Alzheimer's
Disease
(summarized from Chiropractic Wellness Magazine &
other resources)
What is it?
Risk Reduction Strategies
Risk Factors
What is it?
- a form of dementia (a group of disorders that cause memory loss & a
decline in mental function over time)
- causes gradual & irreversible decline in:
- memory
- language skills
- perception of time & space
- emotional stability
- pattern recognition
- coordination
- self care abilities
- attacks the hippocampus
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Risk Reduction Strategies:
- mental stimulation
- playing mental games
- puzzle & problem solving
- reading
- staying challenged at work
- stimulating topical conversation & analysis
- regular physical activity
- decreases the chances of AD by up to 4 times compared to those who
don't
- aerobic activities
- strength exercises
- stretching
- walking your pets
- join a team
- dancing
- diet
- antioxidant & vitamin intake
- vitamin C & E
- folic acid (green leafy vegetables, nuts, some grains, liver &
kidney)
- ginkgo biloba
- fish & fish oil intake
- wine consumption
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Risk Factors:
- obesity & diabetes
- refined carbohydrates main cause (convenience foods & those high in
fructose & sucrose)
- sugar
- type II diabetes
- mercury & aluminum
- tend to damage nerves
- sources include:
- dental amalgam
- seafood (pollutants washed/pumped into the sea/water sources)
- thimerosal-containing vaccinations & flu shots
- unfiltered drinking water
- antiperspirants
- aluminum cookware
- antacids
- homocysteine blood levels
- become elevated due to deficiencies in:
- smoking
- 200% greater risk!!
- depletes body of antioxidants
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