There are more than 600 diseases affecting the neurological system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. Some of the most debilitating neurological conditions, like Alzheimer’s, have now reached epidemic proportions. One of the major contributors to this is the radical change in diet in the past few decades, especially the move from a high natural fat to a high carbohydrate diet.
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and because brain insulin signaling is impaired in the disease, it is believed to be a third form of diabetes.
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Asperger’s is an autism spectrum disorder characterised by social and communication difficulties such as lack of empathy and restrictive, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior.
Autism is a disabling neurodevelopmental disorder, which severely affects how an individual interacts socially.
The right fats in the right balance are crucial for cognitive function as more than half the brain is composed of fat and the protective sheath of communicating neurons is 70% fat.
Dementia is a general term describing the loss of cognitive abilities, such as memory, communication, language and thinking.
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent seizures brought on when surges of electrical activity in the brain cause the messages between neurons to become scrambled.
A headache is a pain anywhere in the head or neck that persists. The pain does not, however come from the brain itself because there are no pain receptors there.
Migraines are a neurological disorder involving intense pain in the head that can be disabling. This can be accompanied by throbbing, auras, nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to bright lights, sounds and smells.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive degenerative disorder affecting the central nervous system, characterised by tremors, rigidity and difficulties with walking.