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Diabetes & Dementia
Keep Mind, Body Sharp With or Without Diabetes
There are always ways to stay sharp, keep your mind sharp, and doing things that will stimulate your brain to think critically. Such as reading, learning and seeing new words, crosswords, soduku, math, science, and any analytical-critical-problem-solving skills and habits. It’s good for you mind, body, and soul. Of course, the better you take care of your body the less likely you’ll have problems. Be careful and conscious of what you put into your body everyday such as having a balanced diet and eating well most of the time. Controlling blood sugar is very very important. So don’t have sugar and carbohydrates (complex carbohydrates) all the time. Eat healthy carbohydrates and natural sugar and not a whole diet-eating-lifestyle like this. Again, keep balanced and moderate with everything you eat and do. I mean, yes, eating more vegetables and fruit more often is good while sustaining and getting plenty of exercise or physical exertion. Truly eating well and moving your body well everyday while maintaining emotional health, I can almost say, you can always have a lot of both. What you do now affects what you’ll be or do later in life and time.
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times
Looking at the Link Between Diabetes & Dementia
Researches look at preventing memory disorders by controlling blood sugar now
Two of the most worrisome trends in healthcare — the soaring rates of Type 2 diabetes and dementia — share several key biological processes. And scientists are beginning to think that is more than just a coincidence.
Many researchers now believe that proper control of blood sugar could pay dividends in the future by reducing the number of people stricken by Alzheimer’s disease, other forms of dementia and even the normal cognitive decline that comes with age.