Fungi Found in Brains with Alzheimer’s: What the Research Shows

Fungal Signatures in Alzheimer’s Brains

• A growing body of peer-reviewed research has detected fungal DNA, proteins, and cells in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

• These include species like:

  • Candida albicans

  • Malassezia

  • Cladosporium

  
  

Key Study (2014, Pisa et al. – Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease)

Autopsies of Alzheimer’s brains revealed fungal bodies inside neurons, blood vessels, and glial cells not found in healthy controls.

Additional findings:

• Fungal DNA and cell wall proteins were consistently detected in multiple brain regions

• Patients with Alzheimer’s often showed signs of chronic systemic infection

• A 2020 study even suggested that fungal burden may correlate with disease severity

  
  

Is This a Cause or Consequence?

• Some researchers suggest fungi may be an underlying trigger, leading to:

  • Chronic inflammation

  • Blood-brain barrier breakdown

  • Amyloid plaque formation (as an immune response to infection)

• Others argue fungi are opportunistic, appearing in the brain after immune failure or systemic degeneration has begun

Alzheimer’s + Mycobiome Link

Emerging field: The Brain Mycobiome

• Like the gut microbiome, the brain may harbor a micro-ecosystem

• Fungal imbalance (“mycobiome dysbiosis”) could contribute to:

  • Neuroinflammation

  • Tau and amyloid protein misfolding

  • Cognitive decline

  
  

Relevance to BeT and Antifungal Therapies

This approach, using copper and silver ions (both profound antifungal agents), may offer a non-pharmaceutical, biofield-based approach to supporting:

• Local fungal infections (e.g., toenail, skin, sinus, gut, liver cancer, and other cancers)

• Systemic detoxification (via the All-Meridian Protocol)

• Neuroimmune balance if used preventatively or supportively

• Treating a toenail infection may be more than cosmetic it may reflect systemic fungal load that has implications for brain health and other chronic degenerative diseases.

Summary

Finding	Implication
Fungi found in Alzheimer’s brains	May be a causal factor or contributor
Fungal burden = neuroinflammation	Possible trigger for plaque, neuron death
Copper/silver = antifungal + biofield	It may help reduce systemic fungal load and restore electrical integrity

https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/data-research/facts-stats/index.html

By Les Moncrieff R. Ac.