[Research] Nutrients for Better Mental Performance

[RobinN]

I found this to be an excellent video about current research on Nutrition by
Steven Wm Fowkes




Organic Chemist

 

[RobinN]

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[epileric]

A Doctor (Dr. Harriet Hall) on the "Science Based Medicine" site just did a review of this video. She explains most of the video from a scientific perspective and in a way that is easy to understand but here are her conclusion & bottom line.

Conclusion

Fowkes is good at explaining complicated relationships in biochemistry, but he does not seem to understand medicine and the errors that occur when you jump from speculation to therapy without clinical trials. I am not impressed. I would love to be proven wrong, because we need effective treatments for these diseases; but I must provisionally conclude that he has not found the cure for Alzheimer’s or herpes.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/steven-fowkes-how-to-cure-alzheimers-and-herpes/

Bottom Line

I’ll be polite and simply say I do not consider Steven Fowkes to be a reliable source of health information. Some of his facts are wrong, his speculations have not been tested with clinical studies, and some of his advice is frankly dangerous.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/steven-fowkes-nutrients-for-better-mental-performance/

One thing that did catch my attention though was what she said about his suggestion to get better sleep

If a drug is needed, use Xyrem, which is a nutrient and enhances stages 3 and 4, which are decreased or absent in old age. This means you are not really asleep at night.

Note: Xyrem is a brand name version of the date rape drug GHB and it has only been approved for the treatment of cataplexy associated with narcolepsy. It can have serious side effects. Ironically, one listed side effect is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. It is absurd and dangerous to recommend it as a sleeping pill.

I looked it up & she's right, They actually did prescribe GHB

Sodium oxybate is also known as GHB, a known street drug of abuse. Because of the potential for abuse and the serious side effects that may occur, Xyrem is available only through a special program.

http://www.drugs.com/xyrem.html