Atkins Diet (was: Study: Brain Disease Lurks in the Minds of Most Seniors)

February 26, 2008

JW: you are lumping apples and oranges. Since when is the Atkins diet considered healthy?

From: jwwright <jwwright@...>

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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:14:48 -0800

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Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Study: Brain Disease Lurks in the Minds of Most Seniors

That's what I read, the same things for every unknown cause disease.

Eat right, get exercise, etc.

I met a rancher last week picking up his favorite wheat flakes, and he

expounded on the benefits of the soluble fiber in that particular brand. Get

it?

Even a guy who's never done anything but raise cows has heard those lines.

He explained it keeps his cholesterol in control. He was 85, thin, light on

his feet and he drove >40 miles to get that cereal at HEB.

A person in my Spanish class, a teacher, is having a very difficult time

learning a new language. She had a heart attack 20 yrs ago, is overweight

and swears by the Atkin's diet to get weight normal. She has HTN, and is

recovering from a broken foot, that she can't explain what happened. She was

repeating these same what I will now call " folk lore " the nutrition field.

You can get a scan, sure, and then you'll have to treat it - with what?

Or you can try to prevent it, with what?

These things you suggest are good, but recognize that thousands of people

are doing those - it's caused business, in the retirement areas of FL, eg.

Yes, better medical care is showing up problems, but avoiding those problems

is unknown. And fixing them is not known or a risk in itself.

Suppose I find a problem like a shadow on a kidney, suggesting cancer. Do

you remove the kidney now and risk death, or wait and maybe it won't kill

you before 85? Do you replace a knee joint and risk a clot, or tough it out?

The second time, you might very well think, I'll try not being so active.

Look through medline and find out how to avoid Parkinson's, ARMD, AD.

Mostly, the best thing is be sure to control blood pressure.

The major risk factor is aging, period.

Regards

JW

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