Longer But Unhealthier Lives... Could Explain Alzheimer’s Surge

[Economy 52,844]

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/wellness/aging/2015/02/19/alzheimers-rise/23675209/

 

Living Longer but unhealthier lives. That is the reality of the Western World in the 21st century

 

Peoples poor diets and lack of exersize trigger health problems such as Diabetes, heart desiese, high blood pressure, cancer etc at an earlier age than people would develop these illnesses 100 years ago

 

However medications control and manage symptoms, so although we are unhealthy, desiese symptoms are prevented from getting bad enough to kill you early. For instance that blood thiner or blood pressure pill may prevent stave off that stroke or heart attack you otherwise may have had at 65 but instead you live past 80 with chronic health problems

 

Some researchers think the strain in our bodies from poor lifestyle habbits is affecting the brain as well to trigger desieses like alzheimers. The fact that modern medicine keeps us alive despite us being unhealthier allows us to deteriorate more while living, and that includes mentally

[Eighteen 5,430]

hey i know you're concerned about alzheimer's not only bc it's affecting your family but you're looking at you, too, but on the brighter side and to maybe give you some solace on the future, you'll be in your 70s many years from now, and who knows, a breakthrough could be coming in the decades to come before we here on GGD are trying inevitably to remember our logins 

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I really love your threads

 

[Fingerella 3,170]

I really appreciate the topics you make they're very informative.

[PunkTheFunk 125,703]

I'd rather die at 70 while I still have somewhat good health than live to 100 and be confined to a bed 

[ZephyrInTheSky 1,235]

We just need to do whatever Cher is doing. Otherwise theres this place in switzerland where they put you to sleep.  look it up.

[PartySick 172,489]

Which is why everyone should strive to eat healthier and be more active

[hausofbrice 2,867]

2 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Which is why everyone should strive to eat healthier and be more active

only if they wanna live longer sis

[Whispering 18,865]

25 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said:

I'd rather die at 70 while I still have somewhat good health than live to 100 and be confined to a bed 

You could have three decades of a good life between 70 and a hundred, especially with the continued advances in modern medicine. 

[Green Detox 2,779]

I would be interested to live up until 100. But i hope eternal youth formula would be found by that time

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7 hours ago, Whispering said:

You could have three decades of a good life between 70 and a hundred, especially with the continued advances in modern medicine. 

 

6 hours ago, Green Detox said:

I would be interested to live up until 100. But i hope eternal youth formula would be found by that time

I read about this in an article and I think it might be the one i posted actually

 

Living to 100 has more to do with genetics than anything else. Living to 85 for example appears to be important to live at least somewhat healthy while extra-ordinairy unusually long lives appear to have genetics as a bigger component. Its also much harder for males to reach 100!

 

Anyway it seems like life-expectancy has gone up due to pre-mature death prevention. In that past many didint live to 80 because some health complication took your life pre-maturely

 

Modern medicine can delay heart-attacks or strokes as a result of heart desiese or high blood pressure. Surgeries can bypass certain issues and anti-biotics can stop most infections now

 

But 100 years ago people who lived to their 80s and 90s existed too! They just had to be lucky not to get health problems they couldnt deal with back then which caused premature death

 

But in 2017 now, a great many people already die of old age instead of pre-mature deaths which means, curing illnesses and better medicine can only raise life expectancy by so much more. Medications dont stop aging and most peoples genetics dont allow them to live to 100!!!

 

To have the average person live to 100 not only would it require healthier life-styles to increase life expectancy a few more years but also we actually need to find a way to slow aging itself. Until we slow aging the average person will never live to 100

[RAMROD 117,027]

Hmmm, that is surprising. Does people are leading unhealthy lifestyle?

I thought people these says are into healthy lifestyle tbh.

I mean, all these various kind of diet. To the popular gadgets that  help them to countbour steps and such.

 

 

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2 hours ago, RAMROD said:

Hmmm, that is surprising. Does people are leading unhealthy lifestyle?

I thought people these says are into healthy lifestyle tbh.

I mean, all these various kind of diet. To the popular gadgets that  help them to countbour steps and such.

 

 

I mean some people may be into the healthy trend... more than 10-20 years ago... but over-all were still worse habits than 50 years ago

[Green Detox 2,779]

17 hours ago, Economy said:

 

I read about this in an article and I think it might be the one i posted actually

 

Living to 100 has more to do with genetics than anything else. Living to 85 for example appears to be important to live at least somewhat healthy while extra-ordinairy unusually long lives appear to have genetics as a bigger component. Its also much harder for males to reach 100!

 

Anyway it seems like life-expectancy has gone up due to pre-mature death prevention. In that past many didint live to 80 because some health complication took your life pre-maturely

 

Modern medicine can delay heart-attacks or strokes as a result of heart desiese or high blood pressure. Surgeries can bypass certain issues and anti-biotics can stop most infections now

 

But 100 years ago people who lived to their 80s and 90s existed too! They just had to be lucky not to get health problems they couldnt deal with back then which caused premature death

 

But in 2017 now, a great many people already die of old age instead of pre-mature deaths which means, curing illnesses and better medicine can only raise life expectancy by so much more. Medications dont stop aging and most peoples genetics dont allow them to live to 100!!!

 

To have the average person live to 100 not only would it require healthier life-styles to increase life expectancy a few more years but also we actually need to find a way to slow aging itself. Until we slow aging the average person will never live to 100

I also read that Raw Veganism is the best way

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2 hours ago, Green Detox said:

I also read that Raw Veganism is the best way

There doesnt seem to be concensus on that

 

But i can see at least how eccessive consumption of animal products could be harmful

 

for starters with veganism u should have 0 problems with arteries getting clogged from saturated fats and as long as u stay away from trans-fats as well

 

For for maximum benefits with veganism i think one definitely has to do reserch and plan diet carefully not just go vegan...

 

Protein and other nutrients can be very lacking in many fruits and vegetables so its important to know what nutrients u have to be extra careful to get from other sources such as legumes, nuts and eatable fungi

 

To go vegan without proper planning no doubt does more harm to ones body than good as ull lack much important nutrition