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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
How to Use This Book
What These Six Disorders Have in Common
INFLAMMATION
OXIDATIVE THEORY
EXCITOTOXICITY
TOXIC EXPOSURE
HEAVY METAL
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION
GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS
NUTRIENTS
CANNABINOIDS
MICROBIOME
The Importance of Sleep
COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
METABOLIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
OXIDATION AND INFLAMMATION
ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH GOOD QUALITY SLEEP?
IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP
Chapter 1: Multiple Sclerosis
CURRENT PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENTS
MS AS A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER
HEALTH ISSUES RELEVANT TO MS AND THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE
SPECIFIC DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND STRESSORS ASSOCIATED WITH MS
HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS
ADDITIONAL BENEFICIAL MODALITIES
SUMMARY
Chapter 2: Parkinson’s Disease
DIET AND LIFESTYLE
TOXIC EXPOSURE
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND THE USEFULNESS OF ANTIOXIDANTS
DOPAMINE
EXCITOTOXICITY
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION
ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN
INFLAMMATION
THE ROLE OF THE UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOMAL SYSTEM (UPS)
RESVERATROL
CANNABINOIDS
SLEEP
SUMMARY
Chapter 3: Alzheimer’s Disease
ANTIOXIDANTS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
HOMOCYSTEINE
NEURONAL CELLULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
ALUMINUM
GLYCATION END PRODUCTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
VITAMIN D
THE PROTEASOME
CANNABINOIDS
SLEEP
SUMMARY
Chapter 4: Atherosclerosis and Stroke
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
CHRONIC ENDOTHELIAL INJURY AND LIPIDS
REDUCTION OF CHOLESTEROL AND OXIDIZED LDL
RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM
PLATELETS
CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW, OXYGENATION, AND NEUROPROTECTION
HOMOCYSTEINE
CANNABINOIDS
EXERCISE
SLEEP
ADDITIONAL NUTRIENTS FOR CONSIDERATION
SUMMARY
Chapter 5: Migraine Headaches
VASCULAR AND NEUROGENIC THEORIES OF MIGRAINE
ION CHANNELS
MAGNESIUM AND TAURINE
MITOCHONDRIA IN MIGRAINE
SLEEP
HERBS IN MIGRAINE
CANNABINOIDS
SUMMARY
Chapter 6: Seizure Disorders
CLASSIFICATIONS OF SEIZURES
ANTISEIZURE MECHANISMS
NUTRIENTS FOR TREATING SEIZURES
HERBS FOR SEIZURES
CANNABINOIDS
SLEEP
SUMMARY
Conclusion
Postscript. New Supplement: Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
SUMMARY
References
Recommended Reading
About the Authors
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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