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October 15, 2024
So far we started out talking about Alzheimer’s research results of lifestyle changes reversing the disease, then delved into molecular mechanisms followed by diet discussion. It’s nothing new on diet, we have been told about all this before. The only promising thing is definitive clinical trials are showing lifestyle changes make a difference conclusively.
But it’s not so easy to make a change in lifestyle. So let’s digress a little bit from Alzheimer’s biology in this post. We think we can but consistent daily habits have to change. For example, I have replaced coffee with tea with many ingredients that reduce inflammation. But it took me almost a year for it to become my daily habit. It took a lot of tweaking of the tea to make it taste great and feel the difference after I consumed it, and still wakes me up like coffee. The recipe is shared on my website, https://mindyourthoughts.org/. I will be posting recipes to make such replacements on my site. Please check it out from time to time.
Similarly our diets are devoid of good oils and the oils we eat are in the cooking of the foods. But you can put coconut oil or ghee or olive oil in salads, lentils especially are conducive to it, on rice, on roti or bread as you eat your regular food. Again rice, roti, bread can be made with cauliflower instead of processed grains. But this requires a significant attitude change.
Sugars are very damaging as inflammatory agents and creative habits need to be developed to get around them. I used, take a significantly small portion of the item, then completely avoid looking at them, and eat a substitute like betel leaves or antacid tablet, to signal my meal is complete.
Instead of regular milk, I substituted almond, cashew, oat and soy milks. I make the first three at home right before I need them so they taste fresh. Since yogurt is probiotic, I figured out a way to make yogurt out of them also. Again the experimentation took time and taste and consistency took time to develop to my needs.
When I am at dinner parties, I scan the food first, and then stand in line and decide how I am going to combine the food to reach my alternative diet objectives. I found, using curries as dressings for salads and other such creative approaches are needed.
I have come up with substitute behaviors to drinking alcohol like bringing my own coconut water, water melon juice to mix into other non alcoholic drinks from the bar etc.
So bottom line, you have to become creative, persistent and committed to the lifestyle change to make it into a daily routine.