8 • Forbidden Cures and Underground Medicine
- Improves brain function of stroke patients (when taken
within 24 hours of the stroke)^2 - Citicoline improves mental function in some dementia patients
- Citicoline helps both prevent and treat age-associated
memory impairment - Can improve memory, especially in people who suffer
from memory impairment - It may even help coma patients recover more quickly
Actually, it’s really American mainstream doctors who aren’t working with
citicoline. Japanese and European doctors have been using it successfully for years.
Scientists finally see (literally!) how
citicoline boosts your brain power
In November 2008, researchers published the first study that clearly
showed just how citicoline impacts the brain. Using special imaging tech-
nology, these scientists were able to see exactly how citicoline changes brain
activity, specifically in the frontal lobe.^3
Citicoline actually increases brain function in the frontal lobe, which han-
dles things like attention span, learning, memory, and creativity. In fact, your
front lobe is considered the management center of your brain, and when that
center gets damaged—as can happen with Alzheimer’s disease—all of those
functions will suffer.
Some of these scientists most important discoveries explain citicoline’s
success in boosting brain power. For one thing, it substantially increases a
critical brain chemical called phosphocreatine, which provides extra energy
and helps reduce fatigue.
The researchers also learned how essential citicoline is for brain cell pro-
tection—it increases specific lipids (phospholipids) that help maintain cell
integrity and turnover, and your brain simply can’t work without this.
Citicoline keeps your eyes in tip-top shape, too
What’s brain power without eyesight? Luckily, with citicoline, you may never
need to worry about that. One 12-month study found that the nutrient improved
retinal and visual function in glaucoma patients. And an 8-year study showed that
citicoline substantially improved vision.