Month: March 2016

Uta’s Diary, a Continuation from the 26th of February 2016

 

 

I reblogged on the 25th of February 2016 this article which has the title:

“CONDITIONS MASQUERADING AS DEMENTIA”

 

They say, that dementia and even Alzheimers can be controlled by adopting a very healthy life-style. Here is a link to that article.

 

https://auntyuta.com/2016/02/25/7-conditions-masquerading-as-dementia/

 

I said in my diary from the 26th of February that I wanted to come back to that article, which is written by health coach MARGIE KING. She says among other things “A new program from UCLA and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging offers new hope. In the first study of its kind, researchers have proved that natural therapies can not only slow the progress of dementia but can actually reverse it.”

This article is actually written by health coach MARGIE KING, She says among other things “A new program from UCLA and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging offers new hope. In the first study of its kind, researchers have proved that natural therapies can not only slow the progress of dementia but can actually reverse it.”

The UCLA protocol recognizes that dementia can have many causes and those causes are often reversible.

 

I copied the following from  MARGIE KINGS’S article:

”  .  .  .    Sharp Again Naturally (www.sharpagain.org) is a non-profit organization formed in 2012 to educate the public and the medical community about the reversible causes of dementia.

Here are seven areas Sharp Again Naturally suggests you investigate before accepting a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis. These are conditions that may cause memory loss and dementia but can be reversed.

1. Nutritional imbalances and deficiencies. Deficiencies of omega 3s, vitamisn B12, vitamin C, magnesium, selenium, probiotics, and other nutrients frequently cause symptoms of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Adhering to a balanced Mediterranean-style diet is associated with slower cognitive decline.  It’s also linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s.

Studies also show low vitamin D levels are linked to Alzheimer’s. Low folate (vitamin B9) may also lead to cognitive decline.

Adding coconut oil may rescue a brain from Alzheimer’s.  And turmeric is known to boost working memory in just one dose.

2. Artificial food colors, flavors, and sweeteners. Artificial additives of all kinds may cause dementia symptoms.

Studies show the artificial sweetener aspartame impairs cognitive function and leads to memory loss.

3. Prescription medication side effects. Drugs, especially pain medications, and psychotropic drugs can severely disrupt cognition.

Statins are particularly harmful.  In one study from the University of California – San Diego, 90 percent of patients who stopped taking statin drugs reported improvement in cognitive problems in a matter of weeks.  In some of the patients a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s was reversed.

Another study showed that the sleep drug Ambien increased the risk of dementia in elderly patients.

4. Inflammation from low-level infections, mold, food allergies, and Lyme Disease. Inflammation is the body’s attempt to get rid of a toxic element or organism, and so it occurs in many different situations, even root canals and urinary tract infections.

Studies suggest that mental disorders result from neuroinflammation.

5. Stress and stagnation/inactivity. Stress elevates cortisol levels, leading to inflammation, and in turn to hormone imbalances, cognitive impairment, heightened blood sugar levels, hypertension, delayed healing time, and susceptibility to disease. The body’s self healing mechanisms depend on unimpeded flow of lymph, blood, and other fluids, all of which are promoted by exercise. Inactivity, by contrast, allows cellular shutdown and blockages, taxing the whole system and interfering with healing on every level.

One study showed that in patients younger than 65 years-old, 41% of dementia diagnoses were incorrect.  Misdiagnosis occurred most frequently in patients with depression or alcohol abuse.

6. Thyroid and other hormonal imbalances. Many people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia simply have low levels of T3 thyroid hormone. However, standard thyroid tests completely miss T3 levels, and Synthroid (T4) doesn’t help. It is estimated that 10 to 15% of all nursing home residents may be there because of low T3.

7. Mercury and other heavy metal poisoning. So-called silver amalgam fillings contain 50 percent mercury, and that mercury is neither stable nor inert. It off-gasses, crosses the blood-brain barrier, and destroys neurons even without contact. Removing these fillings is hazardous unless done with mercury-safe protocols.

Annual flu shots are another source of these toxins.  Research shows that people who took the flu shot for five consecutive years had 10 times or 1000 percent higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease than people who only had one or two flu shots due to the accumulation of mercury and aluminum in the vaccines.

Most doctors are not expert in these causes of dementia or how to treat them.  Sharp Again Naturally is building a medical advisory board and a database to get the word out.  It also offers help finding functional medicine specialists, naturopaths, or doctors who practice integrative medicine who are familiar with these areas.

Click here for more information on natural approaches to preventing and overcoming dementia.

 

 

 

The Marriage of Opposites  

 

https://auntyuta.com/2016/02/07/charlotte-amalie/

“The Marriage of Opposites”,  is an excellent title, I think.  I had this book renewed by the library, but today is the day when it finally needs to be returned. The weeks vanish so quickly. I cannot believe,  I’ve had this book for so many weeks. I just remembered, that I had intended to make a note about the different chapters in that book.

Chapter One starts in 1807. It is set in Charlotte Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas, and Rachel Pomie is the narrator. This Rachel did strike me straight away as a very interesting woman. Her relationship with her mother and father in her childhood reminds me a bit about the relationship that I used to have with my parents. I reckon, there are some similarities, but the outward circumstances are totally different to the way I grew up, namely I grew up in a very different place and in a very different time. Due to WW Two and the separation of my parents after the war, I saw my father overall not very often, whereas Rachel’s father always lived with the family . . . .  Rachel is not at all the way her mother would like her daughter to be. Girlish things do not interest her at all, but she loves her father’s books and his conversations. Rachel’s father treats her as an intelligent person. This is how she becomes a fairly well educated woman.

The last chapter in the book, CHAPTER ELEVEN, starts in 1855. It is again set in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas, and again Rachel by the name of Rachel Pomie Petit Pizarro is the narrator. 1855 is the year when she is determined to go to Paris to live there for the rest of her life. She goes on the sea voyage together with Jestine, her longtime friend from the islands who wants to join her daughter in Paris whom she has not seen since she had been kidnapped as a child. Rachel’s husband was going to come to Paris soon after. He first had to close up their business on the island.

Rachel soon feels very much at home in Paris. She goes on narrating her story in 1863. Alice Hoffman fictionalized the life of Rachel. But all the dates and instances are based on the life of Rachel Monsanto Pomie Petit Pizarro, who died in Paris in 1889 at the age of ninety-four. One of her sons was Camille Pissaro, the artist.

Here now I made some notes about the dates and various narrators in the CHAPTERS TWO to TEN of “The Marriage of Opposites”:

Chapter Two, 1818 Rachel (narrator)

Three, 1823 Rachel (narrator)

Four, 1824 Rachel (narrator)

Five, 1825 Abraham Gabriel Frederic Pizarro (narrator)

Six, 1826 Rachel (narrator)

Seven, 1841 Jacobo Camille Pizzarro (narrator)

Eight, Paris 1847 Lydia Cassin Rodrigues Cohen (narrator)

Nine, St. Thomas 1848 Jacobo Camille Pizzarro (narrator)

Ten, St. Thomas 1855 Camille Pizzarro (narrator)

During most of the book, Rachel is the narrator. The other narrators are the artist, Jacobo Camille (Rachel’s son), Frederic Pizzarro (her second husband) and Lydia, the daughter of Rachel’s friend Jestine, who had been kidnapped from Charlotte Amalie  as a child and taken to Paris. When Jestine sees her daughter finally in Paris some twenty years later, the daughter is already married with three beautiful daughters!

Rachel had two marriages, a lot of children (many died early). She did  like very much  to spend time with her grand-children.