Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Study: Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation via cannabinoids

Since your doctor will never prescribe marijuana no matter how much it helps you, you could go down this secondary route.
Image result for why doctors won't prescribe marijuana So ask your doctor specifically how much omega-3 you need to consume to get these anti-inflammation properties.
https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/medical-news-article/2017/07/20/omega-3-fatty-acids-inflammation-cannabinoids/7240860/?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Health News
Chemical compounds called cannabinoids are found in marijuana and also are produced naturally in the body from omega–3 fatty acids. A well–known cannabinoid in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, is responsible for some of its euphoric effects, but it also has anti–inflammatory benefits. A new study in animal tissue reveals the cascade of chemical reactions that convert omega–3 fatty acids into cannabinoids that have anti–inflammatory benefits – but without the psychotropic high.

The findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.

Foods such as meat, eggs, fish and nuts contain omega–3 and omega–6 fatty acids, which the body converts into endocannabinoids – cannabinoids that the body produces naturally, said Aditi Das, a University of Illinois professor of comparative biosciences and biochemistry, who led the study. Cannabinoids in marijuana and endocannabinoids produced in the body can support the body’s immune system and therefore are attractive targets for the development of anti–inflammatory therapeutics, she said. In 1964, the Israeli chemist Raphael Mechoulam was the first to discover and isolate THC from marijuana. To test whether he had found the compound that produces euphoria, he dosed cake slices with 10 milligrams of pure THC and gave them to willing friends at a party. Their reactions, from nonstop laughter, to lethargy, to talkativeness, confirmed that THC was a psychotropic cannabinoid.

It wasn’t until 1992 that researchers discovered endocannabinoids produced naturally in the body. Since then, several other endocannabinoids have been identified, but not all have known functions.

Cannabinoids bind to two types of cannabinoid receptors in the body – one that is found predominantly in the nervous system and one in the immune system, Das said. “Some cannabinoids, such as THC in marijuana or endocannabinoids can bind to these receptors and elicit anti–inflammatory and anti–pain action,” she said.

“Our team discovered an enzymatic pathway that converts omega–3–derived endocannabinoids into more potent anti–inflammatory molecules that predominantly bind to the receptors found in the immune system,” Das said. “This finding demonstrates how omega–3 fatty acids can produce some of the same medicinal qualities as marijuana, but without a psychotropic effect.”

The study was an interdisciplinary effort led by recent comparative biosciences alumnus Daniel McDougle and supported by current biochemistry graduate student Josephine Watson. The team included U. of I. animal sciences professor Rodney Johnson; U. of I. bioengineering professor Kristopher Kilian; Michael Holinstat, of the University of Michigan; and Lucas Li, the director of the Metabolomics Center at the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center at Illinois.

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