Hearing Loss Summary
Several nutrients are involved in auditory health. Nutrients like magnesium and N-acetylcysteine (a precursor to an antioxidant that prevents cell damage) have been used as treatments for hearing loss. Other nutrients like ALA and other omega-3s, Taurine, folate, and B12 are important for auditory function as well. An herb that is effective in treating and preventing hearing loss is Vinpocetine; its effect is in part due to its ability to increase brain blood flow.
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(Attias et al., 1994), (Attias et al., 2004), (Gordin et al., 2002), (Haupt and Scheibe, 2002), (Joachims et al., 1993), (Nageris, Ulanovski, and Attias, 2004), (Scheibe et al., 2002), (Scheibe, Haupt, and Ising, 2000), (Sendowski, Raffin, and Braillon-Cros, 2006)
N-acetylcysteine/ NAC:
(Coleman et al., 2007), (Coleman et al., 2010), (Fetoni et al., 2009), (Kashani, Saberi, and Hannani, 2013), (Kopke et al., 2015), (Lindblad et al., 2011), (Lorito et al., 2008), (Wu et al., 2010)
Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) and Other Omega-3s:
(Ahn et al., 2008), (Conlona et al., 1999), (Curhan et al., 2014), (Diao et al., 2003), (Gopinath et al., 2010), (Martinez-Vega et al., 2015), (Pouyatos et al., 2008), (Quaranta et al., 2012)
Taurine:
(Brozoski et al., 2010), (Liu, Chi, and Gao, 2008), (Vallecalle-Sandoval), (Wang et al., 2015)
Folate/ Folic Acid:
(Durga et al., 2007), (Gopinath et al., 2010), (Houston et al., 1999), (Martínez-Vega et al., 2015)
B12:
(Houston et al., 1999), (Shemesh et al., 1993)
Vinpocetine:
(Bönöczk, Panczel, and Nagy, 2002), (Kiss and Kárpáti, 1996), (Nekrassov and Sitges, 2004), (Nekrassov and Sitges, 2005), (Nekrassov and Sitges, 2008), (Patyar et al., 2011), (Sitges and Nekrassov, 2004), (Zhao et al., 2006), (Zhiping et al., 2011)
Foods That Help Hearing Loss prevention and treatment
Vinpocetine
200 caps 30mg each
The herbal hearing aid and cognitive protector
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Supplements
250 caps 600mg each
N-acetylcysteine, magnesium, taurine, fish oil, b12
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Other good sources of magnesium are pumpkin seeds, which are also a good source of ALA, and almonds.
Consuming a high glycemic diet or a diet heavy in foods that raise blood sugar like simple carbohydrates is a known risk factor for hearing loss.
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