Camp Lejeune Gave Him Parkinson's — Then His Bloodwork Changed

Diagnosed with Parkinson's or Alzheimer's and told there's nothing left to try? Mark Burnett heard the same words — advanced, incurable, manage it and move on. This episode is for anyone facing a neurological diagnosis, their own or a loved one's, who won't take "there's no cure" as the final answer. His father served in the USMC. Born on the contaminated-water base at Camp Lejeune, Mark watched his body slide toward stage-four Parkinson's while the Alzheimer's gene quietly rewrote his memory until the day he forgot how to drive home on a road he'd known for 20 years.

A database developer with a warrior mindset, he refused to curl up and hand his life to the medical system. He went hunting for a mechanism the pharmaceutical companies couldn't patent, one tied to how the brain physically clears what gets "stuck" inside it. A year later, what his neurologist measured in his blood left even the doctor saying, "I've never seen anybody do this."

We're not spoiling the numbers here, but they're specific, they're documented in repeat testing which Mark publishes on his website, and they're the reason this conversation matters for anyone touched by Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, brain injury, or dementia.

Your host, Antoinette Berrafato, is the New Normal Big Life podcast host who used nature therapy — archery and kayaking — to recover from physical limitations after a traumatic brain injury, finding passion, purpose, and people as a recipe for mental health.

Chapters

• 0:00 Falls, Concussions, And Lost Balance
• 1:06 A Shock Parkinson's Diagnosis During COVID
• 5:05 Turning A “Blank Screen” Into Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and brain injury Research
• 9:44 The Ziziphus Seed And Why Source Matters
• 20:13 Clinical Parkinson’s Changes Without A Blood Test
• 25:32 Hope, Prevention, And The Glymphatic System
• 31:56 Free Book, Progress Tracking journal, And Final Thoughts

🔗 Guest & Resources
Mark Burnett, President, APDI: https://mybrainrestore.com/my-journey/

This episode shares one person's personal health experience and is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not a claim to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before changing your treatment.

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Transcript

Falls, Concussions, And Lost Balance

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Well, you know, at first obviously for everyone it's huge. They're probably having issues because they're dropping things, falling, tripping. I had hurt myself numerous times falling down because you can't maintain balance. I was carrying in a small printer one time and lost control of my balance and smashed my whole shoulder against a brick wall. I had knocked myself out completely falling backwards and hitting the shower. I wasn't in the shower, but I just I crashed into it. This is one of the problems with Parkinson's. You lose balance, you lose controls, you lose muscle capabilities. I had endured it in my young life. I had a lot of neurological issues, no doctor could explain. But these were from the chemicals that were in Camp LeJune.

SPEAKER_02 0:43

Welcome to the New Normal Big Life Podcast. We bring you natural and integrative health information and stories about nature that we hope will inspire you to get outside an adventure, along with the step-by-step plan to help you practice what you've learned to create your own new normal and live the biggest life you can dream. I'm your host, Antoinette Berafado, the wellness warrior. Let's get into today's topic. Welcome

A Shock Diagnosis During COVID

SPEAKER_02 1:06

to New Normal Big Life, Mark Burnett. Why don't you tell us who you are, what you do, and the one big idea you want us to remember from the expertise you plan to share today?

SPEAKER_01 1:15

I'm I'm a person who had gotten uh Parkinson's from being in Camp Lajune. Camp LeJune was a contaminated military base. I was born on that base. So much later in life, during COVID, I started noticing tripping into things, falling, things like that. Eventually got to the neurologists, and they said, Yeah, you have Parkinson's pretty advanced, you're up to stage three, getting close to stage four. From that point, I also knew I had Alzheimer's gene, and I was already starting to slip memory-wise. So it was a combination of having two neurological diseases at the same time. And that could be very depressing for a lot of people, probably almost everyone. Me for about five minutes. Then I'm like, okay, how do I solve that? And that's where I went.

SPEAKER_02 1:57

Wow, I love your warrior mentality. Not like I'm gonna curl up into a ball and give my life over to the medical community and have them make all my decisions for me. You said, How am I gonna solve this? I love that so much. Right.

SPEAKER_00 2:13

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 2:14

That's exactly what I did.

SPEAKER_02 2:15

So, what was the biggest challenge that you faced both physically, emotionally, and mentally, when you're starting to have cognitive decline? You know that you carry a gene that can be turned on or off, and yours was obviously turned on because you could feel it and experience it, and then you get this big diagnosis. What was that like?

SPEAKER_01 2:36

Well, you know, at first, obviously for everyone, it's huge and it's the last thing people want to hear. They know they're probably having issues because they're dropping things, falling, tripping. This is one of the problems with Parkinson's. You lose balance, you lose controls, you lose muscle capabilities. And I hadn't expected it, but I had endured it in my young life. I had a lot of neurological issues, no doctor could explain. But these were from the chemicals that were in Camp Lejeune. And unfortunately, now we're finding Harvard was just getting ready to publish a report about people that live around farms getting Parkinson's in industrial plants. Coming in contact with all these chemicals is causing problems. And one doctor said it's a Parkinson's pandemic. It's all over the world. And so for me, it was really about I got hit with that devastating minute moment, but I'm a used to be a Dell database developer and still to some degree am. And having a blank screen in front of your face and building something out of it was something I had a passion for. You know, it was like, okay, here I am. I'm at a blank screen. The doctor wants to give me some medicine from the 60s. And when I ask them, will it fix me? And they're like, no, it won't. You we're just pushing you down the road a little bit. I said, that's not good enough. So that's when I really got involved in being the warrior, getting out there, starting with that blank screen, doing as much research as I could to discover how to reverse my Parkinson's and Alzheimer's to the point where it is now. No one really notices me. People can see me right now.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

Wow, and your cognitive ability is spot on. I mean, just absolutely phenomenal, considering where you came from. And I I imagine that your doctors were telling you that they wanted to put you on a dopamine agonist, which has its own side effects that are tremendous. And we have a whole episode about it that I'll drop in the show description.

SPEAKER_01 4:30

That's what they gave me to take and to, you know, some other drugs, which I eventually just said, these are worse than what I was. I'm not improving.

SPEAKER_02 4:42

So, like the true innovator, and I always say that the best innovators are the ones who solve problems that they wish they had answers to when they first had experienced a challenge like the one you're facing. And you did solve that problem for not just yourself, for everyone. Can you walk us through the development of brain restore

Turning A “Blank Screen” Into Research

SPEAKER_02 5:05

and what inspired you to want to go a natural route?

SPEAKER_01 5:10

What I called the product was my brain restore, was the full name that I eventually came up with because that's what it did for me. But my challenge first was again, keep in mind I'm dealing with Alzheimer's and Parkinson. So while they are both from the brain, I understood they had a commonality to them. And it was important for me to first of all do research. And the first research I came upon was in January 2024, where the Japanese had actually cured mice of Parkinson's Alzheimer's and dementia. And I was like, well, wait a minute, how do you do all three? You know, it was my first moment where you're like, well, how's that possible? Okay. And they were using the same product. And they were trying to take a natural product and turn it into a $10,000 a month drug. And they were unable to turn it into that drug. They just couldn't isolate the elements they needed to to then turn around and patent because they can't patent the natural product. And so think of this as an apple. And I say that the Granny Smith apple, if you eat it, you know you're going to get better. Well, there's 7,500 different versions of apples. Most people don't know. It's an enormous amount. They were only using one species. Okay, and that was extreme, and it was a very old species. So the main point was that, you know, when I read that, I was like, that's that's huge. And I have two of those diseases. So as they shut down their research, essentially not being able to make a drug, I said, Well, why not just take with the mice took? I'm just gonna be the next mouse. Okay, it might not work. But you know what? If it works, happy mouse. Okay. At that point. And so that's what I focused on was getting the product. I didn't tell a lot of people about it. I started doing it. I mean, at this point, I couldn't run, I couldn't go upstairs and up downstairs very well. I was falling, uh, I had tremors. I had all the components that you have. I had all already had some serious issues with the Alzheimer's part where you forget things. I forgot how to go home one day. Wow. You can imagine something as shocking as driving home 20 years down the same road and then not remembering where to turn, you know your grandpa at that point. You're like, uh-oh, I'm in trouble. And I'm a man, so I don't press Google to take me home. You know, I just kept driving until, you know, I finally saw something that looked familiar and made it. But my heart was pounding. I got home and I was scared to death. And I was like, I have to do something about this. I have to do this. So I went in secret. How do I make this product? How do I make it pure? How do I source it? Because it is a natural product. It is not a product that normally, most of the time, they have hybrids and GMO versions of this and things like that. And I'm like, well, I don't want any of those. It's not what they used. And when I was able to get it, I started making it in a unique way. Started taking it. And the first thing I noticed was within two, three months, I started to get sharper. I could remember where things were. I understood things better. So I was like, okay, that's working. And then in June of 2025, after taking it six months, I had corrective shoots. I literally had construction shoes that weighed a pound and a half each that would help me balance myself and also prevent me from breaking my toes, which I was doing. You do that with Parkinson. You break your bones in Parkinson. Most people die from the falls, more than anything else. Michael J. Fox says he's broken most of the bones in his body, unfortunately. It's horrible. So I traded those in for tennis shoes. And I went down to the Michael J. Fox Marathon, and my wife was like, Don't do this, you're gonna fall. I know you, you haven't done well. And I said, No, I feel like I can do it. I made it all the way through that, ran all the way through with tons of people, got a medal at the end, and they all came up to me and said, What in the world are you taking? And that's incredible.

SPEAKER_02 9:03

Well, let's break down a few concepts that I'm not certain our wellness warriors listeners know about. And so one of the first things I want to talk about is going back to the research, just to paraphrase what you said, I believe you said that there was a study that attempted to take the natural ingredients from the Japanese research, turn it into a synthetic version that could then become a pharmaceutical that could be sold for a lot of money, but but that failed because they couldn't isolate the effective properties. Is that correct? That is correct. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 9:42

And what did you put in it?

The Zizifa Seed And Why Source Matters

SPEAKER_01 9:44

Yeah. Well, essentially, it's from a plant I had never heard of called a zisifa. Now, a zizifa, I learned later, was actually a type of fruit. It comes from a bush. And it was well known in China, but well known also in India, a different variety. Uh, it's been raised around the world. It's very durable, but it comes in over a hundred different varieties. And unfortunately, as I'm sure we'll get into, the hybrid versions and GMO versions modify the way things work. And so the Japanese were quite particular, as they typically are, uh, about no, those won't work. It has to be the natural version. And that was actually hard to come by because everyone had these versions that were GMO or hybrid made. Part of it was trying to figure out how to discover that and utilize that. But again, I'm dealing with a plant I never heard of before. Most people I mentioned it to are like, wow, I don't know what that is. And sometimes I'll get people coming up to me and say, I found it. You found it at the store. And I'm like, no, that's that's a hybrid version, or that's, you know, a GMO version. Don't take that. That's not going to help you. You know, that's that's not what it's for.

SPEAKER_02 10:55

So let's break this down for a moment. So the genetically modified version, why is that not optimal to use?

SPEAKER_01 11:03

Sure. Well, the genetically modified versions, and I would say the hybrid versions, which I've had literally sprung on me by people that have used my product and paid me a plane ticket to come see them. That's how serious people are about that. And they're like, look, I found this. And I'm like, yeah, but open it up. When you open up the pit, is there a seed in it? And they go, Oh, you're right, there is no seed. I said, Yeah, because most of those products are designed not to make seeds. They're sterile. So you think about a horse and a donkey breeding, they make a mule. A mule can't make another mule. So this is the same situation here. You're basically deleting the seed, the main factor you need. You're genetically modifying it to be sweeter or maybe ship better or something like that. But you take it out, then there are logical components of what it originally had. And in this case, when they cracked open the seeds in front of me to show them, they're I'm like, where are the seeds? You're right, there's none in here.

SPEAKER_02 11:55

So when they cracked open the fruit, there was no seed.

SPEAKER_00 11:58

No, not at all.

SPEAKER_02 11:59

Incredible. Yeah. So tell us about how you make your product and source it. And also, my listeners know a lot about bioavailability. So your body's ability to use something versus just having it go through the digestive system and then the out the other end. Right. Yeah, yeah. The the sort of fiber diet there.

SPEAKER_01 12:21

Yeah. Well, part of this was my continued research. In other words, the Japanese had done one component of this where they had dissected the mice. So they went in, dissected the mice. They also used it on mice that were control mice, and they got 20% smarter. They got quicker at running mazes, they got quicker at doing tasks they had them do. So they knew it could be a preventive as well as an active. So that was incredible. You know, because I mean anyone could benefit.

SPEAKER_02 12:52

I was just about to ask, it sounds like you could also use my brain restore to prevent cognitive decline, dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, if you know that you carry the gene. Yes. That's brilliant.

SPEAKER_01 13:08

Yes. And in a way, I proved that because I did carry the gene and I did have the blood markers for Alzheimer's, which I had gotten the first test in 2023. So way before I started taking this product, I got the amyloid beta test, which is a blood test to show you the ratios. And if that ratio is not right, if it's not in the right direction, then basically it says you have Alzheimer's. I mean, that's that's the gold standard nowadays.

SPEAKER_02 13:35

And then you compounded, yeah. Then you compounded your risk of developing Alzheimer's because you had a fall, which resulted in probably at least a mild concussion, which adds to your risk of cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, and dementia.

SPEAKER_01 13:53

Right. Yeah, yeah. The doctor first thing is like, how long were you out? It's like, oh, that's a that's a heck of a pump you got there. I said, Well, I don't remember. I was totally out of it. I joke with her, I have Parkinson's Alzheimer's, I fall downstairs, but I can't remember why.

SPEAKER_02 14:10

I love your your perspective and sense of humor about a serious issue because humor can get us through difficult times. And thank you so much for that. Because there are a lot of people out there who are caregivers to people with cognitive decline, dementia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and life is very serious and very real for them. And it's nice to be able to see you and have this great positive attitude. And I'm sure that helped towards your regaining your health as well.

SPEAKER_01 14:45

It absolutely did. And I would say the only mistake I really made when I started taking this, and at that time, of course, I'm dealing with both these neurological diseases at the same time, was I didn't make a log.

Small Monthly Wins And The Power

SPEAKER_01 14:58

And now I tell everybody who uses our product, My Brain Restore, you know, you make a log. Matter of fact, we have a free PDF you can download. Just log everything because the changes are minor every month, but I didn't notice them at first. You don't notice being normal. I don't know how to explain that. I didn't bump into anything today. I didn't trip over the dog. I made upstairs, downstairs without falling. But you just don't notice being normal. And and I didn't for the first two months, probably. And then all of a sudden I I looked back and said, wait a minute, I haven't hurt myself lately. You know, I haven't felt the need to put on these heavy-duty shoes, these correctly forest gump shoes. And I started realizing why I went in a room. I'm a database programmer by trade. I used to be. I'm 67 now, I'm retired, supposed to be. And and I could sit down at the computer and then remember these things. So I knew things were coming back, but then it was like, okay, that's fine clinically, but the blood test for the for Alzheimer's was extremely important for me. And I said, I've already had this blood test done. What happens now? And this is now October of 2025. So I've been taking the product for 10 months, okay, on on my own for the most part, with some of the Michael J. Fox people jumping in that were at the event. And I said, I'm gonna go do that blood work again. Theoretically, it should change. But I Googled at first and it said it's unchangeable. My doctor did not want to reorder the test because they said insurance is gonna pay for it. It's not changeable. You can't change that. Once you get that ratio, you're in the red. Sorry. And I called around the 10 online doctors until I got one. So I got the same test done at Quest Diagnostics, same exact test. I didn't want to change anything. Got it done, and it came back in October, 10% improvement in my favor for Alzheimer's, which was incredible. Huge. And then I went back to that doctor and I said, can we redo this test in March of this year, 2026? Let's give it a little time. Let me keep taking it. And does it continue to move? Can we reproduce that same effect? Or does the effect continue forward? In March third on my brain restore.com, I put it under my journey, is my medical records that show now I'm at 20% better. So taking that same test, I'm only 7% away from literally going into the green and not having Alzheimer's anymore, according to the blood ratios, which is the key. And then doctor put it distinctly. If you come back in here and you get 7% better, you're already 20, 20% better. If you get the 27%, which I think you're gonna get probably by July, then if you came in here as a new patient, I wouldn't say you had Alzheimer's. I'd never even say it.

SPEAKER_02 17:45

Wow. And what has the effect been on Parkinson's diagnosis?

SPEAKER_01 17:50

Well, Parkinson's is harder because we can't do a blood test for Parkinson's. Parkinson's relies on dopamine to come from the brain and be able to meter it by the every 30 seconds it might change itself, is almost like trying to monitor insulin, which we have insulin patches and things like that to do that. But we don't for dopamine, unfortunately. The only thing we can do is look at what's the clinical side for the most part. So for the clinical side, my doctor in January 2026 put me through the tests they did a year ago when I was stage three, four, and she set me down and she said, I just did every test. You know you did good because I just made you do all those things and you did them. And I'm gonna say you're probably below stage one. I'm not even sure even have it anymore. I'm not gonna say it's cured, you know. I can't say that, but everyone would like to be where you're at. And she goes, I've never seen anybody do this. She wrote down my brain restore in in her documents that that's what did it. And I had not taken her cardopa for over a year. So I had I don't recommend people stop taking their cardopa because you can't wean off it quickly. I mean, you have to go slow, you have to work with your doctor. But what we're noticing is as people use the product, they're actually cutting back on their cardopa. And we know this very well. And I guess the only test we're gonna have, we have one person who uses the product with advanced barcodes who has a pump. So they're pressing that pump every three hours, the guy told me. He said, I started taking my brain restore, and it changed after a month or two, pumping it every six hours, and then it changed every eight hours. So he goes, I know it's working. And I got the chance to meet his doctor. He had me meet his doctor, meet a bunch of people he knew, and we all sat down and I said, Doctor, is this a placebo effect or something like that? And he said, No, that's not that's not a placebo effect. The man can move, okay, where he couldn't move before. And I've known the man a long time, and this is the best he's ever been. So we know from that standpoint, looking at it from that way of you know, we we can't directly test it, but here's someone who has a pump installed who probably's gonna wish one day they didn't get it installed. Is that reversible?

SPEAKER_00 20:08

I guess they'd have to surgically take it out. Ouch. Exactly.

Clinical Parkinson’s Changes Without A Blood Test

SPEAKER_02 20:13

So I like to remind wellness warriors that when you're buying nutraceuticals, your supplements, vitamins, minerals, that you want to look for quality. And so my standard are it's made in the United States, it's not genetically modified, and I want it to be plant-based.

SPEAKER_01 20:32

Right. Yeah, it meets every one of the criteria you just laid out. Your criteria were the same as my criteria. It is important to me that it be natural because I felt that it would have less side effects, and actually the side effects we've seen on us are so minor. Men tend to get a little more amorous. That has been regarded. That's not a bad thing more than once. No, as some wives have pointed out, it's not a bad thing. But the reason for that, we believe, is because it the brain is starting to make its own dopamine, which is a driver, you know, for that kind of things. Because when you get low dopamine, you can get highly depressed, you can get into these modes where smooth muscles don't work quite right and all these kind of elements. And so, again, another point where we can say the side effect is actually showing us a change. And I would point out that we made it into a powder form because Parkinson's people that I knew, one who died from Parkinson's is actually a good friend of mine. And this was prior to me understanding the product or even coming out with it, but it gave me additional reason not to do it. He would not take certain things, he wouldn't take pills, he didn't like swallowing. Swallowing was hard for him. He didn't like certain foods, he'd throw it across the room. He was not good for his caregiver. Okay. So we made it in this powder form so it could be mixed in with pudding and yogurt, anything someone likes, even ice cream. And the whole point was to make it easier for caregivers to give that patient as a caregiver, your your husband or your wife, because I don't want that. If you take care of them, you're taking care of yourself. Because I saw that caregiver work so hard to take care of him and gave him drugs that came from the drug company. There were so many side effects. They were like, you know, you always hate the last one that says and death, you know. And I'm like, this thing's got death all over it, you know, and yet pharmaceutical companies push this on people. And to me, it's like the the treatment's worse than the than the you know than anything else, where we took a product that had been used prior in different ways, and we knew it didn't really have that many side effects, but now everybody's using it reporting any side effects that are a problem. And what's the what's the taste expectation? Well, I have some people like to take it just in water. I think it has a slight bitter edge to it. So one I had a bunch of nurses come and we did sort of a focus group meeting, and I asked the nurses, would you give this a patient? And they're like, tastes good to me, tastes kind of earthy, you know, and I'm like, yeah, it's a seed of a plant. So of course it's gonna have that earthy sort of taste to it. To me, it has a little bit of a bitter edge. So in the water, I think it's a little bitter. Also, it has an attraction to the sides of the glass because of the static electricity within glass. So it'll tend to form. So we tell people make sure you're getting the whole amount. You know, the product doesn't do any good in the jar and it doesn't do any good on the side of the glass. So make sure you put some more water in. But with pudding and things that have more of a base to them, like ice cream or yogurt, it's really nicely. Yeah, it just completely blends. And you only take two spoons of your yogurt and you put four scoops of this in, which we give you the scooper. You do that, you take that in the afternoon, you're done. That's all you do every day. Takes you 30 seconds. That's easy to do.

SPEAKER_02 23:58

Before we cover the next topic in this episode, I want to introduce you to the Adventure Sports Lifestyle with a micro story about an adventure

A Water Safety Story And PFDs

SPEAKER_02 24:07

that I've had. The adventure sports lifestyle and my deep connection to nature is essential to my good health. So here's the story. While fishing from shore in early spring and northern Colorado, I saw a kayak fisherman and his dog, and it was just hours before he lost his life. This experienced fisherman, who is also a strong swimmer, according to his family, he stuck in my mind because that day I noticed that given the wind, water, weather, and wave conditions, something every boater and paddle boarder should watch. His dog was wearing a personal flotation device or a PFD, but he was not. The next day, his dog was found shivering but alive on shore along with the man's kayak, but he was never seen again. When you're out on the water, wear your PFD, your personal flotation device. Some people call it a life vest or life jacket. They don't mean the same things, but they're used interchangeably because it might save your life or someone you love. As a sponsored whitewater kayaker and a stand-up paddleboard instructor, I know a lot about personal flotation devices. So catch season one, episode 10, beyond the life jacket to learn how to select the right PFD for your weight and activity. I hope this inspires you to get outside and adventure alone with friends or the people you love know most, but please do it safely. Now back to the topic.

Hope, Prevention, And The Glymphatic System

SPEAKER_02 25:32

So, Mark, what would you say to someone listening who feels like they've run out of options, they've tried everything, and they're still hopeful after a neurological diagnosis that they'll find something, but they haven't found it yet?

SPEAKER_01 25:45

I would say it's very common. I get, you know, one thing we do on our website, mybrainrestore.com, is we put our phone number there. And a lot of times you'll get me or my assistant. That's not like any other supplement company. We do that for a lot of purposes. Number one, we like to get really involved in their stories. We have people calling us. I've used the product for three to six months, and the stories that come back are amazing. I mean, it's always great to hear uh and I'll I'll share one where I I thought was very emotional though, but I had to make a little bit of crack afterwards. The the the lady was a was a doctor, and she's out in California, and she was with her husband, and they walked down a nature trail behind their house. And she says I always had to hold his hand all the time because the rocks and things and eddies, you know, sort of similar to the kayaker here. That was her life best. And if she let go, she was gonna fall and hurt herself because of the uneven flow of that nature trail. And she said, after about four months of taking this, I started to feel much better balanced. I started to feel a lot more strength of taking the My Brain Restore. And for the first time, I let go of his hand. And I walked down that nature trail back home without touching his hand and making it back.

SPEAKER_00 27:02

And the first thing, of course, I said to her said, I'm sorry I broke you two up. And of course, she laughed like you did, and she said, You know what?

SPEAKER_01 27:14

We love each other even more now because we know I'm gonna be around and we know this is working, and the fact that I can accomplish this where I couldn't accomplish it before. And it's not the Michael J. Fox run you went on, but it was my run. It was my way of proving what I could do, and I feel great about it. And that's just one story out of so many that call.

SPEAKER_02 27:38

Mark, do you have any examples of people who have used your product for other reasons that were not necessarily cognitive decline, dementia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, but some other need in a kind of person that I'm thinking of? Just someone who's getting older, they don't really know why, they haven't been diagnosed with anything, but they are starting to have mobility and stability problems. You know, they're not stable on their feet. Have you had anyone who doesn't have any particular diagnosis use your product and experience a benefit?

SPEAKER_01 28:14

Yes. And and the way we've done that is two ways. Number one, we have a preventive version, version of the product. It's based on, in the sense that they say, my grandfather had Parkinson's, or my mom had real bad Alzheimer's, or someone had dementia in the family. We know it's in the family. So they don't want to get it. So does this become a preventive? Then the answer is yes to that. But this was also proved by the Japanese scientists. And the Japanese had said they had given it to healthy mice, and they noticed the healthy mice got 20% better at running mazes and being able to get out of situations they couldn't normally get out of. So they had already sort of proven that fact. And then the the Dutch in 2012 had discovered the gymphatic system, not the lymphatic, but the gymphatic. And they realized that the gymphatic system using radioisotopes and things like that was the key to getting these things out of the brain that were stuck in there, the amyloid beta, plaques, and towel, all these elements that were causing these problems were stuck right there. Probably damaged by chemicals in early life, probably coming into contact with weed care cleaner, brake cleaner fluids, things like this. Even wig glue has that correction fluid, has TCE in it. It was just banned by the United States in December 2024. Other countries banned it a long time ago. But that's what I came in contact with Camp Latoon. So I know what that chemical can do to you. And so I have one guy who worked in the wood industry where they dip wood in all these chemicals to harden the wood. And he goes, I stacked wood for nine months in my job, bare hands. And he's taking it because he just knows that something's coming for him, and he's like, I'd rather take it and not get what you know, those chemicals are going to do to me. They were horrible stuff. So we do have a preventive, we do have the active X, which is essentially in the preventive, you get a jar that looks like that. In the Active X, you get a jar that is essentially two of these. So it's the same formula, it's the same product. We don't change it because it works. I mean, there's no reason to modify it. It's just a smaller dose, is all you're getting. So you're saving a little money. But some people will start off with the preventive and then move up to the 2x if they feel they need to. But the other thing is interesting. I've had people buy it for multiple sclerosis, MS, had people buy it for foggy brain from COVID. All these things have been associated with the glymphatic system. So when you look at it from that standpoint of what the Dutch discovered, they understood that even traumatic brain injuries and things like this can all cause this filtering system to clog. And if it doesn't unclog naturally, then it's going to create this problem. And drug companies, unfortunately, have taken the attitude, well, let's let's break up the particles. Well, they do that, but there's no place for them to go. And so it's kind of like plunging a sink, and okay, all the stuff comes up, but still go down the drain. So, what our product does is support the glymphatic system. What the Japanese have proven, they didn't look at it from the Dutch point of view. They just knew everything was cleared. Well, where did it go? They didn't know. But the Dutch kind of halfway around the world in a different hemisphere, right? Someone else said, hey, this is where it goes. So to me, that all made sense. And it explained also exactly why my amyloid beta ratio in my blood changed. Because the only way it can change is if it goes through that lymphatic system and gets into the blood, and then it goes to the liver where it's harmlessly broken down. And that's the way a 30-year-old works. And I'm 67.

SPEAKER_02 31:55

Wow, incredible.

Free Book, Tracking, And Final Thoughts

SPEAKER_02 31:56

Mark, this was so enlightening. Can you tell us the last thing you want to leave listeners with before I let you go?

SPEAKER_01 32:04

I would highly recommend coming to our website, mybrainrestore.com. You can read my journey, which I update constantly with all my medical information. So I post it. I'm not afraid to. Everybody gets to see it. If they go to the FAQ, they can click on free PDFs and download my book and they can read that. They can distribute that freely. There's no charge for that book. What's the name of your book? It it's actually beating uh Parkinson's Alzheimer's and Dementia. And the book is right up there. So it says the 2026, How I Did This. And it goes all the way from my childhood at Camp Le June to where how bad I had gotten to, and then puts in my medical information. But it's so dynamic. That's why we have the My Journey on the website to constantly update it because I'm constantly doing blood work.

SPEAKER_02 32:49

Thanks so much for reminding listeners to keep a log or journal. I tell everybody all the time write down your medical journey in a journal for two reasons. Well, three, really, if you make any health goals, you're more likely to achieve that goal if you handwrite it. The other reason is so that you have a written record of what you want to talk with your doctor about the next time you see them. And three, so that you and your caregiver can look back and see where you are, where you have come from, what was working, what's not working, so you could repeat the things that are working.

SPEAKER_01 33:27

100%. And that's what we tell people to do because some of these things are minor. If it takes you 15 years to get Parkinson's from the dopamine cells dying, then the results are gonna be slow, and it might take six months to a year. But if you keep taking the product and you can change my worst situation from a 10 to a 7, you're on the right path. That's all you gotta know. Because what other drugs are gonna do that? What's your doctor gonna do that can help you do that? Because I've lost too many people to park it. I'm not willing to lose any more. That's it.

SPEAKER_02 34:00

Thank you so much, Mark. I wish you the best success. Thank you for joining me today.

SPEAKER_01 34:06

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