Lifestyle changes to prevent Alzheiner's

Just read A New Treatment for Alzheimer's? It Starts With Lifestyle by Linda Marsa.

I feel that we should all read it. Partially so that we can better take care of our love ones and take better care of our selves. I don't know if it is correct or not, however, to me it makes a lot of sense.

It talks about bad actors. Bad actors include things that increase risk (probably noninclusive):

• chronic stress

• lack of exercise

• lack of restorative sleep

• toxins from molds

• fat-laden fast foods

• too much sugar

• being pre-diabetic

Plus

• sedentary lifestyles

• poor eating habits

• Type 2 diabetes

• insulin resistance

• skyrocketing obesity (body positivity or it is ok to be medically obese ??)

Summary protocal to combat the problem:

• Optimizing sleep and getting at least eight hours of shut-eye every night.

• Fasting at least 12 hours a day; patients usually don’t eat anything after 7 p.m. until the next morning.

• Frequent yoga and meditation sessions to relieve stress.

• Aerobic exercise for 30 to 60 minutes, at least five times a week.

• Brain training exercises for 30 minutes, three times a week.

• Eating a mostly plant-based diet: broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, leafy green vegetables (kale, spinach, lettuce).

• Cutting out high-mercury fish: tuna, shark and swordfish.

• Drinking plenty of water.

• Eliminating gluten and sugars. Cutting out simple carbs (bread, pasta, rice, cookies, cakes, candy, sodas).

This is just a short summary. I hope you read the full article. I plan to add more to this post, just that right now I other responcibilites are calling. I hope to update later.