VP Nutrition to Keep You Feeling Fit For Life

On an annual basis, 1232 people are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, that’s approximately 51 people per hour or 1 person every 70 seconds. A contributor to the cause of this debilitating condition – which there is no known cure for – is when a specific fibrous protein aggregate, amyloid, abnormally masses together in the organs. For over 1,000 years the people of Asia have been consuming Natto – a fermented food made from boiled soybeans. Natto contains an enzyme appropriately named Nattokinase. This enzyme, through recent studies, has been found to have degraded many kinds of amyloid fibrils, meaning there’s a great possibility this it could have a positive effect on the nations 7th leading cause of death. [...]