Dementia scares people. Rates are rising. New evidence shows decreased vision and hearing make dementia more likely. One study out of Stanford found people who had vision loss and did not seek treatment showed five times the cognitive decline rate, and over nine times the Alzheimer’s rate as those without problems, through a period of eight and a half […]
Rediscovering social support (and how it aids health – 4/04/12)
Social Survival What keeps people living a long life? A system of living that gives the body the right information at the right times to properly regenerate itself. We know what many parts of that system are. Food is one. Nutritional variety – whether the fruits, vegetables, and olive oil based diet of Mediterranean countries, […]
Why don’t we eat vegetables? (The Sugar Society) – 10/6/10)
New York Times health columnist Jane Brody is upset. Like most advocates for public health, she can’t understand why Americans don’t eat their vegetables. The advantages are so great and so obvious, why won’t the population bend to the media barrage and do the right thing? Simple – because they are strongly conditioned not to. […]