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Thanks for posting.

Here’s some additional, interesting info on zinc as a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease:

“A relatively ‘old’ study allows finding indication of the
potential benefit of a zinc therapy in AD [Alzheimer’s Disease], even though its design raised many concerns... Constantinidis (1992)... started an original study using zinc compounds for the treatment of AD. Ten patients were treated, all of them receiving 50 mg of oral Zinc bis-(DLhydrogenaspartate) TID (three times daily). Improvement of memory, understanding, communication, and social contact were evident in eight patients. In one patient, aged 79, relatively less demented and who received both oral and intravenous ZINC ASPARTATE, the improvement of memory was qualified as ‘unbelievable both by the medical staff and the family.’ The discontinuation of the treatment decreased and even reversed the improvement, in all patients. However, the small size of the patients’ sample, the design of the study neither blind nor placebo-controlled, makes these results at least concerning. Even though those conclusions have to be taken very cautiously, it seems surprising that nobody tried to replicate them in larger samples and using proper study design.”
http://www.benthamscience.com/rpcn/samples/rpcn4-3/0005.pdf

Alzheimer’s memory loss linked to zinc
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/03/29/Alzheimers-memory-loss-linked-to-zinc/UPI-32741333058775/

Copper excess, zinc deficiency, and cognition loss in Alzheimer’s disease
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/biof.1005/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false

Issues Raised Involving the Copper Hypotheses in the Causation of Alzheimer’s Disease
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijad/2011/537528/

Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease by Zinc Compounds
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ddr.430270102/abstract

Does Zinc Help the Brain With Memory? http://www.livestrong.com/article/390781-does-zinc-help-the-brain-with-memory/