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HOW TO ENLARGE
YOUR BRAIN AND
IMPROVE BRAIN
PERFORMANCE

Other By Dr. James Howenstine, MD. "Research has

Howenstine May 5, 2004 suggested that
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the secretion of
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decreased in size with aging and that when brain
disease and
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prevents damage
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from pre-existing
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beta amyloid."
Why You Should Preserving And Renewing Brain Cells With
Avoid Taking Lithium
Vaccines
Medical students are taught that there is a slow
steady loss of brain cells with aging culminating in
gradual shrinkage of the brain. Lithium has long
More been known to be an effective therapy for Bipolar
Howenstine Disorder (manic depression) when taken in high
Articles doses. However, recent research has shown that low
doses of lithium preserve and renew[1] brain cells.
Eight of ten persons given lithium showed an
increase in brain grey matter of 3 % after only 4
weeks. By promoting brain cell regeneration and
increasing brain size lithium can function as an anti-
aging nutrient for the brain.

Lithium also accomplishes the following benefits for

brain cells:

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Lithium enhances DNA replication which is the

first step to formation of new cells.
The damaging effects of excitotoxins.
(monosodium glutamate (MSG), aspartame
(Nutrasweet) etc. can be blocked by lithium.[2]
Animal research shows that lithium can
decrease the areas of cell death after induced
strokes by 56 %.
Lithium protects rat brain cells from the.
increased levels of brain cell death caused by
anti-convulsant drugs (Dilantin phenytoin ,
Tegretol, carbamazepine etc.)
Lithium may protect against adverse effects
from mood altering drugs, alcohol, tobacco,
caffeine, 'uppers"and "downers", and
marihuana all of which cause brain damage
with long term use.
Abnormally functioning signaling pathways
may become repaired by lithium.
The aluminum felt to be a possible cause of
Alzheimer's Disease (AD). is chelated[3] by
lithium so it can be more easily removed from
the body.

Research has suggested that lithium blocks the

secretion of beta-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease and
prevents damage from pre-existing beta amyloid.
Overactivity of the brain cell protein tau contributes
to death of neurones in Alzheimer's Disease. Lithium
inhibits this tau protein damage and the formation of
the neurofibrillary tangles seen in AD.

Ten years of research by 27 counties in Texas

disclosed that the incidence of homicide, rape,
robbery, burglary, arrests for drug possession, and
suicide[4] were higher in counties whose drinking
water contained little or no lithium. Counties whose
drinking water naturally contained higher amounts
of lithium had significantly lower rates of all these
crimes. These counties with higher levels of lithium
in their tap water experienced fewer hospitalizations
for homicides, mental illness[5], psychosis, neurosis,
schizophrenia, and personality disorder. Low dosage
lithium benefits alcoholism and mood disorders seen
in heavy users of alcohol and their relatives. This
therapy is often obvious to family members[6] when
depression, premenstrual tension, temper flareups
and irritability cease affecting the individual. Lithium
has been helpful in reducing aggressive[7] behavior
in children. High dosages of lithium helped two adult
women with severe anorexia nervosa[8] regain 26

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and 20 pounds in six weeks. Both women

experienced improvement in behavioral problems.

Low dosages of lithium have been found to be safe.

[9] Dr. Jonathan Wright suggests 20 to 30 mg. of
lithium aspartate or lithium orotate daily as an
appropriate dose to stop brain aging. This is 1/3 to
1/6 the dosage of lithium carbonate used to treat
manic depressive disorder. Dr. Hans Nieper of
Germany has learned that lithium orotate or lithium
aspartate penetrate cells more effectively than
lithium carbonate so smaller doses can be used. One
tablespoon of flaxseed oil daily along with 400 I.U. of
vitamin E ensures that no lithium toxicity can
develop. These lithium products can be obtained
from Tehama Clinic 425-264-0059.

Should Lithium Be Added To The Water

Supply In The U.S.?

The answer is yes, particularly for parts of the

country where lithium water levels are low. Placing
lithium in the water supply would almost certainly
lower crime rates and would also improve the
productivity of many emotionally troubled persons.

Is this likely to occur? Probably not because there is

no large corporation that would profit from the
placing of lithium in water. To understand the
political environment surrounding an issue like this
it is important to have an awareness of how fluoride
was placed in U.S. water supplies.

Why did fluoride get placed in U.S. community water

supplies? A politically important industry (aluminum
manufacture) had an enormous problem disposing of
the very toxic sodium fluoride created as a byproduct
of the production of aluminum. Other than use as a
rat poison, sodium fluoride had no economic value.

Was there any evidence that fluoride decreases the

incidence of cavities? No, not then or since then.

Were any studies conducted to verify if the placing of

fluoride in the water was safe for the American
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public? No.

Did anyone know how much fluoride should be

added to water? No. The dose selected one part per
million[10] was selected arbitrarily. When the
legislation to place fluoride into U.S. water supplies
was passed every congressman had bottled water
placed in their offices. A prominent senator always
carried a flask of spring water in his coat pocket
when he dined in a fashionable Washington
restaurant. He stated to his dinner companions " Not
one drop of fluoridated water will ever pass my lips."
Such are the guardians of our nation. Since placing
lithium in our water could improve general health
and decrease the need for pharmaceutical drugs
there is little possibility this will occur.

Preserving Brain Function

An interesting study was done in elderly nuns living

in a convent to try to ascertain what factors seem to
contribute to declining brain function in the elderly
(dementia). What was discovered was that those who
were involved in activities that challenged the brain
(learning new skills, working crossword puzzles,
playing chess, etc.) were less likely to become
demented than those who had no interests and were
simply vegetating. This fits with "use it or lose it
concept regarding brain function in the elderly"
which appears to be valid.

Footnotes:

1, Moore G.L. et al Lithium-induced increase in

human grey matter. Lancet 2000; 356: 1, 241-1, 242
2, Nanaka S., Chronic lithium treatment robustly
protects neurones in the central nervous system
against neuro excitotoxicity by inhibiting N-methyl-
D-aspartate receptor-mediated calcium influx.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
U.S.A. 1998; 95: 2,642-2,647
3, Radesater A., et al, Inhibition of GSK 3 beta by
lithium attenuates tau phosphoralation and
degeneration. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
2001: 1, 437
4, Schrauzer,GN et al Lithium in drinking water and
the incidence of crimes, suicides, and arrests related
to drug addiction. Biological Trace Element Research
1990;105-113
5, Dawson E. B. The relationship of tap water and
physiological levels of lithium levels of lithium to
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mental hospital admission and homicide in Texas. In

Schrauzeer GN, Klippel KF (editors) Lithium in
Biology and Medicine VCH Publishers, New York,
1991, pp. 170-187
6, Wright Jonathan Lithium Part 2 Other Effects
Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients April 2004
pg.59-60
7, Wright J. Lithium, Part 2: Other Effects Townsend
Letter for Doctors & Patients April 2004 pp. 59
8, Bsreai A. Lithium id adult anorexia nervosa. Acta
Psychiat Scand 1977; 55:97-101
9, Wright, J., Nutrition & Healing Vol. 10, Issue 7
Augiust 2003 pg.1-4
10, Mullins Eustace Murder By Injection The story of
the Medical Conspiracy Against America pp 158 The
National Council for Medical Research, P.O. Box
1105, Staunton, Virginia 24401

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specialist in internal medicine who spent 34 years
caring for office and hospital patients. After 4 years
of personal study he became convinced that natural
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