How can you save yourself?
How much do we need to save the nation?
Do you need a lot of money to eliminate the major diseases in the U.S.?
An eighth-grade English teacher knows it. Do you?
Check this excellent post by Patsy Ouellette of Bakersfield; she teaches at Norris Middle School and obviously can teach us more than just English:
Community Voices: Power of healthy eating
Glioma is a brain cancer.
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of glioma, is the deadliest human cancer with a survival of about 12 months for WHO grade IV. I have previously referred to a great documentary on glioblastoma treatment, but this post is about prevention rather than treatment.
Inskip et al. have reported an increased incidence of glioma in the frontal lobe in the cohort of 20-29 year olds. The authors also questioned a common hypothesis that cellular phone use associates with glioma incidence. The conclusion from the study did not in support the notion that the use of cellular phones causes brain cancer.
Whereas use of cellular phones might not cause brain cancer, obesity during adolescence does (Moore SC, et al., 2009). Moore and his colleagues reported that:
“Risk among participants who were obese (BMI 30.0-34.9 kg/m(2)) at age 18 years was nearly four times that of persons of normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2)) at age 18 years (RR, 3.74; 95% CI, 2.03-6.90; P(trend) = 0.003); 11 cases were obese at age 18 years. Risk among participants who were active during ages 15 to 18 years was 36% lower than that of persons who were inactive during ages 15 to 18 years (RR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.44-0.93; P(trend) = 0.02). BMI and physical activity after age 18 years were unrelated to glioma risk.”
Actionable
If you want to protect your children from the deadliest cancer, take care of their nutrition and support them in any physical activity.
Learn about the four rules against childhood obesity.
Are you afraid of dementia? How about developing dementia in your 40s? You might be able to protect yourself ... by learning about the food for the brain.
By “food for the brain” I do not mean reading books and learning. True, challenging your brain is important based upon the “use it, or lose it” rule. However, in this post I am referring to the actual food you consume every day.
Do you eat lots of sugar? Have you been putting on pounds? Are you frequently tired? Are you moody most of the time? If you are not worried about your waistline and appearance, are you worried about succumbing to a dreadful illness due to your body weight?
Are you on the verge of being diagnosed with diabetes type 2? Or do you already have it? Do you have metabolic syndrome? Do you think that these conditions are not a problem because they could be controlled by medications?
I assure you that one body “malfunction” now would lead to another malfunction down the road, in your older years. If you escape cardiovascular diseases and cancer (both linked to overweight/obesity, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance), you may not be lucky to escape dementia associated with many different types of neurodegenerative diseases.
Both insulin resistance and diabetes are linked to several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Here is a source for more information.
In some neurodegenerative diseases, glucose is not properly used in the brain, and this situation is reminiscent of diabetes and insulin resistance. In fact, Alzheimer’s disease is sometimes called “type 3 diabetes”. And here is the bombshell: not only we may witness our children develop cancer before us, but we may also have to take care of our children when they develop dementia in their 40s:
"At a time in history when type 2 diabetes is diagnosed in progressively younger adults, the [new] findings have important implications for age of Alzheimer’s disease — with symptoms that will be increasingly reported by adults in their 50s and even possibly even in their 40s.”
Actionable
Stop eating sugar, stop drinking anything with sugar or sweeteners. Learn to read nutrition labels and recognize all 50+ names of sugar. Get the excess weight down.
And yes, mental exercise helps too:
You know what they say, use it or lose it. For a healthy brain functions, do these as described here:
· Challenge yourself
· Be socially active
· Follow a healthy diet
· Be physically active
· Reduce stress
· Protect your head
· Make healthy lifestyle choices
· Do your brain a favour - volunteer!
