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Alzheimer's Disease
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Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers have shown that if you have a genetic vulnerability to Alzheimer's, eating a greasy diet (more than 40% of calories from fat) may increase your risk of getting the disease by 7 times.
"We suspect that the damage caused by a high-fat diet happens earlier in life and only shows up later as Alzheimer's," says nutrition researcher Grace Petot, of Case Western Reserve Univ. in Cleveland. Here is another reason why eating less fat is smart. --Presented at the World Alzheimer's Congress, July 2000.
This info is in line with work done at our own Loma Linda University. Here researchers showed that the frequency of Alzheimer's among vegetarians is less than one-half as much as in meat eaters. --Neuroepidemiology, 11:28-36, 1993.
Exercise, also helps beat Alzheimer's: A 1998 study by researchers at Case Western Reserve Univ. (mentioned above) showed that people who kept active in midlife were far less likely to develop Alzheimer's. Indeed, elderly folk who say they regularly engaged in activities such as running, tennis, racquetball, weight training, ice skating, golf, swimming or biking in their younger years have a lower risk for Alzheimer's. --Report from the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
Your health is in your hands,
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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More on Alzheimer's
Eating Soy Foods May Reduce Alzheimer's Disease Risk
Besides offering protection against high cholesterol and heart disease, eating soy foods may also protect against Alzheimer's. That's what researchers from the Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, noted recently at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.
In their 3-year experimental study, soy isoflavones were able to reduce protein changes in the brain that are considered markers for the onset of Alzheimer's. Study leader Helen Kim, PhD., says that 2 or 3 servings of soy protein (about 25 grams), which is already known to reduce heart disease risk, may well also be the amount required for inhibiting Alzheimer's onset.
Yes, brothers and sisters, there is something you can do to prevent this devastating disorder. Consider this:
A research study (Archives of Neurology, Feb. 2003), on fats added to the growing evidence that the same type of diet that protects the heart, also benefits the brain. This study led by researcher Martha Clare Morris at Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center involved over 800 Chicago residents 65 and older. The group was asked about their eating habits. Followup tests nearly 4 years later found that 131 participants had developed Alzheimer's
Participants who reported consuming large quantities of saturated fats as found in animal-based products including meat and butter, faced double the risk of having Alzheimer's compared with those who ate small amounts. That risk was found for those who ate an average 25 grams of saturated fats daily; one tablespoon of butter has about 7 grams.
Conversely, those who consumed polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated fats as found in vegetables and nuts, faced a 70% reduction in Alzheimer's risk. --adapted from the Riverside, Calif. Press-Enterprise, Feb. 18, 2003.
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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Stretch Your Mind
Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD, reminds us that "because the brain is flesh and blood, just like your heart, it will respond to things that we can do for it." Dr. Khalsa, president and medical director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation International, says Alzheimer's begins an average of 30 years before the onset of symptoms, and a combination of regular physical and mental exercise can reduce risk of developing the disease by as much as 70%.
He recommends at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise and weight training 3 to 4 times a week and "brain aerobic exercises" such as discussing current events or other topics you read about, enjoying music, art, or other hobbies; learning a new language or computer skills; shopping by memory; and volunteering.
Other key factors that can extend memory and reverse decline are stress management, a correct diet--plenty of plant foods and healthy fats but little or no saturated fat--and daily preventive supplements, such as a high-potency multivitamin, vitamins C (2,000 mg) and E (400 to 800 IU), C0Q10 (100 mg). Dosages are higher for those already experiencing memory loss. --adapted from GreatLife, December 4, 2004.
Comment: Don't forget a most important factor--the study of the Bible. "The mind occupied with commonplace matters only, becomes dwarfed and enfeebled. If never tasked to comprehend grand and far-reaching truths, it after a time loses the power of growth. As a safeguard against this degeneracy, and a stimulus to development, nothing else can equal the study of God's Word. As a means of intellectual training, the Bible is more effective than any other book, or all other books combined. The greatness of its themes, the dignified simplicity of its uitterances, the beauty of its imagery, quicken and uplift the thoughts as nothing else can. No other study can impart such mental power as does the effort to grasp the stupendous truths of revelation. The mind thus brought in contact with the thoughts of the Infinite cannot but expand and strengthen." --Ellen White, Education, p. 124.
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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Alzheimer's Disease
In Hawaii, retired men from the ages of 71 to 93 who walked less than a quarter-mile a day were almost twice as likely to develop dementia, including Alzheimer's, as those who walked more than 2 miles daily. Even a little walking helps a lot; among older women, those who walked 1 and a half hours a week did better on mental-function tests than those who did not walk at all. --Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept. 22, 2004.
More and more reserach is showing that exercise is an important factor in preventing Alzheimer's. Isn't it time you started a walking program? Indeed, walking is the best exercise....No it doesn't have to be some kind of gut-busting activity that destroys all your good intentions. Get with it!!!!
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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This is Serious!
Yes, Alzheimer's Disease is extremely serious. What can we do NOW to prevent this devastating malady as we age. The foregoing research is vital. At the same time Inspiration has much to offer on the subject:
"The mind does not wear out nor break down so often on account of diligent employment and hard study, as on account of eating improper food at improper times, and of careless inattention to the laws of health....Irregular hours for eating and sleeping sap the brain forces. The apostle Paul declares that he who would be successful in reaching a high standard of godliness must be temperate in all things. Eating, drinking, and dressing all have a direct bearing upon our spiritual advancement.
"Health is a blessing which few appreciate....Many eat at all hours, regardless of the laws of health. Then gloom covers the mind. How can men be honored with divine enlightenment when they are so reckless in their habits, so inattentive to the light which God has given in regard to these things....Life is a holy trust, which God alone can enable us to keep, and to use to His glory. But He who formed the wonderful structure of the body will take special care to keep it in order if men do not work at cross-purposes with Him.
"Health, life, and happiness are the result of obedience to physical laws governing our bodies. If our will and way are in accordance with God's will and way; if we do the pleasure of our Creator, He will keep the human organism in good condition, and restore the moral, mental, ahnd physical powers, in order that He may work through us to His glory....If we co-operate with Him in this work health and happiness, peace and usefulness, are the sure result.
"He did not die for us in order that we might become slaves to evil habits, but that we might become the sons and daughters of God, serving Him with every power of the being.
"My dear young friends, advance step by step, until all your habits shall be in harmony with the laws of life and health." --Sons and Daughters of God, by Ellen White.
Comment: It seems that we have it in our power to prevent Alzheimer's and the various other deadly diseases that are wreaking havoc in our land. By the grace and help of the Lord we can and must do our part.
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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Keep Your Brain Sharp
The brain is like a muscle: Use it or lose it. That's the growing conclusion of research that shows fogged memory and slowed wit are not inevitable consequences of growing old, and there are steps you can take to protect your brain.
Mental exercise is crucial. Benefits start when parents read to their children and depend heavily on education, but scientists say it's never too late to start jogging the gray matter.
People have to get physical, too. Bad memory is linked to heart disease, diabetes and a diet high in fat--all risks people can counter by living healthier lives.
The new research even suggests that these brain protective steps, mental and physical, may be strong enough to help influence who gets Alzheimer's disease. "There are some things that, if you know you have a family history (of Alzheimer's) and you're just 20 to 30 years old, you can start doing to increase your protective factors," said Dr. Amir Soas of Case Western Reserve University Medical School in Cleveland.
It's also good advice for the average baby boomer hoping to stay sharp, or the mom priming her child for a lifelong healthy brain.
Most important: "Read, read, read," Soas said...learn a foreign language or a new hobby. "Anything that stimulates the brain to think," he said. And cut back on TV, he insists. "When you watch television, your brain goes into neutral, " Dr. Soas warns. So much so that Case Western plans to study whether people who contract Alzheimer's watched more TV throughout life than healthy senior.
Case Western scientists also studied 550 people and found those less mentally and physically active in middle age were 3 times more likely to get Alzheimer's as they aged. Particularly protective is increasing intellectual activity during adulthood.
Stressing physical health the researchers found that a healthy brain needs lots of oxygen pumped through healthy arteries. --Source: Riverside Calif. Press-Enterprise, July 25, 2000.
Inspiration gives this choice information:
"...there is nothing more calculated to energize the mind, and strengthen the intellect, than the study of the word of God. No other book is so potent to elevate the thoughts, to give vigor to the faculties, as the broad ennobling truths of the Bible. If God's Word were studied as it should be, men would have a breadth of mind, a nobility of character, and a stability of purpose, that is rarely seen in these times." --Ellen White, Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. 126.
"The mental powers will surely become contracted, and will lose their ability to grasp the deep meanings of the Word of God, unless they are put vigorously and persistently to the task of searching for truth. The mind will enlarge, if it is employed in tracing out the relation of the subjects of the Bible, comparing scripture with scripture, and spiritual things with spiritual. Go below the surface; the richest treasure of thought are waiting for the skilful and diligent student." --Ibid. p. 127.
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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Study Links Middle-age Fat to Dementia
The most convincing research so far suggests that being fat in your 40s might raise your risk of developing dementia later in life. In a study that followed over 10,000 people for almost 30 years, researchers found that the fatter people were, the greater their risk for Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.
This adds another major reason for concern about the obesity problem, and it now unfolds yet another area where...we better get cracking, according to Philip James, an obesity expert who heads the International Obesity Task Force.
This latest study comes amid questioning and confusion in the U.S. over the dangers of being overweight...
Funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the newest study was conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation. The project followed over 10,000 people in their early to mid-40s, for an average of 27 years. The scientists examined links between dementia and obesity using 2 different measurements--body-mass index and the thickness of skin folds under the shoulder blades and under the arm.
Adjusting for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and other factors, the study found a higher risk of dementia for heavy people. Using the body-mass index, which measures height and weight to classify how fat peope are, obese folk were 74% more likely to develop mind-robbing dementia than normal weight people. Overweight people were 35% more likely to develop it.
The effect was more profound for women than men. Obese women were twice as likely as women of normal weight to develop Alzheimer's or other dementia, while for men the risk increased by 30%.
The most impressive aspect of the study, according to Philip James, is that the researchers eliminated the influence of heart disease, diabetes and other conditions that might also figure in. "We really adjusted for everything under the sun that is related to dementia. We brought in stroke, high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease--everything hat has been implicated--and yet we still found this effect," said the study leader, Dr. Rachel Whitmer, gerontological epidemiologist at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation. Source: The online British Medical Journal, April 29, 2005.
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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Possible Alzheimer's Signpost
Gum inflammation may be linked to increased risk of the brain disorder.
Missing teeth and gum disease at an early age may be linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, researchers assert, bolstering the increasingly strong connection between early exposure to chronic inflammation and the degenerative brain disorder.
A study examined lifestyle factors of more than 100 pairs of identical twins. All of the pairs included one twin who had developed dementia and one who had not. Because identical twins are genetically indistinguishable, the study involved only risk factors that could be modified to help protect against dementia.
Those twins who had severe periodontal disease before they were 35 years old had a fivefold increase in risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Indeed, periodontal disease may be a marker for chronic exposure to disease that provokes an inflammatory response. Chronic inflammation can damage tissue, including the brain, which may contribute to the development of the disease.
Periodontal disease is also linked to general health, according to Margaret Gatz, the lead author of the study and a psychology professor at USC.
These findings were presented at the first Alzheimer's Assn. International Conference on Prevention of Dementia in mid June, 2005. Other highlights from the Washington, D.C., conference:
* By measuring a decline in glucose metabolism in the hippocampus, an important memory center in the brain, researchers at New York Univeristy School of Medicine were able to predict the development of Alzheimer's disease with 85% accuracy 9 years before symptoms appeared.
* Drinking fruit and vegetable juices is associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's, said researchers the University of South Florida, based on a study of over 1,700 Japanese Americans. Those who drank juice more than 3 times a week had a 75% reduced risk compared with people who drank juice less than once per week.
* A simple blood test measuring the levels of a protein associated with Alzheimer's may be able to determine whether a person develops the disease in the future, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. Study subjects with the lowest levels of the protein had triple the risk of developing Alzheimer's. Source: adapted from the Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2005.
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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This is Serious!
Here is a statement from Inspiration that should be of interest to all:
"...Continued inactivity is one of the greatest causes of debility of body and feebleness of mind." --Ellen White, Testimonies, Vol. 2:524.
Comment: We all know that we should get out in the fresh air and exercise...do something, walking, jogging, swimming, you name it. Indeed it may be a matter of life and death!
Suzanne
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Re: Alzheimer's Disease
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More on Alzheimer's Disease
The next time the boss gives you a complicated project, thank him. Having a mentally demanding job in your 30s, 40s and 50s can protect you from Alzheimer's, according to a study from University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University.
Researchers examined the work tasks of over 350 people with and without the disease. Those who were Alzheimer's free were more likely to have held careers that required creative thinking, problem solving, or juggling a variety of responsibilities.
The study authors think the daily mental workouts help the brain build more neural connections. Having plenty of connections could help delay the disease's onset, says lead researcher Kathleen Smyth, PhD. --adapted from Prevention, Feb. 2005.
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