help after stroke. cell repair

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Anybody can give me advice on supplements helping recovering from stroke?. Brain damage, cell repair, etc.... Would Avena Sativa help? what about fish oil?

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Here’s an article I have in my filed

about a 92 year old man who recovered from a stroke.

 

Carol M

 

 

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timotea [misssicher]

 

Anybody can give me advice on supplements helping

recovering from stroke?.

 

92-Year-Old Man Uses Diet and Exercise To

Restore Health After Stroke

This article was written by Alison Heath and appeared in the

July/August 2001 issue of Vitality, Toronto's Monthly Wellness Journal.

 

Oskar always arrives early. His insistent ring on the

doorbell sends me running down the stairs to welcome him. After

flashing me a sheepish grin and mumbling some

apologetic excuse about the TTC (Toronto’s transit system) being very

fast today, he hands me a bag of breakfast muffins with a flourish, marches past, and

heads up the stairs with a sense of purpose. Oskar Gramann, whom I affectionately refer to as the renowned

artist, is in his ninety-second year! His amazing vitality comes from

beating all the odds.

 

His zest for life is irrepressible. There's

no effort to contain his excitement as he enters the gallery and disdainfully sniffs the air.

 

" Where's my coffee? " He sits at the table with a mock serious frown

as I hand him the steaming cup of cranberry tea I've prepared. Oskar still likes to pretend he can drink all the

coffee he desires. He drains the cup of tea and casts his eyes about the room

surveying his art collection. Oskar's visit to the gallery

this morning is to inspect his stock of paintings and make the final arrangements for

his participation in the upcoming art exhibit and sale at the

McMichael's Art Gallery. His restlessness increases. Finally he

can't wait any longer for me to

finish my tea and he's already pacing towards the front room of the gallery. I

listen to the enthusiastic tap of his cane each time he

spies a favorite painting. He greets them like long lost friends. Over his

shoulder he calls back, " Tell me more of

the plan for a fundraiser for The Heart and Stroke Foundation. "

 

What makes Oskar's

success story all the more unusual is that 24 years ago it looked like his life was

almost over. He can still vividly recount the grip

of cold and hollow fear when he awoke unable to speak, with his body paralyzed and hanging limply on one side. Yet it wasn't the end for him. How miraculous is the human body's

ability to regenerate and find new pathways to rewire the brain. With

fascination I'm drawn to examine how Oskar managed to

bounce back and receive so much pleasure from these unexpected bonus years.

 

He admits the debilitating stroke he suffered in 1978 was a wake up call. Oskar has often described the realization

that dawned as he struggled through the ensuing months of physiotherapy. He had

spent his whole life compromising and living up to expectations. Somewhere along the

way, he had forgotten the most basic inputs that make up a human body.

 

Marianne, Oskar's bright and beautiful wife, lent

graceful elegance and brought an enduring love to his life. His long and

respected career as an architect would have satisfied most men. But

something was always missing. He remembers

the feeling of coasting through the motions of living, unable to capture a

lasting feeling of fulfillment and

joy.

 

The five inputs that make up the human body now

became important: air, water, food, exercise, and love. With his life in tatters and having to relearn even the most

basic movements, Oskar was free to finally

explore his longing to create.

 

Watercolours, acrylics, pastels, and inks became his

tools. His spirit responded with a fiery passion and he began to heal from

the inside out. Oskar had stumbled on the deep

recuperative powers of simply doing what he loved.

 

NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE HEALS

 

Air quality was also easy to improve. Marianne filled the house with potted plants

and kept their home fresh and clean with filtered air. He cut carbonated beverages

from his diet, and his favorite drink became

purified water. He divides his weight in half and

drinks that number of ounces of water daily—but once assured me he is

not against an occasional glass of wine.

 

Marianne and Oskar shop for their weekly grocery

supplies. Every day she includes a large portion of raw fruits and sprouted

vegetables and greens in their meals. There is an understanding of the important role food

enzymes play in the digestion process. They both

include organic whole food supplements in their diets. Oskar has aided his ability to

assimilate the nutrients present in the foods he eats by adding top quality probiotics like acidophilus and bifidus.

 

 

He describes these probiotics

as friendly bacteria that colonize in his intestinal tract. Their benefits include improved elimination and the production of

natural antibiotics that help Oskar ward off

infection. He spoke of edible microalgae as an important supplement. In

his opinion, the wild grown Aphanizomenon flos-aquae is

the most potent member of the blue-green algae

family. His face always lights up when he speaks of the incredibly

deep blue-green color of the algae as it swims about the lake in search of

favorable feeding conditions. He says anything containing that much chlorophyll

must be an excellent supplier of oxygen to his blood and brain.

 

Oskar explained how he gets his vitamins and minerals from

organic whole foods—after all, he

has witnessed the birth of market gardening, pesticides, and chemical

fertilizers, and understands the current level of soil depletion. He has seen

the advent of frozen, processed, and prepared petroleum substances called

foods. He's read about the genetic engineering feats like developing tomatoes

containing fish genes. Nostalgically Oskar reminisces about the vibrant taste and smell of

the fresh garden produce in the 1920's that he enjoyed as a teenager.

" Food just doesn't taste the same

anymore, " he laments.

 

Once I asked what supplement was Oskar's favorite. He eats 60 mg

of coenzyme Q10 daily, and his energy and circulation increase when he eats

Q10 combined with flax seed oil and other essential oils. " Look for a Q10 containing a starter nutrient

like blue-green algae. The nutrient will be in great shape when it

hits the digestive system. The flax seed oil plays an essential role in our body's ability to absorb the

Q10, " he advised.

 

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE

 

After Oskar's stroke, his lifelong friends rallied

around with help and advice. He describes the pleasure he had as one close

Peruvian friend showed him the gentle but strengthening exercises of Tai Chi,

which Oskar practices on his balcony

every day. He travels for luncheon appointments or

concerts at the Glen Gould Studio via TTC. As a member of

the humanist society, Oskar enjoys intellectual

stimulus and debates. He never managed to conform to life's rules and was a

confirmed pacifist when fighting was the norm. He always

refused to join any political parties

and embraces his vast and multi-cultural network

of friends.

 

" I'm a forward thinker and a modern man. My life is rich with friendships

and the blissful joy of appreciating each breath in this most precious

experience called life. " Oskar laughs. " At

92 I don't need much money and can share my art with the people. "

 

" Enough

daydreaming! " With an

imperious tap of his cane, Oskar brings me back to the present task at hand. " Let's

review those fundraising plans. " Oskar doesn't

like to waste time lecturing me on his lifestyle changes. He's too busy living

life to the fullest.

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