Have Scientists Discovered the REAL Cause of Alzheimer’s?
Just about all of us have seen a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s.
Watching someone you care about lose their cherished memories… forget names and faces… and surrender their independence is heartbreaking.
And for most of our lives, we’ve all been sold the same hope… that a cure is just around the corner.
But here’s the reality…
Billions of dollars spent. Thousands of clinical trials run. Zero cures.
But what if researchers and mainstream doctors have spent 40 years fighting the WRONG enemy?
For decades, scientists targeted beta-amyloid plaques—those protein clumps clogging up the brain—as public enemy number one.
The results haven’t been encouraging… and we may finally know why…
Alzheimer’s may be caused by your brain’s version of friendly fire.
A study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia concluded that Alzheimer’s is likely an autoimmune disorder—your immune system attacking your brain by mistake.
And those beta-amyloid plaques scientists have been desperately trying to eliminate? They might be the smoking-gun proof.
So, what’s going on here?
When your brain faces injury, toxins, or bacteria, it sends out beta-amyloid like emergency responders. These proteins bind to the threat and neutralize it—like a scab forming over a wound.
Beta-amyloid is essentially your brain’s 911 response.
The problem? The fat molecules in bacterial membranes look almost identical to brain cell membranes.
Beta-amyloid can’t always tell friend from foe. So, your brain sends beta-amyloid to attack both.
It’s a case of mistaken identity that destroys your brain from the inside out.
Think about it. Every Alzheimer’s drug for the past 40 years tried to REMOVE beta-amyloid.
We’ve been trying to kill the firefighters while the building burns.
No wonder nothing worked. If Alzheimer’s is truly autoimmune, everything changes.
We’re still years away from a cure. But at least scientists may finally be looking in the right direction.
In the meantime, there’s something you can do right now to recalibrate your brain’s confused immune system.
First, as you’ve heard me say before, get some sun exposure first thing every morning. This sets your circadian rhythm for the day, and a healthy circadian rhythm is essential for a properly functioning immune system.
Sun exposure also helps your body make its own vitamin D, which your brain loves. In fact, there are receptors in your brain that use D for neuroprotection, cognitive function, and to fight brain inflammation.
Second, you need to get your body moving. You don’t need to climb mountains or spend days hunting in the woods like me, but you need to aim for 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, such as walking, swimming, or biking, three times a week.
Exercise attacks Alzheimer’s from every angle. It…
- Eases brain inflammation
- Improves blood flow to flush out toxins
- Reduces brain inflammation and injury—the REAL threats that set off friendly fire
- Boosts brain-protecting proteins
- Retrains your immune system to recognize friend from foe
Your brain’s immune system may be at war with itself. But you can help it remember who the real enemy is.
Start getting sunlight and moving more today to save all your memories for tomorrow and beyond.
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Felix S. Meier-Stephenson, Alzheimer’s disease as an autoimmune disorder of innate immunity endogenously modulated by tryptophan metabolites, Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2022, doi.10.1002/trc2.12283
