mind for mind

MIND FOR MIND
a new study just came out
showing that a new treatment
well not a new treatment
could reduce the risk of alzheimers by
53%
yes thats
53%

it doesnt need to get approved by the fda
or
your prescription drug plan
or
your health insurance plan
or
medicare or champus

heck
you dont even need to get a prescription for it
or
even get it a a drug store

its really simple
you grow some of it yourself
all legal of course
or
buy it at a farmers market
or
a grocery store

this new treatment is called

the MIND DIET

an acronym for
the mediterannean-dash intervention for neurogenerative delay
cute arent they
but
it does sort of stick with you

oh yes i am on the mind diet for my mind

the mind diet is a tweaking of the
mediterranean diet and the dash diet
in a simpler to follow form
the berry industry will love it

the dash diet was developed for folks to stop hypertension
and heart disease
it like the mediteranean diet also helps with dementia

remember
what is good for the heart is good for the
brain or should we say
the mind

here simply put is the
MIND DIET

there are 10 brain healthy food groups
green leafy vegetables   other vegetables   nuts   beans   berries  
whole grains   fish   poultry   olive oil and wine

there are 5 food groups that should be limited
red meats   butter and stick margarine   cheese   pastries and sweets
fried and fast foods


that seems pretty easy and clear to me
they especially recommend blueberries and strawberries
note i have 40 strawberry plants in my garden now

here are the stats for reduction of the risk for alzheimers disease
mediterannean diet 54%
dash diet 39%
mind diet has 53%

however
if some one moderately follows
the mind diet the risk is reduced by
34%
the mediterannean diet the risk is not reduced much
the dash diet the risk is not reduced much

so even if you half ass follow this mind diet it helps a lot

so if you are a relative of my mind
siblings   cousins   nephews   nieces   sons   and their kids
you need to be on the mind diet

you are programmed im sorry to say
to have a much higher risk of getting alzheimers disease
than most people

if you mind your diet you can reduce that risk by 53%

as we well know in our family
that misery associated with the alzeimers disease effect weve seen
so far
and
that we are about to see in the future
is not a very pretty happy picture to look at

we all want a cure for this disease
this may be as close to a cure as we will get
for awhile

just do it

here is the link i promised to post for those at the q&a
session yesterday 

clinical best practices guidelines for alzheimers blog

the organicgreen doctor

its a guide on what to do

ITS A GUIDE ON WHAT TO DO
i get questions all the time about what to do about memory problems
in a family member
a friend
a neighbor
the person asking the question
what do i do


this week the texas dept of health came out with clinical guidelines
for evaluating and treating dementia and memory loss
click on the far right pdf file

i highly recommend that if you are in one of the categories above
that you take your time and read through the new guidelines

eg
if you have a parent or a spouse who has gone to their doctor
to be evaluated for memory loss
then
work your way through these new guidelines
to be sure that a complete evaluation has been done

these guidelines wont be new to you if you have read this blog
over a period of time
as
i have been preaching these things for the last three years

i am actually on a state committee with the health department that
is working on getting this information to primary care providers
in a easy to use form for their daily practices

the viewpoint i offer is that of a former family doctor who
understands what it likes to be working in the trenches when
in the middle of the busy hectic day as a patient leaves the
room the wife says
you know he cant remember nothing anymore
in medicine we call that      oh by the way
which means thats the real reason they came in
just
stop
take out the flip card
work my way down the new algorithm
and get you the answer to the cause that you deserve


of course treating alzheimers is a bottomless pit
as you know what the end result will be
however
maybe a treatable cause is found like depression low b12
poor controlled blood pressure strokes sleep deprivation etc etc

thats why these guidelines are done
for the provider to follow so the proper workup is done
and
for the patient and family and friends to be sure that
the proper workup is done

nothing is worse than to find a memory problemed patient
who has been treated for years for memory loss
to find that they had a treatable cause

then
of course we are on the brink of finding a treatment for
alzheimers disease

so take the time
click on the new clinical guidelines link here
its the third pdf file on the right

make sure the right thing has been done

as you read the new guidelines you may get lost in some of
the words
dont worry if you are put in a situation where a workup
is needed
youll quickly know what these things are

note ive actually had all of the workup that they recommend
its now all available to you in the private world

dont accept anything less

it now is the standard of care for memory loss in the us
that you should be able to get done anywhere you live

no excuses allowed
from you or your health provider

the organicgreen doctor