Neurodegeneration

Intermittent fasting and prolonged periodic fasting help clear amyloid plaques through autophagy. Zinc is critical for preventing amyloid plaque formation. Autophagy improves brain maintenance by enhancing neural debris clearance in the central nervous system. Fasting slows age-related brain decline and delays or reverses damage associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Autophagy is presented as a mechanism for clearing pathological neural deposits rather than only slowing symptoms. Fasting reduces inflammatory signaling in the brain, creating a less hostile environment for neural tissue. Cognitive improvement is frequently reported when individuals with neurodegenerative conditions enter ketosis or supplement with ketones. Focusing on amyloid plaques as the cause of Alzheimer's is a fundamental misframing — like extinguishing the match that started a fire while the forest burns. Prevention is presented as more effective than intervention after major neurodegeneration has started. The amyloid-Alzheimer's hypothesis is compared to the cholesterol-heart disease and serotonin-depression hypotheses as cases where enormous research investment flowed for decades toward the wr…