Just as the undersold obesity epidemic continues to grow in America, so are the incidents of serious neurological diseases. Do you think there is any connection?

Obesity is just a symptom. In and of itself it is no big deal, but it typically is associated with eating foods that are loaded with toxins and that cause insulin to rise sky high. It is these types of obesity-precipitating factors that tend to cause the chronic degenerative disease complications.

Fortunately, eating the right foods based on your body's unique nutritional type in tandem with a regular exercise program will do wonders to protect you from the underlying factors that precipitate chronic degenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

I also urge you to review my other suggestions to protect you from neurological problems such as Alzheimer's, without taking a toxic drug:

• Follow the nutrition plan paying special attention to avoiding sugar
• Eat plenty of high-quality omega-3 fish oil
• Avoid most fish and remove mercury
• Eat plenty of vegetables
• Avoid flu vaccinations
• Keep your mind active
• Since worry accelerates your risk of Alzheimer's, learn an effective energy psychology tool like the Emotional Freedom Technique

On Vital Votes, reader John from Encinitas, California says:

"A great resource for 'neurological' disorders is Tom Warren's 'Beating Alzheimer's.'   Warren writes that Alzheimer's is an autoimmune disorder and that even those genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's can reverse it through nutrition, dental revision and removal of environmental toxins.  

"Warren details his healing himself of this 'incurable' disease.  Subtitled 'A Step Towards Unlocking the Mysteries of Brain Diseases,'  it's also a fascinating read."

Biochemist Russ Bianchi from Soquel, California adds:

"Such neurological disease and disorder is found throughout DAILY exposure to polymers (plastics), inks, dyes and color agents, radiation (microwaves), water (fluorinated and chlorinated with heavy metals), synthetic compounds, food, beverage, cosmetics, dry cleaning, fuel, heat sources, cooling sources, clothing, air, pharmaceutical, flavor systems, to name but a FEW.

"How does one counteract it?

"Limit exposure as much is as humanly possible to likely sources and consume clean and proven sources, that assist or counteract with regiments of anti-oxidative plant bases/sterols/nutrient intake (preferably truly organic and microbiologically and bacteriologically clean).

"Let The Buyer Beware, because the so-called regulatory agencies are either overwhelmed, or NOT doing their job."

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