“Did you hear that there is new research out there indicating that eating a heart healthy diet may help prevent Alzheimer’s?” These are the types of questions which seem to come from nowhere from a good friend of mine. Generally, it’s over lunch and his seemingly off the wall questions lead to many interesting discussions from which I sometimes draw ideas.
My friend, by the way, is not a doctor, nutritionist or the like. Rather, he is an avid reader. He, like many of us, takes more than a passing interest in health issues that could be coming his way in the future.
Of course, he rarely remembers every bit of the article nor does he bother to take note of the journal or magazine name/issue. I must be creative in eliciting information from him. Then, I go home, and perform my own research. This is actually quite easy to do, once I get started, so I never complain to my friend/muse.
Now why would eating a diet to maintain heart health affect Alzheimer’s? For starters, the heart, like the brain is an organ. “You are what you eat,” rings true for so many diseases, why not Alzheimer’s?
Studies have already produced results that indicate that people with a history of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, as well as those in the elderly category of aging were at a risk for Alzheimer’s. Great to know… but why?
In 95% of Alzheimer’s cases, genetic disposition did not play a factor.
New research is telling us that oxygen deprivation is the root cause.
Many studies have produced results supporting the theory that a gene is responsible for converting a harmless protein into a plaque creating protein. This can in turn, cause neuron death.
Consider the plaque as built up trash. Consider oxygen as the sanitation company which sends teams to remove the trash. Reduce the oxygen and you both reduce the number of available “workers” to remove the plaque/trash as well as increase the bad protein which causes the plaque.
While research is ongoing as to the effect of treatment after Alzheimer’s symptoms are developed, what is important about this study is that all evidence points to being able to stave off Alzheimer’s if one can continue to deliver necessary oxygen to the brain!
There is even more to this which I’ll share later.
Although there are many drugs out there to combat the effects of Alzheimer’s as well as new drugs to potentially reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, I must stress that all drugs contain harmful side effects, some of which are life threatening.
Plus no drugs tested today even indicate a cure for Alzheimer’s.
See your doctor to determine if you are at risk for developing Alzheimer’s and don’t be afraid to express concerns about medications, even preventative ones.
My Alzheimer’s program will be available soon and I am very excited about its release. In the mean time, if you are at risk for heart disease due to high blood pressure, or are overweight and therefore at risk for diabetes, both of which put you at a risk for Alzheimer’s, I encourage you to try both my High Blood Pressure program and my Weight Loss Breeze program, respectively.
The results have been amazing for so many of my clients. I would love to add you to their numbers!
EL331002
