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originally posted by: randomtangentsrme
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
If you're worried get it checked out.
But it sounds like a normal coarse of getting older.
In the last month I've lost one to early onset Alzheimers. And one to long term dementia.
So best to prepare if it gets worse.
originally posted by: rickymouse
originally posted by: randomtangentsrme
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
If you're worried get it checked out.
But it sounds like a normal coarse of getting older.
In the last month I've lost one to early onset Alzheimers. And one to long term dementia.
So best to prepare if it gets worse.
I was dumbing down for years until I discovered that certain common food chemistries were causing it. I just thought my age was causing me not to think as well as I used to when I was young. I was wrong, I was doping myself so I could dumb down to be able to get along with other people and have fun. I did not quit all the comfort foods, I just cut back about seventy five percent and I can think just as clearly at sixty four now as I could when I was eighteen, without having all those hormones running through my body which also clouds a person's thinking.
But I do not have as quick of thinking anymore, I have a life time of experience to compare everything I am learning to to make sure it is real. I do not want to make a mistake of accepting research that is not applicable to what I want to apply it to. My whole body is worn out too, too many years of working hard and lots of times getting hurt. But my brain is back to working well anyway, hopefully it stays that way and I can lessen my risk for dementia enough to never get it by learning what causes it and what foods to moderate to a low level so I never get it.
originally posted by: Trueman
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
There are some games that are like a gym for the brain, like Sudoku.
I play a video game called Sins of a Solar Empire. It's very multitasking and keeps you sharp.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
I am still very active, and it is not a matter of intelligence. It is a matter of memory. For no reason that I can understand, things that I know like the back of my hand, just seems to slip from my mind. I jokingly call it my mind doing a data dump, except it is not funny one darn bit.
originally posted by: dubiousatworst
a reply to: rickymouse
This matches up perfectly with all of the personal research I have done on the subject.
As for the need of carbohydrates, the best source for these are starches like those found in potatoes, yams, and sweet potatoes. This is mostly due to needing glycogen, which is sourced from Glucose or Starches when metabolized. The lack of these usually results in a "brain fog" and an inability to concentrate.
I also would like to add that zinc and the lack there of is also of importance when it comes to memory. This like other dietary metals can be detrimental if taken in to large a quantity, and if taken (or eaten) in to high a quantity will make you nauseous, and continual usage can cause seizures for the exact same reasons it is good for memory.
originally posted by: seeker1963
a reply to: rickymouse
Your mention of sodium set off bell a bit. I can never recall the amount of elderly people having dementia to the extreme it seems today.
Reminds me of the don't eat salt scam aways back, yet many of those who are now elderly were about the age when the sodium doom porn went nutz???
I always enjoy your insight on nutrition!