4 Responses to Aging and Disease

1. bobhill says:

   March 19, 2010 at 12:27 pm

   http://wwwh.youtube.com/watch?v=jNV5bgsv984
2. Bob says:

   March 19, 2010 at 2:08 pm

   I’m Interested in engaging this discussion. As I see it, there are several big issues. How to preserve health and wellbeing for as long as possible. Strategies for staving off memory loss due to aging or age-related diseases. And, general, how to adapt to the changes that are a predictable part of growing old
3. Ingrid Boveda says:

   April 7, 2010 at 9:53 am

   While I’m no expert in all this, I can say that I see the merit in certain diets affecting not only physical health, but also mental health, with the term diet deviating a bit from what many people construe it to be (ex. weight loss). It’s seeming more and more obvious as you get into aging literature, and even reading magazines, that diet and exercise play a positive role physically and mentally. Even younger people (like me) can benefit from exercise, and even relaxation practices like yoga or meditation. I’m curious to know which factors in middle adulthood, like stress, balancing family, financial, stress of an aging body, etc., can be “improved” by such simple practices.

   I don’t think this is the cure for AD, nor do I think that only diet and exercise will turn back loss that is perhaps a bit more severe than mild cognitive impairment, but it may help a healthy aging brain improve memory functions. Even at my age (23), I am noticing the positive effects of exercise, with improved memory and reduced stress being the top ones.
4. Bob says:

   April 12, 2010 at 5:07 pm

   Thanks for your note Ingrid. There is a lot of press today about the Mediterranian diet, but my thinking is the best think we can do, given the Okinawa aging study is start eating more Tofu….I’ve started to integrate Tofu into a lot of my foods. It is a versatile product.