alzheimers news-i said it again

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-I SAID IT AGAIN

yesterday i spoke to a group of folks who wanted to know
more about alzheimers disease

i like talked several minutes about why i am involved
in the alzheimers disease fight and some of my story
with the possibility of having alzheimers disease
then
i let them ask questions
the ones that they need answers to

this format is the one i like the best
since i think folks feel like they got some answers
they couldnt get from other sources
like their medical providers

i hope i gave them answers yesterday
but
sorry to say there is no solution yet to this alzheimers thing

i always get asked what can i do or what did you do to
make  yourself better

i always say like i did yesterday

no matter where you are in this alzheimers spectrum
normal memory
early memory loss
full blown alzheimers disease

the answers are the same for them as for me and for you

take care of your health
take care of your health
take care of your health

it wont stop the disease
but it might slow it down
even for a few months in some cases
but a few months can mean a lot when you are talking about memory loss

do this for a lifetime

start when you are an infant throughout childhood into adulthood
you not only may be able to prevent alzheimers disease
but also cancer heart disease stroke and probably other diseases

aggressively take care of your blood pressure your cholesterol
your diabetes your weight your sleep your mental heath as in
stress anxiety depression your mental and social and physical activity
maximize all of this
youll live longer and will be more disease free
maybe alzheimers free

then
you are what you eat or should we say what you dont eat

i told them to look up the mind diet
ok i said this a lot in this blog over the last several months
you will see it again if you keep reading it

it is probably the top thing a person needs to do in this alzheimers fight

a big new study is getting funded where folks will be put
on the mind diet to see if even in the short term
it can make memory better

what is the mind diet
here is a good article on it from webmd
but
its not complicated

eat leafy vegetables berries nuts fish some chicken vegetables
beans whole grains
limit red meat to 4 times a week
use olive oil as your oil
limit butter to one tbsp a day
drink red wine 1 glass a day
now i have that one covered
in fact if we go out to eat or meet friends for happy hour
i usually will just drink red wine instead of another beverage
limit fast food to once a week
limit pastries and sweets to 5 times a week
limit cheese to once a week sorry i changed mine to once a day

this diet was one that folks who live a long time seem to eat
all over the world
so some investigator didnt just make it one

it folks
is the cornerstone of our fight against this terrible disease
and
of course
cancer heart disease stroke obesity diabetes
debilitating hip and knee disease
blood pressure cholesterol sleep issues
and
it just makes you feel better

try it
if you wont do this
then make sure your kids are eating this way
so they can enjoy a longer more healthy life

also
support the local alzheimers texas walks to raise money to fight
this terrible disease

here is the link to their new website
www.txalz.org/walk

the organicgreen doctor

country n news-more produce

COUNTRY N NEWS-MORE PRODUCE

each year as i garden for fun and food
i realize
i am glad i dont do this for a living

eg
last year our 7 peach trees were loaded
when i say loaded i mean loaded
the limbs were touching the ground
thats how loaded they were
plus i even thinned them out a lot earlier in the season
the production was so great and the peaches just bigger
and heavier
down to the ground those limbs went

there were so many we couldnt keep up with the harvesting
so many became overripe
so we gave those to the country n chickens

now this year its a different story
we had a warm winter
each variety of peach requires different hours of cold weather
apparently this year
only 1 of those 7 peach trees met those criteria

now this tree that produced these peaches
the only one we will get peaches from
its an old old tree
in fact i almost cut it down
since the trunk looked so gnarly twisted rotten
wasnt sure how much longer it could stay alive

while listening to the garden show
john drumgole suggested just keeping those old trees
until they just fell over or died
so thats what i decided to do
i fully expect to go out one day after a big storm and  find
that this tree has blown down

so here is our one 5 gallon bucket of production of these sink peaches

i see frozen peach fuzzes and peach cobbler in our future

then
next we harvested our potatoes this week
we got a full bucket of them also
these were planted in mid january
i dig them up when the plants starting to die
it seems earlier and earlier each year now
climate changing i guess

these are stored in trays i save from the garden stores
in our garage in a dark corner
we will eat these over several months

then
its the onions
we got some biggens this year
these are all 1015s
called this because thats when you plant the seeds
now
i plant plants i buy in bunches of 25+
i planted close to 300 of them
occasionally eating some as they grow as green onions

these were planted in a bed where i have undergound pvc
about 36 ft worth with holes in them
i poured liquid fertilizer solution in the pipes to water them
you could almost see them explode in size
a few days after each watering

i waited to harvest them until the onions start to fall over
that time has arrived

these are stored in my garage and in my bbq area until the stalks
dry up
then the onions are trimmed up and put in panty hose
then hung from the garage roof
in onion chimes

we cut them down as we need them
providing us onions into the fall

im sorry but you cant buy this good tasting produce at the grocery store
maybe you can at a good farmers market
but
it just tastes better when you grew it yourself

try it yourself next year

the organicgreen doctor

it may not bee what you think

IT MAY NOT BEE WHAT YOU THINK

this is a small bottle of honey
that a friend harvested this year from his hive
its less than a month old
fresh
flavorful
sort of a wild taste
the honey takes on some of the taste of whatever
pollen the bees are harvesting
this time of year its lots of wildflowers and trees
and shrubs and bushes

now this honey is all local
i know its 100% pure honey

i have been a beekeeper for a year now
only got stung twice
once on the rt cheek
and
once on the lip
now that one hurt real bad
like a severe brain freeze that wont go away

i havent harvested any honey yet
but
i know when i do that it will be
mine
pure honey
no additives
all organic

now
before i had bees
my wife she likes honey in the morning with her breakfast
so
i would go to the store
being cheap like i am
im always looking to save money
i would go through the honey section
find the cheapest honey
buy it
bring it home
she would eat it

now since im an official honey beekeeper
i know
that that cheap honey i bought
probably had a lot of corn syrup in it
the label just didnt have it on the list of ingredients
thats why the honey is so cheap
they water it down with corn syrup
in some cases they actually use water to water down the honey
they usually china also use chemicals and antibiotics that are banned
in the united states
none of this stuff will be on the label

apparently china is bad about doing this
they sell it to larger honey selling companies in other foreign countries
who sell it to large grocery chains here in the us
who sells it to cheap folks like me trying to save a buck
who might just be able to save even more money
if he would just go ahead and buy corn syrup

now i know better
i know the difference in the flavor and the nutrition
so
i buy from a local honey person
or

if i am in the grocery store
i buy honey that is from a local honey farm
known to produce pure honey

that is
until i can harvest my honey
then
i will add honey to my local produce list from
the country n

she likes the wild native hone better
its healthier for you

dont you be fooled

the organicgreen doctor