Preventing Alzheimer's Disease

I'm afraid it really doesn't, quite.

It suggests that some environmental factors (possibly but not necessarily including diet) contribute to the onset of Alzheimer's.

I cordially invite you to think about it for a moment: you're surely not seriously contending that if the members of population A who have become resident in location B have a higher rate of a disease than their members who stayed at home in area A, then that "indicates that diet contributes to the disease's onset"?!

Doesn't quite stand up to examination, put like that, does it?

Of course, if one starts from a perspective that diet probably contributes to the onset of Alzheimer's, because that's what one wants to believe, maybe even unconsciously seeking one's evidence accordingly, then one can choose not to examine the logic too critically, and as a result just come to accept it more or less unquestioned ... exactly as so many epidemiologists and environmental medicine researchers did in the mid-20th Century, with so many conclusions now shown to be mistaken.

1. Drink Vegetable Juices

A study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Medicine indicates that people who drink three or more servings of fruit and vegetable juices per week have a 76 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to people who drink less than one serving per week. Because some people develop a high blood sugar level and associated health challenges when they drink fruit juices on a regular basis, it is best for the masses to stick to vegetable juices. If you don't have a juicer, then eat plenty of raw vegetables.

2. Ensure Regular Intake Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience indicates that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids, particularly docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), can dramatically slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in mice. The consensus among neuroscientists worldwide is that consumption of foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids is essential to building and maintaining a healthy nervous system, the system that becomes dysfunctional in cases of Alzheimer's disease.

Some healthy foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids are:

* Cod liver oil
* Raw walnuts that have been soaked in water for a few hours
* Seaweed
* Purslane
* Freshly ground flax seeds
* Cold-water fish like wild salmon
* Organic eggs from free range birds

3. Strive To Reach and Maintain A Healthy Body Weight For Your Height

According to research that was presented at the 58th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in April of 2006, people who are overweight when they are in their 40s have a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life than those who are not overweight when they are in their 40s.

4. Enjoy Activities That Mentally Stimulate You

The cells that make up your brain are similar to those that make up your muscles; they need to be exercised to stay healthy and strong. If your daily work doesn't require you to solve problems and be creative, consider adopting hobbies that do. Not only will you decrease your risk of developing Alzheimer's, you're bound to feel more alive!

5. Avoid Aluminum

According to the National Institutes of Health, "certain aluminum compounds have been found to be an important component of the neurological damage characteristics of Alzheimer's disease."

The most common sources of aluminum exposure are:

* Processed cheese and cornbread
* Some over-the-counter drugs such as antacids and buffered aspirin
* Aluminum cookware, especially when alkaline foods (like green vegetables) or acidic foods (like tomatoes) are cooked in them
* Antiperspirants

While it is impossible to completely avoid exposure to aluminum through contaminated food, air, and water, taking heed of the sources listed above can significant reduce your long term exposure.

6. Avoid Vaccines And Other Potential Sources of Mercury

While mainstream medicine and science has yet to acknowledge a link between mercury exposure and one's risk for Alzheimer's disease, a study published in a 2001 edition of the journal NeuroReport indicates that inhalation of mercury vapor can cause neurological damage that is strikingly similar to the damage that is found in people with Alzheimer's disease.

The most common sources of mercury exposure are:

* Thimerosal, a preservative that is found in many vaccines
* Amalgam dental fillings
* Seafood, particularly large fish that are high in the food chain
* Broken compact fluorescent light bulbs

Scientists are currently testing over 90 drugs to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease. If you are already experiencing memory problems, work with your doctor to diagnose and treat symptoms as soon as possible. Current medications can not reverse serious brain deterioration, but the earlier these drugs are started, the greater their potential effectiveness in slowing memory loss and preserving independence.

Contrary to early beliefs about the brain’s restorative capacities, we now know brain regeneration continues through adulthood. Building brain reserves through systematic lifestyle choices is currently your best defense against Alzheimer’s disease.

well a Dr. told me the secret to preventing Alzheimers disease it was amazing but I forgot what he said.....

Hmmm...probably wrong but I do not buy that...studies show lecturers, surgeons, interllectuals are just as lilely to get Alz. as a brain potato.

I think if you are going to get it...you are going to get it.

Crosswords to avoid memory loss with age? The exercise is to delay or prevent Alzheimer's? Add the fish oil diet to maintain healthy brain as we age?

New drug to come out in 2013 that will radically slow down or even prevent it..read it in the news about 3 days ago...It's going to be a HUGE problem in 10+ years time so my guess they are working round the clock to find a cure/slow it down etc..Seems they are getting there...

It's an injection that has been shown to reverse the effects of the disease....not sure how far along woith trials they are etc or who wil lbe given it but it's hope.

i think next 5-10 years you'll see it almost conquered...Ageing populATION WE CAN'T afford to have 1/2 million alz. patients to look after...

I was going to post but I forgot what I was going to post. What forum is this anyway?

That's a cool find there Tbird, buuuuuuuuut

Personally, I've always believed stress plays a great part in Alzheimer's,
the brains an organ too. If it's running at 100 miles an hour all the time
it's bound to get tired.

Nobody is better at stressin their life than the urban American,
I'm not just talking out of my culo either. I've been all around the world and you will never see anybody in more of a hurry to get to the next red light, than here. So much "stuff" here, so many "things".

I heard a comedian who said that your kids don't have adhd, they are just paying attention.
There may be some truth in that.
I remember coming back from overseas and the biggest "culture shock" was an American supermarket, after so many years, still throws me sometimes.


It may be a combination of things, diet included.
I won't eat margarine or a lot of other trendy things simply because I don't like em.
Give me butter, eggs, whole milk..blah, blah, blah.

Every ten years or so "experts" come out with the latest thing that's good or bad for you, then ten years later it's the opposite. Their stressin me out...lol

You know while I'm here I intend to eat what I crave, I can't see myself dribblin and barely able to walk going "wow, I wish I had twenty more years of this" in old age. Don't care about the extra 30 minutes I would get with a perfect diet.


Jim

C'mon guys. I saw a couple of "but I forgot" posts.
It's NOT a disease to make fun of, just like cancer isn't.
My father died from Alzheimers and I speak from experience when I say it is nothing to joke about.
Please be considerate. Thanks

You have a right to your opinion just like I have a right to mine. Nuff said.

I am not politically correct and never have been, so you're way off base. I dont think its funny to joke about Alzheimers. That is my opinion. You won't change mine either. Cool? Cool.
I am so over this now. I said what I had to say.
Done.

I want to apologize for any role I may have played in hurting anyone here.

I never lost anyone in my family to Alzheimer's, but I personally know good people afflicted with the illness. I just want to avoid getting Alzheimer's myself, if it is possible, because it is a singularly frightening disease.

Well, what claudemai said was RIGHT. AND, a number of those things may explain How japanese in japan can have a lower incidence of alzheimers than japanese in america.

The idea that you can compare people in such a way is kind of dumb. The air is different. There are probably fewer particulates in the air, because there is so much water. The buildings are different. They tend to be more mobile, from what I understand. They have MORE FISH. The fish is probably fresher. They probably have less cheese. If they had cheese, it is probably processed differently, etc....

We could go on an on. And do THEY have aluminum in like EVERYTHING?

As for the brains restorative capacity? There is SOME debate. Apparently, there ARE stem cells, etc... What is accepted fact is generally that some minor damage can be fixed. ALSO, apparently, having more synapses lessens the effects and progression of alezheimers. So if you learn a lot, and keep mentally active, it may lessen the impact for a while.

I would say that if you treat claudemai's and my post here as gospel, you will probably do about the best you can. FORGET the bit about alzheimer's treatments. For the most part, that is ILLEGAL, at least in the US, if there is no GOOD reason to believe you NEED them. So you likely won't get them. Some can be BAD if you don't have alzheimer's, etc....

BTW most here may remember, my mother recently died of alzheimer's. I've had relatives that have had it. I think it is 100% ENVIRONMENTAL! Some may say SEE, SEE, SEE, it happens in FAMILIES, it is GENETIC! BUT, again, such a tie is DUMB! Genetic is basically another word for a GENETIC ENVIRONMENT! It concerns the relative ENVIRONMENT that your DNA was exposed to. So WHAT is the difference? Well.... Unless you are adopted by strangers outside of your culture, your GENETIC environment might drive your LIVING environment also. After all, you got DNA from your parents but also LIVED with them for a time and acquired habits, tastes, and customs as well.

On HOUSE, one time, 3 RELATIVES got a rare cancer. NOT because of their GENETIC environment, as earlier assumed, but because of their LIVING environment. A trinket happened to be radio active. As they wore it, it gave them the cancer.

The offspring of an early hat maker may become insane and have alzheimers symptoms because they are exposed to the mercury. Physical abuse to the head may cause THAT person to abuse the kids the same way, AND pass on alzheimers!

A poorly made, or corroded aluminum cooking set, passed on to the kids, could pass on alzheimers.

So there are too many ways to pass it on to rule out everything.

Steve

As I understand it, there is a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease coming out in around 5 years if trials produce good results.

Breakthrough closer for Alzheimer's treatment after vaccine success

Alzheimer's vaccine effective in mice - News
"The vaccine, which targets a protein known as tau, prevents the ongoing formation of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain of a mouse with Alzheimer's disease."

We really should take precautions to cut down on these dangerous fats

So - what are the statistics for Alzheimers? Is there an increase in the % of people with the disease now from say like 100 years ago? 50 years ago? I don't know for sure what the stats are but my guess is that there is a large % increase over the last 70 years just as there has been with many other problems.

There are a LOT of diseases increasing with the increase of environmental toxins and decrease of healthy foods, and change of general lifestyles. Many of the elements now stuffed into our foods, dumped in our water, and just loose in the environment where we are exposed to them daily have the ability to pass through the blood/brain barrier. Seems to me a logical thing to do to keep your brain functioning is to avoid them as much as possible.

Alexa had a good list of stuff to pay attention to as well.

When it comes to health and fighting disease, I think it's a bit moronic to look at ONE factor and say - this will do it. When I was fighting Rickie's cancer, I wasn't going to trust ONE element no matter how great the research looked -- I hit it from every angle it could be hit from -- food, supplements, exercise, sunshine, emotions, avoidance of microwave and polluted electric -- any way it could be hit.

Why trust ONE thing to do everything? Keeping healthy isn't a matter of eating pounds of raspberries or blueberries even if they are excellent sources for combating disease. There are multiple reasons that people get Alzheimer - or anything else. Of course, pharms are looking for a way to get rid of it via a pill - um......that is how they make their money. Their cures always come with side effects, though. Study the research from all arenas and you will find multiple sources being studied. There is no ONE way to prevent a disease, there is no ONE way to cure it without damage to something else. You need to work on multiple levels to fix damage and prevent it.

By all means, add blueberries to your diet - by all means add some turmeric to your regime - but don't forget sunshine, whole diets, avoiding toxins of all kinds, avoiding pharms when something natural will do the trick, exercise, sleep, emotion. You don't end up with a brick house just because you have a pile of bricks.

One more thing that can help you to prevent Alzheimers while helping your memory is Acetyl-L Carnitine. It helps your body produce more acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter responsible for memory. This is one of the factors that leads to Alzheimers, a lack of acetycholine. And while you're younger, this will help your memory as well.

You can get it by itself or with Alpha Lipoic Acid, which is one of the best anti-oxidants out there. This helps your skin and your heart by producing extra ATP, which your mitochondria use for energy within each cell. Walmart sells both for about $8 for a month's supply of their Spring Valley brand. The bottle with say either "Acetyl-L Carnitine with Alpha Lipoic Acid" or it might say ALCAR-ALA, which is the abbreviated terms.

I use it every day and I've noticed my memory has improved and some age spots have disappeared entirely in the 9 months or so I've been taking it. For something so cheap, more people should really look into it and take it. There's information on each online, so do the research.