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Topic: interesting longevity findings...
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katatonic
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posted October 02, 2010 02:04 PM
 
http://www.mindpowernews.com/LifeBeginsAt100.htm Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, is relatively rare among centenarians yet, intriguingly, autopsies reveal that the brains of the oldest old, who had shown no outward sign of dementia, are sometimes riddled with the lesions associated with Alzheimer's disease. The basis of this resilience to Alzheimer's is largely unknown. The simple fact is that many people who become centenarians seem able to tolerate damage that would significantly harm less robust individuals, and although many suffer from dementia as death draws near, most remain mentally agile well into their nineties.
find myself wondering if the above point is an illustration of mind-over-matter? since these people carried the physical EVIDENCE of alzheimers without noticeably manifesting it!! it does seem to me that most people who reach very old age HEALTHILY or mostly so, have very positive attitudes...
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Lara
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posted October 02, 2010 04:33 PM
 Interesting Kat, i do know that Alzheimer's is linked to aluminium saucepans. I also now believe that all dis-ease stems from an acidic body. I have been reading a lot recently about ionizers and zappers which create negative ions, thus changing the body to a more alkaline state where bacteria, viruses, dis-ease cannot live.
Kinda makes lots of sense really, considering water/meat/dairy/sugars/wheat is highly acidic and we all drink/eat tons of it.
Something you might be aware of, or find interesting  IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted October 03, 2010 10:46 AM
these people's brains LOOKED like they had alzheimer's but they never had symptoms! and from another recent study i saw most people of that age have followed a diet that included meat and fish, many were moderate drinkers and/or smokers...the oldest man in japan says he gave up fried foods regretfully some years ago (interfered with his digestion) but he drinks MILK daily! however ALL include plenty of veggies and stay active.my own oldest friend is english(100 this year) and though she lived with a vegetarian for several years her diet is pretty conventional, overcooked meat, a shot of madeira in the evenings, tea with sugar...BUT she is an artist and a free spirit in fact she introduced me to the power of visualization at the age of 5 and has obviously lived in flow most of her life...she still lives alone, drives (tho she doesn't like it much these days), works and doesn't even wear reading glasses. my namesake, a greatgreat aunt, lived to 99. she had a typical irish bent for meat and potatoes, and apparently what killed her was being put in a wheelchair when she broke a hip at 98...loss of autonomy... IP: Logged |
Lara
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posted October 03, 2010 12:45 PM
there you go, there's the clue.
ACID.
(milk, meat, sugar, etc)They all have an prominently acidic body!
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katatonic
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posted October 03, 2010 05:29 PM
but lara these are people who lived to be like 110 with no alzheimers symptoms, even though the brain "damage" was there...makes you wonder, doesn't it?IP: Logged |
Lara
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posted October 03, 2010 06:07 PM
Yes it does, although i wonder whether they just simply had heavy metal overload in their brains and it shows up as similar on a scan to Alzheimers, maybe? IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted October 03, 2010 07:48 PM
i shall have to research that. good possibility i'm sure! meanwhile a friend of mine is praying for death because she has just enough dementia to be unable to cope with much of anything, but not enough to be unaware of it. her body is as fit as someone half her age...and she is stuck in the hospital system being manhandled by insensitive orderlies...and the doctors verdict is "she's 90, did you think she was going to go on forever?" this was my mother's worst nightmare, which fortunately never happened.IP: Logged |
Glaucus
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posted October 03, 2010 08:22 PM
I will keep up with the fish oil/cod liver oil intake to help prevent mental declinethe last time that I took MMSE (Mini Mental Status Exam)in 2006, my score was 29 out of 30. The one that I missed was a word that I couldn't remember. That's more with my short term/immediate memory difficulties and not mental decline. I always had problems with short term/immediate memory even though I have a very good long term memory. Any score greater than or equal to 25 points (out of 30) is effectively normal (intact). Below this, scores can indicate severe (≤9 points), moderate (10-20 points) or mild (21-24 points)[9]. The raw score may also need to be corrected for educational attainment and age.[10] Low to very low scores correlate closely with the presence of dementia, although other mental disorders can also lead to abnormal findings on MMSE testing. The presence of purely physical problems can also interfere with interpretation if not properly noted; for example, a patient may be physically unable to hear or read instructions properly, or may have a motor deficit that affects writing and drawing skills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-mental_state_examination
Raymond
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