My grandpa is from the UK and was diagnosed with alzheimers a couple years ago... in his mid eighties. There's definitely something to be said for keeping your brain active, to stave off cognitive decline. I imagine it would have happened much sooner if he wasn't so engaged in card games, travel, etcetera.
Heard this just tonight on the news. Good diet and exercise they say helps stave it off. Plus, we also know about keeping the brain engaged. And Jennifer Parpatt, I'm so sorry. It must be a terrible thing. My grandma lived until 92 and had her wits. She could be repetitive but that wasn't a condition of her age but of her personality.
It is quite heartbreaking. I am fortunate enough to have all my grandparents still, but the idea that he might not recognize me when I next see him (I live in another province) is always on my mind. Still, many people are diagnosed decades earlier so I count us as relatively fortunate.
I think it's more preventative. The combination of physical and mental exercise might be helpful. I heard something on the radio the other the other day about music therapy too.
I wonder too if all the artificial things we consume might be a cause for illness (including alzheimers). I worry about the additives, hormones, contaminants, and pesticides in our foods. I worry about how many unneeded drugs are doled out that have so many negative side-effects. I worry about being in a society that makes so much money off of illness.
Christina Lihani The second there is any evidence of correlation, you can bet the appropriate studies will be done to determine causation. Until then, I trust the scientific consensus on whether or not the ingredients in my food are cause for alarm. There is certainly no reason to assume that eating organic food, for example, will have any effect on the development of dementia.
I understand Jennifer Parpatt and take that under advisement. I've never been as suspicious about the scientific community as much as the companies that will push their products at any cost to humanity. I think there is plenty of evidence that suggests that some of what we consume we should not (especially in the quantities we consume it in). And a great deal of what the current, living generations consume and come in contact with didn't exit a few generations back. Time will tell. All in all though, I understand the basic idea of not jumping to conclusions because the "new stuff" out there is somehow connected. It could just be a simple genetic code.
My grandpa is from the UK and was diagnosed with alzheimers a couple years ago... in his mid eighties. There's definitely something to be said for keeping your brain active, to stave off cognitive decline. I imagine it would have happened much sooner if he wasn't so engaged in card games, travel, etcetera.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that dancing is the best medicine.
ReplyDeleteThen I'm hooped. LOL
ReplyDeleteIs the dancing for dealing with alzheimers, or for holding off the onset?
ReplyDeleteHeard this just tonight on the news. Good diet and exercise they say helps stave it off. Plus, we also know about keeping the brain engaged. And Jennifer Parpatt, I'm so sorry. It must be a terrible thing. My grandma lived until 92 and had her wits. She could be repetitive but that wasn't a condition of her age but of her personality.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite heartbreaking. I am fortunate enough to have all my grandparents still, but the idea that he might not recognize me when I next see him (I live in another province) is always on my mind. Still, many people are diagnosed decades earlier so I count us as relatively fortunate.
ReplyDeleteI think it's more preventative. The combination of physical and mental exercise might be helpful. I heard something on the radio the other the other day about music therapy too.
ReplyDeleteI wonder too if all the artificial things we consume might be a cause for illness (including alzheimers). I worry about the additives, hormones, contaminants, and pesticides in our foods. I worry about how many unneeded drugs are doled out that have so many negative side-effects. I worry about being in a society that makes so much money off of illness.
ReplyDeleteChristina Lihani The second there is any evidence of correlation, you can bet the appropriate studies will be done to determine causation. Until then, I trust the scientific consensus on whether or not the ingredients in my food are cause for alarm. There is certainly no reason to assume that eating organic food, for example, will have any effect on the development of dementia.
ReplyDeleteI understand Jennifer Parpatt and take that under advisement. I've never been as suspicious about the scientific community as much as the companies that will push their products at any cost to humanity. I think there is plenty of evidence that suggests that some of what we consume we should not (especially in the quantities we consume it in). And a great deal of what the current, living generations consume and come in contact with didn't exit a few generations back. Time will tell. All in all though, I understand the basic idea of not jumping to conclusions because the "new stuff" out there is somehow connected. It could just be a simple genetic code.
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