None of those things have anything to do with Alzheimer's anyway.
You're engaging in hand-wringing. If "Stress kills" the best thing you can do is stop stressing over it. Your list sounds like an episode of Dr Oz.
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None of those things have anything to do with Alzheimer's anyway.
You're engaging in hand-wringing. If "Stress kills" the best thing you can do is stop stressing over it. Your list sounds like an episode of Dr Oz.
Retirement has many challenges.
I recently took a DNA test by "23 and me" and my DNA indicates I have the Apoe4 gene which put me at a higher risk of late onset Alzheimer's disease.
My increased risk at age 85 is about "1 in 2" versus "1 in 8" without this gene. However, the above risk numbers does not account for better diet and exercise. This "may" explain why 1 in 2 did NOT develop Alzheimer at age 85 even though they had the same Apoe4 gene...
My quality of life has improved and money has become less important to me. I am actually glad to discover that I have the APO4 gene because I avoided becoming complacent in my retirement.
BETWEEN 2000 AND 2015 DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE HAVE DECREASED 11% WHILE DEATHS FROM ALZHEIMER'S HAVE INCREASED by percent.
Did we read the same OP? I saw no hand-wringing.
What I read is a reasonable approach for an overall healthy-lifestyle for most anyone, but tailored to someone a bit older. They are things pretty much anyone can benefit from and zero doctors would discourage.
I doubt the OP thinks his approach is any guarantee, but maybe to tip the scales just a teeny bit, while being healthier all over no matter what the outcome, to better enjoy life.
I feel compelled to point out that you need TWO copies of APOE-4 (one from each parent) to face the risk level you indicate.
Do you actually have both?
That's rare enough that I've seen clinicians complain they often can't find enough people (with both copies) on whom to conduct clinical studies.
Also, IIRC, having two copies puts you at significantly increased risk of suffering a whole host of nasty diseases, not just dementia.
-ncbill
(lived in the local medical school's library 10+ years ago when my mother was dying from a non-alzheimer's form of dementia that strikes mid 40s-mid 50s)
I am 45.
It is hugely frustrating knowing I will get it no matter what.
I don't believe diet helps for those of us with the double genes - too many people still get Alzheimers despite various healthy diets.
There is some hope for people with 2 copies of the Apoe2 gene based on the Nigeria Paradox. In my opinion, you should consider talking to your doctor and consider changing your diet.