10 Million Baby Boomers Face Alzheimer's Epidemic

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kingstukie — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:08:10 GMT

Well said kellymars281951and Dr Christine. There certainly is distinct types of trails and i think our kiwi friend doth protest too much.

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GregorHardy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:39:07 GMT

Ok so I hear aluminum is found in high concentrations in the brains of people with AD.

But does that mean that they are eating aluminum?

Is high serum colesterol because we eat foods with lots of colesterol... like eggs or for another reason?

Just saying that maybe the aluminum is a result of something else and is left as some kind of byproduct and settles in the brain.

Any thoughts?

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ImJustHealthConscious — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:14:52 GMT

To add to that major problems is the fact that the pharmaceutical industry likes to inject MSG, Aspartame as well as other potentially toxic fillers in peoples medications. They don't reveal their formulation and this, I think, is a crime.

One question that I would really like to see addressed is the following;

How can we all avoid the detrimental effects of the toxic filler substances, (Aspartame, MSG, Aluminum, etc.), which are inevitably ingested when taking common thyroid medicines, ( Synthroid or Eltroxin ), and other medications?

Since it is not possible to just stop taking a thyroid medicine or something as similar to avoid these toxins, what would be the best course of action in this case?

The corrupt pharmaceutical company's agenda is obvious; inject other toxic substances in everyone's medication in order to further degrade the public's health and ensure life time customers.

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CEM — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:02:44 GMT

Exposure to wireless technology may be behind the Alzheimer's epidemic. Read this...

Magnetic iron crystals in the brains of Alzheimer's patients:

www.newscientist.com/.../dn3611-magnetic-crystals-in-brain-linked-to-alzheimers.html

...and then compare to these...

Electrical Sensitivity & Hypersensitivity:

www.ei-resource.org/.../electrical-sensitivity-&-hypersensitivity

Bioinitiative Report:

www.bioinitiative.org/.../index.htm

My grandmother died of Alzheimer's, and I have developed severe electrosensitivities, and many of my symptoms correspond with early Alzheimer's.

Our brains are essentially being microwaved.

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MoniqueG — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:45:27 GMT

I don't doubt that Alzheimer's is partly a result of mercury, aluminum and any additive or even pesticides. I wonder how many of these people have taken some kind of medicine that hurts them even more. I went to the doctor for a check up and she gave me Celebrex and Amytripiline for chronic pain. After being on it for about a month, I turned down a one way lane and didn't know why I did it. I never had before. The second time I did it, I quit taking any of the medicine. It has been over 3 years since I quit taking it and I haven't done it since then. What would it have done to me if I had kept on taking it? I go to Physical Therapy now and one of the Therapists said that a doctor gave her something for her back pain and she was trying to kill thousands of ants that she thought was on her laundry basket. There wasn't any ants. She is in her thirties. Imagine what the medicine would have done to her if she had kept on taking it.

I think that nutritional deficiencies and the hard knocks and shocks in life also contribute. Someone said that her mama was so shocked when a best friend died and it wasn't long before she had Alzheimer's. After hearing that my son had died, I didn't act normal for a while. I have taken supplements pretty regularly over the years and feel that they helped me a lot. Our environment is so polluted and we are all going to have to take better care of ourselves. I listen to everything anyone says when something happens to them. My friend has been on 6 different blood pressure medicines for years and still has high blood pressure. I cannot understand why she keeps taking so many pills if none of them are helping. I am sure the drug companies really love her. She takes other medicines too if the doctor says she needs them. She stays in bed most of the time. Too many people are depending on the wrong doctors to help them. We need more like Dr.Mercola.

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saynotoquacks — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:12:48 GMT

Please don't forget that psychiatric drugs like benzodiazepines (Ativan, Valium, etc), antipsychotics, and others can cause Alzheimer's-like symptoms even in young people (as they did to me) and very likely can trigger Alzheimer's in older folks.

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worldwellness — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:55:20 GMT

Something very important missing in this article is the need to keep the brain hydrated. The brain is 90% water and we live in a constant state of dehydration.The Bodies Many Cries For Water is a must read.as well as this water cure recipe if you want to avoid Dementia.

*The Water Cure Recipe *

Drink 1/2 your body weight of water in ounces, daily. Example: 180 lb = 90 oz. of water daily. Divide that into 8 or 10 oz. glasses and that's how many glasses you will need to drink, daily. Use 1/4 tsp. of unprocessed sea salt for every quart of water you drink. Use sea salt liberally with food. As long as you drink the water, you can use the salt. Use only 50 to 80 mineral, no additive, unprocessed sea salt. Avoid table salt. It only has three minerals in it. While the best sea salts contain all minerals, you should eat a banana or two a day for potassium and take some magnesium, calcium and zinc to maximize your immune system. Avoid caffeinated or alcoholic drinks. These are diuretics and will dehydrate you. Every 6 oz. of caffeine or alcohol requires an additional 10 to 12 oz. of water to re-hydrate you.

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Lori Martin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT

My mother-in-law also has Alzheimer's. She hadn't been to a Dr in over 40 years yet was still able to get her yearly flu shot. It is disgusting that an individual can walk into a grocery store or other non-medical setting and get a shot of toxins from a nurse, all without any concern over their current medical status.

I have done a great deal of research on Alzheimer's and I read that there may also be a connection to chemicals found in paint. There is a much higher rate of Alzheimer's in painters.

I also found that a change in reporting of deaths is partly responsible for the "increase" in Alzheimer's. Previously, if a person died of something such as pnuemonia, (which can occur in Alzheimer's patients), the cause of death was listed solely as pnuemonia. Sometime in the late 1990's the cause of death rules were changed and now the cause of death is listed as Alzheimer's. This change greatly affects how people view the severity of this issue.

Many of the drugs given to Alzheimer's patients not only don't work, but add to their poor health. Many are given things such as Ativan or Zoloft to help them sleep. Not only do these drugs not work for this purpose they also cause grave side effects. Alzheimer's meds only work in about 50% of Alzheimer's patients and only for a short period of time. When they don't work they can cause confusion as a side effect! Alzheimer's patients would live much longer without the ill-informed MD writing prescriptions.

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Clarrise — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:46:33 GMT

My great aunt passed away of alzheimer's - "every" morning she ate Wheaties w/banana for breakfast, a sandwich along w/carrots & celery for lunch and an apple, for dinner a meat, veg, potatoes, fruit & oatmeal cookies or a bowl of soup. Always drank water never anything else except on Sundays - iced tea. No one else in the family ever had alzheimer's. I think it is caused by parasites - I think she was exposed to aluminum through deodorant, cookware or water. When there is metal and other toxins in the body - parasites thrive and will go to one of the weakest areas of the body or wherever the metals and toxins lodge themselves and begin breaking down the body. I have read stories of people being detoxed w/vinegar, msm and other substances and their memories being restored. I wish I had known about detoxing and parasites sooner - I believe I could have helped her.

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england — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:47:36 GMT

Working with families and residents with Alzheimers for the past seven years on a daily basis I have found the Disease does not spare Librarians, Physicians or any other trade.We also have a huge number of Vascular Dementia which comes from small tia's [ strokes in the brain ] and many end up with Alzheimers as well it's a terrible combination. We have many many Diabetics that have Alzheimers most receive insuline injections.There are many types of Dementia such as Parkinsons Dementia, Drug and Alcohol related at least 1000 according to Mayo Clinic but Alzheimers is the fastest growing. All Residents are required to have flu shots as well as employees in Healthcare, nothing like adding insult to injury.

Programs like ours address all levels of the Disease.I have seen these folks do best when they get into a good program early, the structure helps the frustration and because we work from long term memory they are able to do activities they know and can engage in.The social activites are extremely beneficial.

Families have no idea that their loved ones nutritional habits are in any way related.The Residents refrigerators are often full of various soda's and junk food.We monitor this otherwise they would not eat a regular healthy diet. It's a very sad Disease and what they did not know has hurt them.These folks cannot live alone even though I have been made aware that we have people driving our highways with Alzheimers.You know how they do that ? from their long term memory, frightening huh! As long as they stay in their home that they are familiar with [ 30 years say ] and go down the same road to the store they can function for a long time. Safety is a whole other issue.I think we are going to find that the numbers are going to be much higher.Go to Alzheimers website they have a lot of info. and need our help.

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Chuck2U — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:54:56 GMT

Given the stats on people who are more prone to become a victim of Alzheimer's, I wonder if the link to vitamin D from sunshine has ever been considered. The same countries with largely agrarian cultures (people working the fields in the sun) have much lower cancer and heart disease rates. Often though, these countries are less developed giving the medical estabilishment the opportunity to blame under reporting of less obvious diseases to sunshines benefits.

Just a thought

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stanhartman1 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:31:43 GMT

Even the NIH subsidiary, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in its RAPID report - Research and Public Information Dissemination (funded mostly by the electric & electric products industry) - admits that ham radio operators and people who work with sewing machines have much higher rates of Alzheimers. The first are exposed to high frequency, the second to low frequency, EMFs. God know what we're going to see in 10 years or so with cell phone, cordless phone, and wi-fi users when the full harvest of microwave products comes to fruit.

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revgreendave — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:51:32 GMT

I have been encouraged for years to get a flu shot.

I tell the Dr's I have extreme reactions to the flu shot (which is true) and I have not had one in years.

My last flu shot was 1979. This year was the 1st year I caught anything close to severe.

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rtfdc1 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:40:46 GMT

Justlookin,

Try this address, www.youtube.com/watch, for the Affects of Mercury video. It should be shown to every expecting mother on the planet!

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Robin50 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:11:10 GMT

I became aware of the misuse and danger of aluminum foil when listening to "Car Talk with Click and Clack, on NPR. The boys had Martha Stewart on the show and she stated that she never allowed aluminum foil to touch her food. She always used parchment paper as a buffer to keep the aluminum from leaching into her food. I listened!!