Health

Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Fee Writes

Alzheimer’s and dementia are crippling diseases.

It is crippling not only to the person who has it but to their family. I’m getting to that age, and know some people who have it or have early signs of it.

Thankfully, there was none in my family, although my mother died at 75, so who’s to say she could have got it a bit later on? My dad died at around about 96, and he definitely didn’t have it. In fact, he was cognitive right up to the day he died. Also, none of my aunts and uncles nor grandparents who lived to old age suffered from the disease.

My parents were both born in the early 1900s, and I wonder if they were a product of their generation. They were brought up on whole food, nothing processed, and, at that time, plastic hadn’t been invented. Bakelite was invented in 1907 and was the first synthetic resin ever created.

I don’t even remember anybody who had it through the years I was growing up. Because of this, I wonder if it is like a modern disease that has become more and more prevalent. I would have been in my 30s when I met the first person I ever knew (or knew of) who had dementia. She was the grandmother of a friend of mine. I didn’t know anything about Alzheimer’s or dementia at that time.

Now, I haven’t looked into any research on it, but I know there is a lot of research about it. But my brain works in funny, mysterious ways. And I do wonder if it is because we have so many chemicals in and around us nowadays that have caused the surge.
Chemicals have been found all around our planet, including in Antarctica and the Arctic. Perhaps these chemicals have something to do with it. Also, we have to consider the fact that we eat way more processed foods now. And if you look at the ingredients in processed foods, a lot of them are chemical or chemical-based.

Then there is our water—you know, the water that we drink, which is supposedly fine. But the pipes are flushed out with chemicals, so realistically, we are ingesting chemicals there. I even wonder about bottled water. Why? Because most of that bottle of water is ‘processed’ and ends up in plastic.

Does all of this have a compounding effect on our brains?

These chemicals must hit us at a cellular level. It stands to reason. And even if we’re eating organic food, with so many chemicals worldwide, is that being drawn up into the atmosphere and then rained down? I’d like to know if somebody has actually researched this or knows what the component of rain is.
So now it rains on all crops and pastures; is it acid rain?
Are there traces of chemicals? Wouldn’t that mean that even our organic veggies are exposed?
This brings me back to the point of chemicals hitting the cellular level of our bodies.

I am one to have whole food. I have the occasional processed food, but not an awful lot. The bulk of my meals and everything is always whole food. And, and so I feel happy about that.
I don’t grow vegetables, though. I grow herbs and am an excellent herb grower. You name it—I can grow it.
But I’m not very good at growing vegetables. I have tried on numerous occasions with limited success.

Hmm, my simple logic, that’s all. I’d love to know your thoughts. Bye for now.