Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
The structure of the central nervous system
The cerebrum
The thalamic nucleus
The cerebellum
The limbic system
The hormone-producing glands of the brain
The anterior lobe of the hypophysis (adenohypophysis)
The posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
The epiphysis and melatonin
The nerve cell (neuron)
The potential for action
The synapses
Messenger substances of the nervous system (neurotransmitters)
The importance of the glial cells in the brain
The spaces of the brain and the fluid in the brain and spinal cord
The blood-brain barrier
Transport through the blood-brain barrier
The behaviour of the blood-brain barrier in substance transport into
and out of the brain
The effect of alcohol consumption on the blood-brain barrier
The effect of smoking on the blood-brain barrier
The effect of electromagnetic radiation on the human brain
and the blood-brain barrier
The myelin marrow sheaths – a sensitive substance
Demyelinating diseases
Remyelination
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
Diseases from storage of degenerative proteins
The TAU proteins
Amyloidosis
The effect of nutrition on the central nervous system
Two kinds of food energy
The basic regulation system of the soft connective tissue
in the central nervous system
Oxidative stress at the centre of the causes of neurodegenerative
diseases
The influence of environmental stress from pollutants as the cause
of neurodegenerative diseases
The neurotoxic effect of mercury
Organic tin compounds and neurodegeneration
Chlorine and neurodegenerative diseases
The neurotoxic effect of volatile organic hydrocarbons
Insecticides and neurodegenerative diseases
Wood protection agents and neuro degenerative diseases
Neurotoxic medicines and neuro degeneration
Legal and prohibited drugs and neurodegenerative diseases
Cannabis
Amphetamines
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
Heroin, morphine, other opiates
Nicotine
Alcohol
Caffeine
Regarding the phenomenon of primary and secondary effects
and the danger of polypragmasia from medication
The combined effect of harmful neurotoxic substances
Vitamins, trace elements and neurodegenerative disease
The various types of neurodegenerative diseases
Systematic overview of neuro degenerative diseases
Multiple sclerosis
Causes of multiple sclerosis
Genetics
The infection hypothesis
Vitamin D and MS
Mercury exposure and multiple sclerosis
Scientific basics for nutritional therapy in multiple sclerosis
Progresses of multiple sclerosis
The symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Medical treatment of multiple sclerosis
Order therapy for multiple sclerosis
Supporting measures for nursing of the patient, water applications
Hydrotherapy for MS patients
Emptying the intestine
On the general lifestyle with multiple sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
The causes of Parkinson’s disease
Nutrition and Parkinson’s disease
The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
The mental effects of Parkinson’s syndrome
Ensuring diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
Atypical Parkinson’s syndrome
The treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Comprehensive treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Dietary treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Lab control recommendations for the attending physician during the diet
Practical application of the raw food therapy
Menus
Menus for various raw food regimes
Daily menu
The Recipes
Juices
Bircher muesli
Fruit and fresh grain dishes
Chilled soups
Milk types
Raw vegetables and salads
Salad dressings
Suggestions for dressings to go with the salads and raw vegetables
Cooked food
Recipes for cooked food
Vegetables
Salads of cooked vegetables
Potato dishes
Cereal dishes
Sauces
Sandwiches
Recipes Index
Notes
Index