Alzheimer Studies

For reason this has been the week for Alzheimer study results. None of the reports have been big surprises but there have been some surprises for those of us who hoped it wasn't so such as the older we get the more likely we are to get Alzheimer. Aunt Pearlie had knee surgery and was unable to walk the effects of less exercise increases dementia. The older we get the more likely we are to become susceptible to Alzheimer. Surviving into your nineties is no guarantee that you've avoided or do not have the alzheimer gene. Indeed your chances of succumbing to dementia increases the older you get. If we don't take care by eating less and being physically active our bodies will work against us. The problem is the older we get the more likely we are to not want to exercise.

Goldie S. Byrd, Ph.D.	Ron Petersen, M.D., Ph.D.
Ascertaining older African Americans for genetic studies /	Alzheimer's disease in the ‘oldest old’

Drinking one to two alcoholic drinks a day can delay the onset of Alzheimer only if you're a teetotaler. Increase your intake to another drink over the two a day threshold and the effects are reversed. Eat less, exercise more and you can live longer, healthier and in your right mind. That shouldn't have taken major study to reveal by now that the money has been spent - it's good to know.