Huh? Do you remember what I just said?
Before you develop memory loss from Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia, wouldn't it be a good idea to start doing everything naturally possible to prevent it?
Otherwise, once the symptoms begin, you won’t remember your prevention plan.
Symptoms of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia, with its accompanying memory loss, is a progressive degenerative brain disease. It can be caused by poor nutrition, alcohol, aids, stroke or damaged blood vessels. Dementia is not considered by scientists to be a normal part of aging.
Alzheimer's disease is by far the most common form of dementia. Symptoms include:
- Memory loss – beginning with subtle changes in forgetfulness, not being able to organize thoughts and difficulty processing information.
- Problems with everyday tasks – such as making phone calls or fixing meals.
- Language difficulties – inability to find the right words or understand what others mean.
- Inappropriate judgment – like putting the TV remote control in the freezer, giving away large sums of money or wearing next to nothing in cold weather.
- Personality changes and mood swings – from calm to tears or anger for no reason.
Alzheimer’s disease slowly and painfully takes away a person's identity and ability to think, talk, eat and walk. Eventually, it's fatal.
Research on Alzheimer's Prevention
About 4½ million Americans currently have Alzheimer's disease. By the year 2050 the statistics are expected to more than triple.
While searching for a cure, researchers discovered Alzheimer's is much less common in fish eating populations. Over the past three decades omega 3 fish oil has been found to vastly improve fetus brain development and brain functioning from childhood through old age.
Fish oil has also been shown to reduce depression, arthritis, diabetes, migraines, psoriasis, prostate and breast cancer, stroke, heart disease and other chronic conditions.
But the typical U.S. diet tends to be very low in omega 3 fish oils and excessively high in omega 6 vegetable oils. This causes an imbalance.
Fish Oil Findings for Alzheimer's Prevention
New research published in the Archives of Neurology journal added a significant risk reduction for Alzheimer’s – by as much as 50% – to the long list of fish oil health benefits.
Dr. Ernest J. Schaefer, director of the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, reviewed DHA levels (an omega 3 fatty acid found in fish) and the development of dementia in 899 participants.
“If you have a high level of DHA, it reduces your risk of dementia by about half,” he concluded.
Dr. Greg Cole, a neuroscientist and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at UCLA’s School of Medicine, said, “This shows in a prospective study that DHA is the only plasma lipid to cut the risk for developing dementia." And, "you could take fish oil supplements to avoid mercury contamination.”
“Everything we know,” added Dr. Schaefer, “suggests that supplements would be as effective as eating fish.” So you better get started soon, before it’s too late to remember.
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