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Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program

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Re: Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program

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Post by atmartins »

varelse wrote: post #10
wawayanda wrote: post #6

Maybe I'm a cynic but it strains credulity that the miracle cure is also a laundry list of fad health trends from the the last decade. Gluten free, intermittent fasting, yoga, melatonin, probiotics, etc etc

If what you're telling me is that eating healthy, getting enough sleep and exercising can halt or reverse Alzheimer's it's not going to exactly shock me. The real fad is how amazingly stupid Americans are about their own health.

Ah yes, every single one of them. And none of the people in any other country.

Re: Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program

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Post by m0llusk »

wawayanda wrote: post #6

Maybe I'm a cynic but it strains credulity that the miracle cure is also a laundry list of fad health trends from the the last decade. Gluten free, intermittent fasting, yoga, melatonin, probiotics, etc etc

It would be wrong to characterize this as a miracle cure, especially given the significant time and effort required to get any effect. It also makes a lot of sense that dementia would end up being like cancer and heart disease in terms of being complex, systemic, and fundamentally related to metabolic activity.

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Post by amatecha »

o_____________o wrote: post #3

tldr personalized techniques: - Optimize diet: minimize simple CHO, minimize inflammation. - Patients given choice of several low glycemic, low inflammatory, low grain diets. - Enhance autophagy, ketogenesis - Fast 12 hr each night, including 3 hr prior to bedtime. - Reduce stress - Personalized—yoga or meditation or music, etc. - Optimize sleep - 8 hr sleep per night; melatonin 0.5mg po qhs; Trp 500mg po 3x/wk if aw…

Can you expand/replace some of the numerous acronyms/initialisms in here? Like "CHO", just write "carbohydrates". This list could be helpful but it's written too opaquely to be easily digestible by someone who isn't already well-versed in health/diet terminology.

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Post by m0llusk »

moffkalast wrote: post #16
o_____________o wrote: post #3

tldr personalized techniques: - Optimize diet: minimize simple CHO, minimize inflammation. - Patients given choice of several low glycemic, low inflammatory, low grain diets. - Enhance autophagy, ketogenesis - Fast 12 hr each night, including 3 hr prior to bedtime. - Reduce stress - Personalized—yoga or meditation or music, etc. - Optimize sleep - 8 hr sleep per night; melatonin 0.5mg po qhs; Trp 500mg po 3x/wk if aw…

Can we get one supplement pill that merges all of those that need to be consumed? Kthx.

This is probably sarcastic, but it has long been said that if exercise could be made into a pill it would be one of the best medicines ever and it is true that exercise is known to help with a majority of these issues though not necessarily all. So take an exercise and wash it down with some water and you may get some of these positive effects.

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Post by themodelplumber »

varelse wrote: post #10
wawayanda wrote: post #6

Maybe I'm a cynic but it strains credulity that the miracle cure is also a laundry list of fad health trends from the the last decade. Gluten free, intermittent fasting, yoga, melatonin, probiotics, etc etc

If what you're telling me is that eating healthy, getting enough sleep and exercising can halt or reverse Alzheimer's it's not going to exactly shock me. The real fad is how amazingly stupid Americans are about their own health.

Was that zing really necessary? I'm trying to start a new diet plan over here, c'mon. There's just way too much good food in California.

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Post by adolph »

themodelplumber wrote: post #25
varelse wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If what you're telling me is that eating healthy, getting enough sleep and exercising can halt or reverse Alzheimer's it's not going to exactly shock me. The real fad is how amazingly stupid Americans are about their own health.

Was that zing really necessary? I'm trying to start a new diet plan over here, c'mon. There's just way too much good food in California.

Every problem is a solution in disguise: start a good food diet plan—people will certainly buy that.

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Post by suyash »

o_____________o wrote: post #3

tldr personalized techniques: - Optimize diet: minimize simple CHO, minimize inflammation. - Patients given choice of several low glycemic, low inflammatory, low grain diets. - Enhance autophagy, ketogenesis - Fast 12 hr each night, including 3 hr prior to bedtime. - Reduce stress - Personalized—yoga or meditation or music, etc. - Optimize sleep - 8 hr sleep per night; melatonin 0.5mg po qhs; Trp 500mg po 3x/wk if aw…

thanks for sharing this, lot of good food, exercise, no late night eating, fasting ...all the things that several people have been telling us recently! Nice to see Ayurvedic herbs too

Re: Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program

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Post by suyash »

moffkalast wrote: post #16
o_____________o wrote: post #3

tldr personalized techniques: - Optimize diet: minimize simple CHO, minimize inflammation. - Patients given choice of several low glycemic, low inflammatory, low grain diets. - Enhance autophagy, ketogenesis - Fast 12 hr each night, including 3 hr prior to bedtime. - Reduce stress - Personalized—yoga or meditation or music, etc. - Optimize sleep - 8 hr sleep per night; melatonin 0.5mg po qhs; Trp 500mg po 3x/wk if aw…

Can we get one supplement pill that merges all of those that need to be consumed? Kthx.

someone always wants a shortcut :P

Re: Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program

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Post by 6510 »

alexpetralia wrote: post #17
o_____________o wrote: post #3

tldr personalized techniques: - Optimize diet: minimize simple CHO, minimize inflammation. - Patients given choice of several low glycemic, low inflammatory, low grain diets. - Enhance autophagy, ketogenesis - Fast 12 hr each night, including 3 hr prior to bedtime. - Reduce stress - Personalized—yoga or meditation or music, etc. - Optimize sleep - 8 hr sleep per night; melatonin 0.5mg po qhs; Trp 500mg po 3x/wk if aw…

Surprised not to see anything about sociality here. I imagine this is a large determinant of health and life span.

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