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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for the ALS Association has become the cool and trendy thing to do as of late. It has been a viral sensation for going on 2 months. All under the guise of “raising awareness” for ALS. Well, ask yourself honestly right now….do you know WHAT ALS stands for? Do you know how ALS presents itself in the human body? If you can not ... Continue Reading
With the recent media attention given to the ALS Ice bucket Challenge, I thought it would be beneficial to consider Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis from a Chinese medicine perspective. Ah…the ALS Ice bucket Challenge: it’s got everyone from Justin Bieber to George W. Bush dumping buckets of ice-water on their heads; it’s got California environmentalists annoyed because people ... Continue Reading
Spirulina[1] shows promise as a natural treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), according to preliminary research[2] from The Open Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal. In tests on mice, scientists discovered that the blue-green algae may help salvage dying nerve cells in ALS patients. ALS is known to attack ... Continue Reading
ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2010) — Nutritional supplementation with Spirulina, a nutrient-rich, blue-green algae, appeared to provide neuroprotective support for dying motor neurons in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, University of South Florida neuroscientists have found. Although more research is needed, they suggest that a ... Continue Reading
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