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by Parris M. Kidd, Ph.D.
The brain is our most sophisticated
organ but often the most vulnerable.
It is easily damaged by dietary
deficiencies, emotional challenges, toxic
exposures and numerous other stresses of
modern life. One of the kindest things we
can do for our brain is to feed it PS
(PhosphatidylSerine).
PhosphatidylSerine (pronounced fos-fatie-
dil-ser-een) is a neuroceutical, a nutrient
natural to the brain’s biochemistry. PS is also
an orthomolecule, a molecule integral to life
since the beginning. Its synthesis in the body
is complicated and it is limited in the food
supply. No wonder, then, that PS has such
salutary benefits as a dietary supplement.
PS is extensively documented for its neuroceutical benefits, through more than 20
double-blind trials, many other human
studies and thousands of scientific papers. PS
offers a variety of benefits for people of all
ages and in the over-50 population can sometimes
even reverse memory decline—an
effect unmatched by other brain nutrients.
For middle-aged people (ages 50-65), PS
can produce meaningful improvement in
memory, learning, concentration and word
recall. Three controlled trials were conducted
in the United States by renowned memory
expert Dr. Thomas Crook and his colleagues.
Among their findings was that PS could
restore up to 14 years’ worth of memory
function in subjects with abnormally accelerated
memory decline. Dr. Crook recommended
PS as the best option for those
seeking to rebuild their circuits before their
memory loss might become unmanageable.
PS can mildly improve personality, sociability
and the activities of daily living in some
persons with severe cognitive breakdown.
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., at his Alzheimer’s
Prevention Foundation in Arizona, has used
PS in combination with other potent brain
nutrients in his holistic brain regeneration
program. He prescribes dietary improvements,
stress reduction, dietary supplements,
mind-body exercises, and where necessary, even
pharmacologic (prescription drug) therapy.
For those people over 65 still clinically
healthy but with age-associated brain decline,
PS offers partial revitalization of a variety of
mental functions. In addition to its cognitive
benefits, PS offers these individuals improved
mood control and adaptability to stress.
A good dosing strategy with PS is to preload
the body’s cell membrane systems with
the clinically verified dose of 300 mg per day
for a minimum of one month or for longer
depending on need. Most people experience
benefit within three weeks to three months.
Then depending on need, a maintenance
dose can be implemented, minimally 100 mg
up to 300 mg per day.
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