healthy heart healthy brain

HEALTHY HEART HEALTHY BRAIN
those things you do to make your heart healthy it appears
will make your brain much more healthy as you get older

of course
you have to start doing this when you are younger
pre grey hair it seems
to be most effective

oh she had hardening of the arteries when she got old is what
i heard

i heard that a lot when i was in practice
an explanation for dementia in a loved one
once pooh poohed by medical folks but now it may actually be
true

if you do anything to decrease the size of the blood supply to the
brain cells they will start to die
be it ruptured vessels cholesterol buildup blood clots
whatever causes the cells to not get blood and by not getting blood
they dont get nutrition
this can also induce the accumulation of beta amyloid then later
tau protein and the cascading events you see with alzheimers disease
sorry to say this accumulaton starts early in life

in a recent study from ucsf young folks were followed over 25 years
from their 20s into their 40s and 50s monitoring their blood pressure
cholesterol and diabetes

these 3 thing are shown to be the culprits in the development of
atherosclerosis a big word being cholesterol buildup in the arteries that
restricts blood flow
eg in regards to the heart you can get a heart attack and or a stroke

those young folks we now call millennials who had abnormal levels
of all 3 of these
and
we are talking about levels slightly higher than normal
did not do as well on cognitive tests (memory tests) when
they got to their 40s and 50s which are the tail end of the baby boomers

these 3 things blood pressure cholesterol diabetes are so easy to control
many times without medicine
but im sorry to say
its with diet a mediterranean diet veggies fruits olive oil fish lean meats
red wine nuts
with exercise get off the couch and walk some each day
with medications if they are needed

as those of us who keep up with alzheimers research know that
this process does all start when folks are young
yes maybe all their lives or in the 20s 30s
by the 40s its all sped up
by the 50s irreparable damage may be done already
it may be too late to stop the cascade of events at that age

so
stop if you are a millennial and get moving
so you will remember how to text how to use your iphone
how to use all your electronic gear when you get older

take a look at your kids your grandkids nephews nieces and
other loved ones
especially those who are worried they will get the dreaded a disease
alzheimers disease

get them moving
make them eat correctly
maintain a normal weight
check baseline cholesterol
check their blood pressure yes kids will get high blood pressure
and it needs treated

it may be the best gift you can give them
if you do maybe they will remember the gift and you when they get older

their future memory is in your hands

the organicgreen doctor

cholesterol in kids

CHOLESTEROL IN KIDS
at the age of 40 i had my cholesterol check
my total cholesterol was 340
my ldl my bad cholesterol was 250
my hdl my good cholesterol was 20
those my friend are bad numbers
i call them heart attack or stroke numbers

my older brother had a heart attack at the age of 60
he was a non smoker in good health
he was active
his cholesterol was like mine

at the age of 40 i changed my diet to a low fat low cholesterol diet
and i was started on a statin drug and have been on one now for
several years

what if my brother or i had been checked at 9 years old
was started on a proper diet and possible a statin drug
at the age of 12
would he not have had his heart attack at 60
more than likely yes
hes lucky it didnt happen sooner

what if my younger brother with alzheimers disease had got
checked at 9 years of old for cholesterol and then got started
on a proper diet with the addition of a statin drug at 12
and had not smoked and controlled his blood pressure
would he not have alzheimers at his young age
possibly

the new guidelines recommended for children is to have their
cholesterol checked at the age of 9-11 and again at the age of
17-21
the risk factors for heart disease and stroke are also turning out
to be the risk factors for alzheimers disease

the recommendation for cholesterol is the same as adults
diet first then if numbers are high enough consider a statin drug
exercise regularly
maintain a normal weight

if you are genetically kin to me and your child is in this age range
you should get them tested and start some type of intervention now
so that your child willl not be like
your uncle with azheimers
your uncle with a heart attack and heart failure
your grandparents with alzhiemers heart attacks strokes and leg amputations

a life time of prevention can decrease the chances of these terrible
diseases and can delay their appearance and when they do appear
later in life the severity will be less

its up to you the parents to do something now

i think of cholesterol clogging up arteries like a water pipe in a house

over 60 years of running well water or city water into the pipes causing
them to gradually corrode so that they can be completely stopped up
with hard calcified plaques that will stop water flow

if you use rain water that corrosion doesnt happen
in fact if you change to a rain water system the rain water will
gradually over time begin to dissolve the calcified plaques in the pipes


the same thing happens with cholesterol over the years
(see the picture above of the clogged heart artery)
adding proper diet and statin drugs can gradually dissolve
some of the plaque formation
by starting treatment in kids this can be prevented

get those kids tested
make a difference in their future health
dont have them wait like me and my relatives have until
the symptoms and blockage has occurred

yes organic green living can make your life better

the organicgreen doctor