Water, the healthy brain and brain shrinkage

[ofonorow]

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https://youtu.be/zBAjoQ3eDCA

Lifewave CEO David Schmidt mentioned that our brains shrink as we age as brain cells lose water. He implied that the collagen matrix around brain cells degrades and may be one cause of the brain cell's water loss and brain shrinkage. We know that vitamin C can encourage the maintenance of the collagen matrix and this topic will follow this research.

Note: We are hoping that Lifewave's new Light-Water (which their research shows goes directly to the brain after drinking) will help hydrate the brain, especially when combined with high dose vitamin C.

[ofonorow]

Collagen for brain repair therapeutic perspectives
https://journals.lww.com/nrronline/full ... tic.4.aspx

Collagen, in terms of brain repair, presents many advantages such as being remarkably biocompatible, biodegradable, versatile and non-toxic. Collagen can be used to form injectable scaffolds and micro/nano spheres in order to: (i) locally release therapeutic factors with the aim of protecting degenerating neurons in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases, (ii) encapsulate stem cells for safe delivery, (iii) encapsulate genetically modified cells to provide a long term source of trophic factors, (iv) fill in the voids from injury to serve as a structural support and provide a permissive microenvironment to promote axonal growth.


CollScaff and collagen microspheres loaded with therapeutic factors have a great potential in the safe and efficient treatment of various neurodegenerative conditions and other CNS disorders such as stroke and traumatic brain injury. This method of drug delivery may be used for application of multiple drugs, such as combinations of growth factors and anti-oxidant substances against neurodegeneration. Additionally, surface modified collagen nanospheres can be systemically administered and used to target the brain without an invasive severe stereotaxic surgery. It is certain that despite the excellent natural properties of collagen, side effects of these systems such as possible gliosis must be considered and evaluated carefully in preclinical trials before entering clinical trials. Nevertheless, collagen as a natural biomaterial presents remarkable opportunities in terms of both repair and regeneration of the CNS, which are worth to be investigated.

Administering Collagen is one idea, but taking more vitamin C is a known method of increasing collagen production for the entire body.

[ofonorow]

Plasma vitamin C, cholesterol and homocysteine are associated with grey matter volume determined by MRI in non-demented old people

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12697276/

We found that lower grey matter volume was associated with lower plasma vitamin C and higher homocysteine, cholesterol and LDL. Lower blood cell folate was also associated with lower grey matter volume but HbA1(c) was not. These data are consistent with the putative benefits of dietary vitamin C and folate intake and the role of cholesterol in age related neurodegeneration.

[Blargus]

Thanks good info. Maybe the C collagen brain angle is part of why abrahm hoffer said niacin and lots of c for brain injury.