Sakharoff Protocol for Neurodegeneration – Misha Sakharoff

Sakharoff Protocol for Neurodegeneration

Dr. Dale Bredesen was able to stop and reverse relatively newly diagnosed Alzheimer’s patients with a very high success rate. Working with Parkinson would be the same – through normalisation of cellular metabolic environment: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221920/ How do I use Sakharoff Protocol to work with Alzheimers, Parkinsons and other neurodegenerative diseases?

Neurodegenerative Diseases seen with the eyes of an engineer

I look at Neurodegenerative Diseases with the eyes of an engineer. For me it’s about a number of different degenerative changes in the brain’s nerve cells. These changes are conditioned both by personal genetic setup as well as by some aspects of lifestyle and environment that can trigger this genetic setup – or not. This is called epi-genetics.

Why do the cells degenerate?

The degenerative changes in the brain cells emerge and develop in general through the following:

  • Gradual accumulation of toxins,
  • Gradual accumulation of protein fragments,
  • Increasing shortage of hormones and neurotransmitters,
  • Different genes express themselves (or remain “dormant”) depending on the stress type and degree.
  • … and other aspects 

All these aspects apply generally to all kinds of dementias.  

We work with the causes – not with the symptoms

I do not work with the symptoms, but with the causes of every illness or condition – until the symptoms gradually disappear. The main areas of work with neurodegenerative diseases are:

  • Normalisation of immune response
  • Activation of Glymphatic and Lymphatic, as well as meningeal flow through structured movement, exercise etc
  • Slow decrease and stop of chronic inflammation of cellular and mitochondrial membranes through normalisation of metabolism with Essential Ketogenic Nutrition protocol
  • Optimisation of oxygenation at the cellular level through advanced work with Buteyko method… and other aspects as:

Please watch the videos here if you want to have know more about of ​​my way of working with NDDs: https://sakharoff.com/week-35-video-hals/

Other possible pathways of use of my Non-Pharmacological Metabolic Approach (NPMA) for NDDs:

Antioxidant effects – A significant proportion of the neurological deficits that occur following stroke, head trauma, anoxia or even in Alzheimer’s disease can in fact be attributed to secondary injury caused by glutamate excitotoxicity and, consequently, intracellular calcium overload, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Calorie restriction delays age-related oxidative damage to DNA, proteins and lipids as evidenced by decreased tissue concentrations of peroxidised lipids, protein carbonyls and damaged bases in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.

Increased metabolic efficiency – Slowing of brain aging in calorie-restricted animals was originally believed to result from reduced metabolic activity and, hence, decreased production of reactive oxygen species, a natural byproduct of oxidative metabolism. Calorie restriction promotes mitochondrial biogenesis, thereby enhancing total metabolic output per cell while decreasing mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species. Calorie restriction prevents the age-related decline in oxidative metabolism in muscle. The neuroprotective benefits of this increased metabolic efficiency have not been directly investigated but would be expected to increase neuronal resistance to injury given that mitochondrial damage and energy failure are central components of many neurological disorders.

Increased sirtuin activity – Sirtuins are a large and diverse family of enzymes that regulate gene expression. In mammals, calorie restriction increases the expression of Sirt1, the Sir2 mammalian ortholog, in various tissues, including brain. Moreover, several lines of evidence suggest that Sirt1 activation is neuroprotective. Sirt1 decreased amyloid Aβ accumulation in brains of mice (a model of Alzheimer’s disease) and aged Squirrel monkeys by enhancing α-secretase processing of the amyloid precursor protein.

Increased neurotrophic factor activity – The insulin-like growth factor IGF-1 has received much attention as a neuroprotectant. IGF-1 reverses age-related declines in spatial memory, prevents hydrogen peroxide and amyloid Aβ- induced neuronal death and promotes neurogenesis in aged brains. Calorie restriction increases the expression of several nerve growth factors, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), most prominently in the hippocampal formation, but also in the in the basal ganglia.

Increased protein chaperone activity – Chaperones are highly conserved, ubiquitous proteins that prevent misfolding and aggregation of polypeptides (Amyloid Beta) into potentially toxic compounds. Aberrant folding leading to the formation of insoluble aggregates has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. Chaperones have been shown to protect neurons in rodent and drosophila models of both acute and chronic neurological disorders.

Anti-inflammatory effects – Aging and various neurological disorders are characterized by increased levels of several inflammatory mediators. NFκB activation is central component of this inflammatory process. NKκB activation can be triggered by several sources of injury such as reactive oxygen or nitrogen species or amyloid Aβ and causes enhanced transcription of interleukins (IL1β, IL2, IL4, IL6), tumor necrosis factors (TNFα and TNFβ) and the pro-inflammatory enzymes cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in various tissues, including the brain. Calorie restriction reduced NFκB levels (probably a Sirt1-dependent process), blocked the synthesis of interleukins and TNFα and suppressed the activity of COX-2 and iNOS in animal models and in humans with Alzheimer’s disease, administration of medium-chain triglycerides improved memory and the degree of improvement correlated with blood levels of β-hydroxybutyrate. Further, direct application of β-hydroxybutyrate protected cultured hippocampal neurons against Aβ toxicity. Similarly, oral intake of a ketogenic medium-chain triglyceride diet improved cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Enhanced neurogenesis – Neurogenesis persists in several regions of the adult brain, including the dentate gyrus, a critical region for cognition, but progressively decreases with age. Newly generated neurons in the hippocampus might play a part in learning and memory but the functions of neural stem cells remain largely unknown. Calorie restriction promotes neurogenesis in adult rodents, probably by increasing BNDF levels

NEURODEGENERATION – INTEGRATIVE STUDIES

Prevention and Reversal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2017.Management and reversal of cognitive decline in AD is defined by effectiveness of external factors that have been identified, addressed, and eliminated. Our goal is to identify as many of these external factors as possible. Towards that end, we have developed a novel information technology approach that selects those biomedical literature articles identifying potential AD/dementia foundational contributing factors. The approach is based on the following holistic medical principle: At the present time, removal of cause is a necessary, but not necessarily sufficient, condition for restorative treatment to be effective.

THE NEUROPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF CALORIE RESTRICTION, THE KETOGENIC DIET, AND KETONE BODIES, 2008, Mark Mattson.

Low dietary energy intake is associated with decreased incidence of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and calorie restriction for 6 months improves biomarkers associated with longevity including reduced fasting insulin levels, body temperature and DNA damage. Calorie restriction might even reduce disease risk and increase lifespan in normal weight subjects

EXAMPLES OF SYNERGETIC EFFECTS THROUGH PAIRING OF SEVERAL REHABILITATION DOMAINS

MBIPN:
M – Mental resilience
B – Breathing
I – Immune resilience
P – Physical resilience
N – Nutrition

BN = Breathing + Nutrition
Synergetic health normalisation effects through combination of Breathing retraining and Nutritional change

For more details please read my Elsevier 2019 study: 

MB = Mental resilience + Breathing
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia

Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, 2015. Recent studies provide further support for sleep disturbance as a potential cause of cognitive decline, dementia, and AD pathology. As evidence for poor sleep as an AD risk factor grows, educating clinicians about this and the importance of safely promoting healthy sleep may play a useful role in AD prevention.While we focused on sleep as a contributor to AD, poor sleep and AD pathology likely share a synergistic relationship: poor sleep may facilitate Aβ deposition, which in turn worsens sleep, and so on. Cross-sectional study of 142 cognitively normal middle-aged and older adults, that those with a lower level of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) indicating greater Aβ burden. SDB and sleep loss both are associated with increases in inflammation, which is itself associated with cognitive decline and thought to contribute to AD pathology. Inflammation may mediate associations between sleep disturbance and both cognitive decline and AD biomarkers.

MP = Mental resilience + Physical resilience
Neuro-Cognitive Protection Effect of Physical Movement and Exercise

Voluntary Exercise Decreases Amyloid Load in a Transgenic Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2005.Alzheimers disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder for which there are few therapeutics that affect the underlying disease mechanism. Recent epidemiological studies, however, suggest that lifestyle changes may slow the onset/progression of AD. We examine directly the interaction between exercise and the AD. Our findings demonstrate that voluntary exercise can decrease significantly Aβ load in the model of AD. Whereas pharmacological interventions have sought to reduce Aβ to constrain the AD cascade, we demonstrate here that exercise represents a simple behavioral strategy that may promote a resistance to the development of the neuropathology of AD. These findings provide the first support of existing epidemiological data and warrant additional studies to delineate both the intensity/timing of the exercise required to impact significantly the progression of the disease and the mechanism responsible for the decreased Aβ levels. Future studies also will allow us to assess the effect of exercise in other transgenic models of AD.MN

MN = Mental resilience + Nutrition
Role of Nutrition and Hygiene in stopping Cognitive decline

Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease, 2014.Our results confirm that vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease. This adds to the ongoing debate about the role of vitamin D in nonskeletal conditions. Our findings support the hypothesis that vitamin D may be neuroprotective. This information is likely to prove useful in improving the design and reducing the cost of randomized controlled trials investigating whether vitamin D supplements can be used to delay or prevent the onset of dementia and AD in older adults.

Link between gum disease and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s, 2016.New study has found a link between gum disease and greater rates of cognitive decline in people with early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. Periodontitis or gum disease is common in older people and may become more common in Alzheimer’s disease because of a reduced ability to take care of oral hygiene as the disease progresses. Higher levels of antibodies to periodontal bacteria are associated with an increase in levels of inflammatory molecules elsewhere in the body, which in turn has been linked to greater rates of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease in previous studies. The latest study set out to determine whether periodontitis or gum disease is associated with increased dementia severity and subsequent greater progression of cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease. If there is a direct relationship between periodontitis and cognitive decline, as this current study suggests, then treatment of gum disease might be a possible treatment option for Alzheimer’s.

The role of magnesium deficiency and an hypothesis concerning the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, 1990.Evidence is presented indicating that dementias are associated with a relative insufficiency of Magnesium (Mg) in the brain. Such insufficiency may be attributable to low intake or retention of Mg; high intake of a neurotoxic metal, such as aluminum (Al), which inhibits activity of Mg-requiring enzymes

Fasting: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Application – Fasting and neurodegeneration, 2014, Valter Longo.Compared to ad libitum-fed controls, rats and mice maintained on an IF diet exhibit less neuronal dysfunction and degeneration, and fewer clinical symptoms in models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Huntington’s disease (HD). Animals on an IF diet also fare better than ad libitum-fed controls after acute injury including severe epileptic seizures, stroke, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. IF may also promote restoration of damaged nerve cell circuits by stimulating synapse formation and the production of new neurons from neural stem cells (neurogenesis).

Intermittent fasting ameliorate age-related behavioral deficits in Alzheimer’s disease, 2007, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore.Intermittent Fasting (IF) may protect neurons against adverse effects of A-beta and tau pathologies on synaptic function. We conclude that CR and IF dietary regimens can ameliorate age-related deficits in cognitive function by mechanisms that may or may not be related to Abeta and tau pathologies.

IN = Immune resilience + Nutrition
Anti-Inflammatory and Neuro-Protective Effects of Ketogenic Diet and Fasting

The Ketogenic Diet as a Treatment Paradigm for Diverse Neurological Disorders, 2012.There is now compelling evidence that The Ketogenic Diet’s efficacy is likely related to the normalization of aberrant energy metabolism. We provide an overview of studies using the KD in a wide panoply of neurologic disorders in which neuroprotection is an essential component. This review article explores the rationale for using the KD and related dietary treatments in neurological disorders.

Inflammation in Alzheimer Disease, 2012.Biochemical and neuropathological studies of brains from individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) provide clear evidence for an activation of inflammatory pathways, and long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs is linked with reduced risk to develop the disease. As cause and effect relationships between inflammation and AD are being worked out, there is a realization that some components of this complex molecular and cellular machinery are most likely promoting pathological processes leading to AD, whereas other components serve to do the opposite. The challenge will be to find ways of fine tuning inflammation to delay, prevent, or treat AD.

Anti-inflammatory mechanism of ketogenic diet and fasting, 2015.It is well known that fasting and calorie restriction reduces inflammation in the body. This study reveals the mechanism of immune cells adaptation to reduced availability of glucose. The study proved that the inflammation was reduced with ketogenic diet, which elevates ketone levels in the bloodstream produced from fat oxidation.