break down the lectins causing me further health issues as well as losing weight.

The Plant Paradox plan allows me to eat some wild caught fish and some eggs even though it may cause slightly more risk for cancer. The biggest thing is that there are Yes lists and No lists and it is important not to eat the things on the no list. I was already off meats but now adding things like all breads, oats, peanuts, cashews, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and the list goes on. I have to limit most of my fruits except for avocado.

The things he talked about in the book were backed up by studies and cases from his patients. I just finished the phase 1 three day cleanse and am now starting the six week phase two part of the plan. I will try to keep you apprised of my health progress on this plan.

Update June 17, 2017 On My Fight to Beat Alzheimer's

Sorry for the lack if updates. I was planning to read Swift 3.0 and start that Udemy programming course but someone loaned my wife a book for us to read called “The China Study” by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas Campbell. It is about eating animal proteins being shown to promote cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis macular degeneration and other diseases of affluence. I got some other books from the library “The China Study Cookbook” by Leanne Campbell and “The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook” by Del Sroufe and my wife and I are starting to try to go vegan. More so me than my wife really but she is very supportive.

Going vegan involves a lot of organic vegetable shopping, more planning and eating lots of beans and legumes. I also read the book “Power Foods for the Brain” by Neal D Barnard. It reiterates the idea of eating a whole food, plant based diet and avoiding toxic things in the environment. It also talks about doing mental and physical exercises, things I already knew about. Going vegan I lost some weight which I didn't want to do and I now have to add vitamin B12 to my daily regimen.

I also watched a video series “The Truth about Cancer: A Global Quest” by Ty M. Bollinger and then got his book from the library “The Truth about Cancer”. That was eye opening, a must read for all. Since mercury is a well known carcinogen and I have had and still have a lot of mercury in me, I thought I should read it and find out about the many alternative methods of cancer treatments that work and don't cause harm like chemo, radiation or surgery.

In the pool league our team came in second. I also did very well. It was a great improvement in the standings for our team.

Now that I have a little better handle on going vegan, maybe I can start reading the Swift 3.0 book again and start that Udemy course.

Update April 5, 2017 On My Fight to Beat Alzheimer's

A lot has happened since my last update. I had two more appointments with Vera Sacks at Groton Wellness. The first appointment she had me do some more Gemmotherapy. I wasn't sure if it was causing me some rashes so I stopped that. Now I am on more cell salts, 3,4,6,8,10 and 11 and some Ruta Grav 30c. Seems to be some issues with my pancreas and thyroid. Her diagnosis seems to corroborate what I had seen a few weeks before my appointment. I am also supposed to take some other things which she is going to have shipped to me.

I was sick for a few weeks, thought it was a type of flu or cold. Sore throat and fever for a couple of days and a couple weeks of minor cough. My temperature was also low 96.9 for much of the day for several days indicating possible hypothyroidism. I hadn't checked my temp after that.

My hair analysis came back. The cobalt levels were high and some ratios off. It indicated a slow metabolism: Parasympathetic Dominant, and tendency toward decreased thyroid and adrenal function. The report indicated some dietary suggestions. I was also to start taking some supplements, some that I had stopped taking months ago. I was supposed to add some Adrenal assist, HCL Plus, Biotin,selenium, manganese, L-tyrosine and L-glutamine. I have to order some of them.

My Tri-test came back from Quicksilver Scientific too. I will add it to the blog along with the previous one. My blood mercury level decreased but it is still much higher than the CDC average. It went down to 1.2 from 1.4 at my previous test 9 months earlier. My urine test shows my liver and kidney has more mercury than before so is working well to remove it.

Prior to my two Tri-tests which came after amalgam removal and some detoxification, my blood mercury test from Metrowest Medical Center was 8.5 ug/L on 9/22/2014. ug/L is same as ng/mL so you see a huge difference before and after amalgam removal. Detox is really slow.

Latest result:

I read a book recommended by my reflexologist called “Medical Medium” by Anthony William which happened to corroborate that Alzheimer's is caused by mercury. I am going to augment my detoxification diet with the barley juice powder, spirulina, dulse, cilantro, and wild blueberries. I am also going to switch my DHA and EPA from calamari to plant based since there is as much mercury in calamari as there is in salmon.

My pool has gotten better. The 8 ball seniors league started up again and we are tied for first at 4 and 1. My personal record is 12 and 3. I missed a week due to being sick. We are up against a tough team tomorrow. Hopefully our team does well.

I have started reading Swift 3.0 and will do a Udemy programming course on IOS 10 and Swift. I determined that the Oracle Middleware and Java solution was not the way to go for doing apps. It was too heavy. The Appcelerator Platform using Java was also not for me since it was Java based and MCI and Alzheimer's patients need to do learn something new. The platform itself wasn't a bad solution. I had investigated Rhodes and RhoMobile Suite using the Ruby language but I didn't like the licensing model . While it is possible to create a mobile app with just Rhodes and RhoStudio, most of the good stuff would probably require subscription level licenses and talking to a Ruby on Rails server side and using RhoElements. I did like the Ruby language better than Java. It was simpler, akin to Perl, but with OO capabilities.

Lets see if I can still program and have recovered enough to do what the high school kids can do like make an app.

Update Jan. 12, 2017 On My Fight to Beat Alzheimer's

I have been remiss in updating my blog again. I am so sorry, I wanted to wait until I had enough to say. I saw Vera Sacks at Groton Wellness again December 13, 2016 and she made some tweaks to my regimen. She changed some and deleted some things from the list to take. I stopped the Soluna detoxification program and started doing Gemmotherapy for heart issues. I guess calcium maybe causing problems again. I will provide my full updated regimen from everybody later.

I completed my physical therapy for my plantar fasciitis. I am at about 85% recovered and need to continue to do the PT myself. I also stopped seeing Helen Lui the reflexologist after five treatments. Both were helpful in treating my plantar fasciitis.

Cognitively I am still doing fine. I am still doing Brain Age, reading and doing the occasional Mandarin lesson though my son says my pronunciation isn't quite right. I've managed to win a 9 ball tournament and came in 2^nd in an 8 ball tournament.

Here is the updated med and supplements list. There were some changes to the amino acids and drops.

Current meds and supplements recommended by medical doctors, Vera Sacks and Irina Serebryakova both of Groton Wellness, “Hal Huggins Assist Report” and “Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing” by James F Balch M.D.and Phyllis A Balch C.N.C and various other sources, Dr. Perez and Dr. Rapa.

1. Vera Sacks prescribed the following (as part of 2 times per day, upon rising, early evening at least 30 minutes before meals)
   - Gemmotherapy English Hawthorn for heart issues: 25 drops

• Gemmotherapy Wineberry for Bladder and GI: 25 drops
• Gemmotherapy Common Juniper for Kidney/Liver: 25 drops
• Gemmotherapy Lime Tree for nervous system: 25 drops

Take the #3, #4, #6, and #8, 11 cell salts three times a day between meals. See this article on cell salt remedies http://www.brighterdayfoods.com/PDFDocs/l/LR72WHCKJQ1V9LTGKT8CGWX7TM5B1NP5.PDF
- 5-10 Pills Hyland's #6 Kali Phos, 6x homeopathic cell salts for stress, simple nervous tension, headaches
- 5-10 Pills Hyland's #8 Magnesium Phos, 6x homeopathic cell salts for muscle cramps and pains
- 5-10 Pills Hyland's #3 Calc Sulph 30x cell salts for Colds, sore throat, Acne
- 5-10 Pills Hyland's #4 Ferrum Phos 6x cell salts for Fever, Minor swelling, Colds
- 5-10 Pills Hyland's #11 Nat Sulph 30x for Flu Symptoms, Nausea, Vomiting

Nat Sulph 30c 3 tabs once per day for two weeks for head congestion

Rescue Remedy 2 drops in water 4-5 times day.

At breakfast, I would try to mix 1 TB of coconut oil into my cereal or rice. I would do so again sometimes at afternoon snack or dinner to get medium chain triglycerides (MCT) to allow brain to use ketones instead of glucose for metabolic functions as according to “Stop Alzheimers Now” by Bruce Fife and “Awakening From Alzheimers” by Peggy Sarlin (5) 11/2014

After almost finishing breakfast where that I would take my morning supplements:

1. 9/2012 Swanson Super DHA from Calamari, (DHA 500 mg EPA 125 mg, 50 mg other Omega 3 Fatty acids) or Swanson Super EPA from ecOmega Fish Oil 300 mg EPA, 200 mg DHA, 50 mg other fatty acids) for cognitive
2. 3/2013 Swanson Ubiquinol  100 mg (Kaneka QH Enhanced Bioactivity CoQ10) has been switched to Jarrow Ubiquinol QH-absorb100 mg for energy
3. 6/2014 Donepezil 10 mg for cognitive by Dr. Perez was switched in early March 2016 to Huperzine A 200 mcg at morning and again at afternoon or early evening.
4. 9/2014 Swanson DMAE 250 mg (dimethylaminoethanol bitartrate) for cognitive
5. 9/2014 Swanson Acetyl L-Carnitine 500 mg to prevent oxidative damage in brain
6. 12/20/2014 Matrix 1000 mg Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) Plus 150 mg Rose Hips (4, 8) has been switched to one Swanson Acerola 500 mg at breakfast and dinner. I am taking so many pills I had to cut down on vitamin C.
7. 12/20/2014 Matrix Eaters digest – 130 mg Betaine HCI, 130 mg L-Glutamic acid, 65 mg Amylase, 65 mg Pepsin NF, 32 mg Ox Bile Extract, 32 mg Pancreatin 4X, 32 mg Papain NF has been replaced with Swanson Betaine HCL caps (Betaine hydrochloride 325 mg, Pepsin 1:3000 82 mg) for digestion.
8. 1/13/15 Swanson Vitamin E 100 – 800 IU daily (From “Awakening From Alzheimers” by Peggy Sarlin) d-alpha tocopheral plus mixed tocopherols: d-beta, d-delta and d-gamma tocopherol) (8) switched to Swanson Full Spectrum E with Tocotrienols (Irina and Vera and also recommended)
9. 1/13/15 Swanson Pycnogenol 100 mg (French maritime pine bark extract) daily (From “Awakening From Alzheimers” by Peggy Sarlin) for cognitive blood flow in brain.
10. 1/13/15 Eat 1-2 eggs daily to get enough phosphatildylserine but also add Swanson 300 mg phosphatildylserine (from Sharp PS 28D soybean phospholipid in a proprietary mixture of sunflower oil and MCT oil) for cognitive
11. Swanson Phosphatildyl-choline 420 mg for cognitive
12. Swanson Alpha Lipoic Acid 600 mg (Irina Serebryakova recommended for detox)
13. Swanson AjiPure N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine to help boost production of glutathione. I had been taking this since early November but did not notice I had not included in the list. When they stopped manufacturing it I ordered L-Cysteine instead of NAC from another manufacturer by mistake so next week I will be using L-cysteine and hoping enough gets converted to NAC for glutathione production.
14. Swanson AjiPure L-Glutamine pharma grade 500 mg (Vera Sacks recommended for mineral/vitamin/amino acid balance) I am supposed to take 3 times a day but only do twice per day.
15. Swanson AjiPure L-Tyrosine pharma grade 500 mg ( Vera Sacks recommended for mineral/vitamin/amino acid balance) I am supposed to take 3 times a day but only do twice per day.
16. Swanson Zinc Orotate 10 mg
17. Swanson Chromium Picolinate 200 mcg
18. Swanson Vitamin K2 200 mcg to regulate where calcium ends up in body. (My own recommendation)

Additional supplements for cervical spondylosis, bulging discs and general health needs:
9/2012 Swanson 1 gram MSM
9/2012 Swanson Glucosamine-Chondroitin, MSM Glucosomine Sulfate 500 mg, Chondroitin Sulfate 400 mg MSM 200 mg

Afternoon drops and cell salts as prescribed by Vera Sacks.

1. PM Supplements and Meds history for Steven Chin
2. 7/2014 Swanson Super DHA from Calamari, (DHA 500 mg EPA 125 mg, 50 mg other Omega 3 Fatty acids) or Swanson Super EPA from ecOmega Fish Oil 300 mg EPA, 200 mg DHA, 50 mg other fatty acids)
3. 3/2013 Swanson Ubiquinol  100 mg (Kaneka QH Enhanced Bioactivity CoQ10) has been switched to Jarrow Ubiquinol QH-absorb100 mg
4. 12/20/2014 Matrix 1000 mg Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) Plus 150 mg Rose Hips (4, 8) has been switched to two Swanson Acerola 500 mg.
5. 1/13/15 Swanson Vitamin E 100 – 800 IU daily (From “Awakening From Alzheimers” by Peggy Sarlin) d-alpha tocopheral plus mixed tocopherols: d-beta, d-delta and d-gamma tocopherol) (8) switched to to Swanson Full Spectrum E with Tocotrienols (Irina and Vera and others recommended)
6. Swanson Alpha Lipoic Acid 600 mg (Irina Serebryakova recommended for detox)
7. Swanson L-Glutamine 500 mg (Vera Sacks recommended for mineral/vitamin/amino acid balance) I am supposed to take 3 times a day but only do twice per day.
8. Swanson AjiPure L-Tyrosine pharma grade 500 mg ( Vera Sacks recommended for mineral/vitamin/amino acid balance) I am supposed to take 3 times a day but only do twice per day.
9. Desmopressin .1 mg Dr. Rapa for diabetes insipidus at night and .05 mg during day.
10. Swanson Borage Oil 1000 mg. Supposed to take twice per day but I only do one per day
11. Swanson Flaxseed Oil 1000 mg. Supposed to take twice per day but I only do one per day
12. Swanson Selenium 200 mcg
13. 12/2014 Sleep aid or Swanson 3 mg melatonin before bedtime.
14. Vera recommends I also take some digestive enzymes and Betaine HCL with meals for better digestion.