"A Caucasian Academic Vegetarian 50 year old Male Dog Walker will never develop dementia"
Please take a moment to digest this statement. It may seem rather ridiculous at first but we only deal in facts.
Previous studies have shown:-
- The darker the skin, the more chance of developing dementia in later life
- Continual brain stimulation and hippocampus activity staves off dementia
- Certain foodstuffs appear to combat the onset of dementia
- Women are more likely to develop dementia
- Light, daily exercise in middle age improves well being and reduces stress thereby reducing the chances of developing dementia.
All five of these bullet points will be expanded and verified in our articles.
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What we 'know' so far
Note our own 'comments are in boxed
Alzheimer's (brain dementia) is thought to be caused by the abnormal build-up of light chain proteins in and around brain cells. One of the proteins involved is called amyloid, deposits of which form plaques around brain cells. The other protein is called tau, deposits of which form tangles within brain cells.
Have post-mortems confirmed this?
There is a diseases named amyloidosis which is caused by an abnormality in certain cells found in the bone marrow, called plasma cells. The abnormal plasma cells produce abnormal forms of light chain proteins, which enter the bloodstream and can form amyloid deposits
Symptoms of amyloidosis:--
• Feeling very weak or tired.
• Losing weight without trying.
• Swelling in the belly, legs, ankles or feet.
• Numbness, pain or tingling in hands or feet.
• Skin that bruises easily.
• Purple spots (purpura) or bruised-looking areas of skin around the eyes.
• Bleeding more than usual after an injury
There is currently no cure. Could any of these symptoms precurse dementia? There are ways to prevent amyloid build up - see our diet section
The Alzheimer's Society own advice for avoiding dementia is:- 1. Physical activity. .. 2. Eating healthily. ... 3. Don't smoke. ... 4. Drink less alcohol. ... 5. Stay mentally and socially active. ... 6. Take control of your health. 7. Don’t get old (we added that one)
This 'advice' could well be applied to every single illness known to man.
Non-Hispanic white adults are less likely to develop dementia than most other racial and ethnic groups. Among those ages 70 and older, an estimated 8.5% of non-Hispanic white adults were living with dementia in 2019, compared with 16.1% of non-Hispanic Black adults and 16.4% of Hispanic adults.
Is this down to skin tone, diet and/or education. Presumption: as teens (in the 1960s) the ethnic groups above were ‘held back’ from education that would ‘tax and stimulate the brain’ – diet studies would be inconclusive here. The fact that women are (right now) more likely to develop dementia could well be linked to education (is this gap closing?) It’s certainly true that ‘interlectuals’ develop dementia much later (on the whole) but, when they do, they decline much faster (given up)
Trauma:- recent high profile diagnoses of sportsmen have raised the awareness of dementia. Researchers believe that injuries, trauma and stress increase and his seems to solidify the case for vitamin D deficiency being somewhat responsible as it is vital in the healing process.