Re: Check out Prevent Alzheimer's

[Guest guest]

This is great article but I wonder what seeing your eye doctor can do about poor

eyesight. Certainly getting better glasses doesn't improve your odds of

avoiding altzheimers. Any ideas anyone? My eyesight has been blurry since I've

been in my 30's and got insomnia but my eye doctor only rx/s eye glasses.

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> This is amazing. Many of these are the same thing one does to deter

> fungal induced illnesses.

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> _Prevent Alzheimer's_

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> Have Your Eyes Checked

> If you preserve good or excellent vision as you age, your chances of

> developing dementia drop by an astonishing 63 percent. And if your vision is

> poor, just seeing an ophthalmologist for an exam and possible treatment at

> least once in later life cuts your dementia odds by about the same amount --

> 64 percent, according to a recent study at the University of Michigan Health

> System. Be aware that your eyes reflect and influence how your brain is

> functioning, especially as you age. Don't tolerate poor vision. It can often

> be corrected, dramatically cutting your risk of dementia. See an

> ophthalmologist for at least one examination in late life, and have yearly

screenings

> if possible.

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[Guest guest]

Correction: wonder what seeing your eye doctor can do about improving your odds

against altzheimers.

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> > This is amazing. Many of these are the same thing one does to deter

> > fungal induced illnesses.

> >

> > _Prevent Alzheimer's_

> >

(http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/alzheimers/prevent-alzheimers?icid=ma\

in|htmlws-main-n|dl3|sec1_lnk3|178379)

> >

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> > Have Your Eyes Checked

> > If you preserve good or excellent vision as you age, your chances of

> > developing dementia drop by an astonishing 63 percent. And if your vision

is

> > poor, just seeing an ophthalmologist for an exam and possible treatment at

> > least once in later life cuts your dementia odds by about the same amount

--

> > 64 percent, according to a recent study at the University of Michigan

Health

> > System. Be aware that your eyes reflect and influence how your brain is

> > functioning, especially as you age. Don't tolerate poor vision. It can

often

> > be corrected, dramatically cutting your risk of dementia. See an

> > ophthalmologist for at least one examination in late life, and have yearly

screenings

> > if possible.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Barb: In the part where it says, " your eyes reflect how your brain is

functioning. " Alot about the brain can be discovered by looking at your eyes and

how they look and function. Some blood vessel or vascular disease will show up

in the eye before your brain is affected. Also, the way your pupils dilate and

constrict has to do with the nervous system and brain. If I get a bad mold hit,

my pupils will not constrict until I recover because my brain and nervous

system have been affected. Also an eye doctor might notice if you blink less

which is symptomatic of diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease. Hope

this was not too confusing... D

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> Correction: wonder what seeing your eye doctor can do about improving your

odds against altzheimers.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Diane, I must be going to the wrong eye doctor as usual as he never sees

anything and my eyes are really a problem for a very long time, as I have told

him. I change glasses from one strength to another due to blurry vision and eye

pain.

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> Barb: In the part where it says, " your eyes reflect how your brain is

functioning. " Alot about the brain can be discovered by looking at your eyes and

how they look and function. Some blood vessel or vascular disease will show up

in the eye before your brain is affected. Also, the way your pupils dilate and

constrict has to do with the nervous system and brain. If I get a bad mold hit,

my pupils will not constrict until I recover because my brain and nervous

system have been affected. Also an eye doctor might notice if you blink less

which is symptomatic of diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease. Hope

this was not too confusing... D

>

>

[Guest guest]

Diane, interesting info on the eyes-thanks!  My pupils are always restricted

and

small--what does that mean?

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> Barb: In the part where it says, " your eyes reflect how your brain is

>functioning. " Alot about the brain can be discovered by looking at your eyes

and

>how they look and function. Some blood vessel or vascular disease will show up

>in the eye before your brain is affected. Also, the way your pupils dilate and

>constrict has to do with the nervous system and brain. If I get a bad mold hit,

>my pupils will not constrict until I recover because my brain and nervous

system

>have been affected. Also an eye doctor might notice if you blink less which is

>symptomatic of diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease. Hope this was

>not too confusing... D

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