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No one wants to get old. Many are afraid of dementia. This mysterious, devastating illness.
This has been a selling point for centuries. Modern science has not saved us, although we live decades longer and happier than our ancestors. Truthiness seems to be the most common point in sales pitches to sell magic pills to prevent aging and dementia. Telomeres, anti-oxidants, cortisol management; these are promised as the key to reverse time.
In the last century the average life span has gone from 46 years to 78 years for men, and 47 to 83 years for women. That is amazing; mostly thanks to public sanitation, fewer life threatening jobs, vaccines and food security.
We will all get old, we will all die. Schemers sell wild ideas, such as freezing your dead body, in hopes you will be brought back and cured sometime in the future. Don’t have the $$$ for that? Well, cut o� your head and freeze that. (Read more here)
So how do we know what is helpful and what is hype? In Medicine, we are directed by prospective, randomized, blinded studies. Or we pick 2 random but similar groups of people, 1 group gets the treatment, and the other usual care. Then someone not associated with the team advocating the treatment looks at the results of the care and determines if there are any di�erence. That is how they designed the study for the COVID vaccine just announced.
Many people can say, buy my magic beans, no one else knows how this works, but pay me, I will give you the special treatment and you will be cured. Well, if someone is sick or not feeling well, or is anxious, and no one has �xed them, that is really powerful. Most distressing, is the claims that high dose Vitamin C cures cancer. Many people have spent $$$ and had no positive results. Think of Steve Jobs, he had treatable cancer, but chose a natural treatment, and died from his cancer.
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The Good News
Sadly, we must evaluate each claim individually, even medical doctors make unproved claims to “cure” aging or dementia, or wrinkles, or erectile dysfunction by using their “research proven” substance, that no one else knows about. Well, in Medicine, the studies are rigorously reviewed before being published in medical journals. You cannot just say that Mrs Smith was doing well in her job, then she got dementia and could not care for herself, then she took my treatment and she could go back to her job. The evidence based method is Mrs. Smith signs up for a study, and if in the treatment group is given the “magic beans” treatment. If it works then an independent observer measures the di�erences and it is reported in the study. Look to Mayo Clinic, Harvard, (sadly, some medical schools have adopted popular unproved treatments to promote); the FDA and the National Institute of Health.
At the base, we know that a vegetarian Mediterranean diet and exerciseare most powerful for slowing the decline of aging and dementia (Watchlast week’s “Blue Zones – Live to 100” episode here). It is best to think of dementia, not like a disease of gall stones to be �xed, but like emphysema of scarring. There are no miracle cures. Yes, I had said, we doctors and others give a number of medications that can make an elder look confused or sedated (Visit our medications page here), and occasionally correcting the thyroid or adding B12 can help, but that is not the norm.
Cryotherapy – Used to elongate telomeres, which is associated with youth and better immune function. Besides the 24 yo woman who died in a cold chamber, there is no clinical evidence in people this works. There is the phenomenon that being exposed to cold increases brown fat, which burns calories more e�ectively. So go out for a walk this winter, better yet, go cross country ski. (Read more here)
Stem Cells – Theoretically, this should replenish the youthful cells. Unproved, and dangerous. A patient of mine went to Mexico to have a stem cell treat-ment for knee arthritis... and came back with dementia (more likely due to poor anesthesia protocols), the injections also risk infections and reactions. (Read more here)
Youth Plasma – Theoretically, this also supplies the substrate for younger cell function. Again, dangerous, for infection and reactions. Be careful what you put in your body. (Read more here)
Bringing us to the topic of what we put in our body. So the idea that someone will make sure they put the right ingredient in us to cure us, to me is scary.
Once it is in, you cannot just take it out, there may be viruses... such as with the lollipop to share from a child purported to have chicken pox may spread herpes, another common oral virus. Supplements, even natural, are not necessarily safer. The biggest di�erence from prescription medications, is that they are not regulated. There is no requirement that they be safe or e�ective, or even be what they say they are – CBD concentrations vary greatly. Fish oil could be canola oil or have other contaminants.. no one checks.
ReCODE — This is the Protocol to reverse dementia – the 36 point plan. It has a good basis, a mainly vegetarian diet, exercise. However, there are no studies to prove it works. The most recent version again is only an observational study, meaning, they just describe their interpretation of the changes. (Read more here)
Supplements — No supplements have been proven to prevent aging or dementia
I have worked with a number of families that have been charged often $10,000/6 months and subjected to > 50 blood tests, unproven to alter outcome; and by report 30 supplement pills a day as the treatment plan for reversing dementia. The dementia progressed.
Luckily, there are studies proving by randomized, prospective, blinded studies that low cost exercise, vegetarian diet and working to decrease stress, and getting a good nights sleep, will decrease the decline of aging, and decrease our risk of dementia by > 50%. However, it is no miracle cure. Best to start now, it is more preventative, but can still slow progression of diseases at any point. You have the power. It’s just more involved than taking that magic pill.
No one wants to get old. Many are afraid of dementia. This mysterious, devastating illness.
This has been a selling point for centuries. Modern science has not saved us, although we live decades longer and happier than our ancestors. Truthiness seems to be the most common point in sales pitches to sell magic pills to prevent aging and dementia. Telomeres, anti-oxidants, cortisol management; these are promised as the key to reverse time.
In the last century the average life span has gone from 46 years to 78 years for men, and 47 to 83 years for women. That is amazing; mostly thanks to public sanitation, fewer life threatening jobs, vaccines and food security.
We will all get old, we will all die. Schemers sell wild ideas, such as freezing your dead body, in hopes you will be brought back and cured sometime in the future. Don’t have the $$$ for that? Well, cut o� your head and freeze that. (Read more here)
So how do we know what is helpful and what is hype? In Medicine, we are directed by prospective, randomized, blinded studies. Or we pick 2 random but similar groups of people, 1 group gets the treatment, and the other usual care. Then someone not associated with the team advocating the treatment looks at the results of the care and determines if there are any di�erence. That is how they designed the study for the COVID vaccine just announced.
Many people can say, buy my magic beans, no one else knows how this works, but pay me, I will give you the special treatment and you will be cured. Well, if someone is sick or not feeling well, or is anxious, and no one has �xed them, that is really powerful. Most distressing, is the claims that high dose Vitamin C cures cancer. Many people have spent $$$ and had no positive results. Think of Steve Jobs, he had treatable cancer, but chose a natural treatment, and died from his cancer.
Sadly, we must evaluate each claim individually, even medical doctors make unproved claims to “cure” aging or dementia, or wrinkles, or erectile dysfunction by using their “research proven” substance, that no one else knows about. Well, in Medicine, the studies are rigorously reviewed before being published in medical journals. You cannot just say that Mrs Smith was doing well in her job, then she got dementia and could not care for herself, then she took my treatment and she could go back to her job. The evidence based method is Mrs. Smith signs up for a study, and if in the treatment group is given the “magic beans” treatment. If it works then an independent observer measures the di�erences and it is reported in the study. Look to Mayo Clinic, Harvard, (sadly, some medical schools have adopted popular unproved treatments to promote); the FDA and the National Institute of Health.
At the base, we know that a vegetarian Mediterranean diet and exerciseare most powerful for slowing the decline of aging and dementia (Watchlast week’s “Blue Zones – Live to 100” episode here). It is best to think of dementia, not like a disease of gall stones to be �xed, but like emphysema of scarring. There are no miracle cures. Yes, I had said, we doctors and others give a number of medications that can make an elder look confused or sedated (Visit our medications page here), and occasionally correcting the thyroid or adding B12 can help, but that is not the norm.
Cryotherapy – Used to elongate telomeres, which is associated with youth and better immune function. Besides the 24 yo woman who died in a cold chamber, there is no clinical evidence in people this works. There is the phenomenon that being exposed to cold increases brown fat, which burns calories more e�ectively. So go out for a walk this winter, better yet, go cross country ski. (Read more here)
Stem Cells – Theoretically, this should replenish the youthful cells. Unproved, and dangerous. A patient of mine went to Mexico to have a stem cell treat-ment for knee arthritis... and came back with dementia (more likely due to poor anesthesia protocols), the injections also risk infections and reactions. (Read more here)
Youth Plasma – Theoretically, this also supplies the substrate for younger cell function. Again, dangerous, for infection and reactions. Be careful what you put in your body. (Read more here)
Bringing us to the topic of what we put in our body. So the idea that someone will make sure they put the right ingredient in us to cure us, to me is scary.
For more information please visit us at elderconsult.com -OR- call 650.357.8834
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Proported Cures
Once it is in, you cannot just take it out, there may be viruses... such as with the lollipop to share from a child purported to have chicken pox may spread herpes, another common oral virus. Supplements, even natural, are not necessarily safer. The biggest di�erence from prescription medications, is that they are not regulated. There is no requirement that they be safe or e�ective, or even be what they say they are – CBD concentrations vary greatly. Fish oil could be canola oil or have other contaminants.. no one checks.
ReCODE — This is the Protocol to reverse dementia – the 36 point plan. It has a good basis, a mainly vegetarian diet, exercise. However, there are no studies to prove it works. The most recent version again is only an observational study, meaning, they just describe their interpretation of the changes. (Read more here)
Supplements — No supplements have been proven to prevent aging or dementia
I have worked with a number of families that have been charged often $10,000/6 months and subjected to > 50 blood tests, unproven to alter outcome; and by report 30 supplement pills a day as the treatment plan for reversing dementia. The dementia progressed.
Luckily, there are studies proving by randomized, prospective, blinded studies that low cost exercise, vegetarian diet and working to decrease stress, and getting a good nights sleep, will decrease the decline of aging, and decrease our risk of dementia by > 50%. However, it is no miracle cure. Best to start now, it is more preventative, but can still slow progression of diseases at any point. You have the power. It’s just more involved than taking that magic pill.
No one wants to get old. Many are afraid of dementia. This mysterious, devastating illness.
This has been a selling point for centuries. Modern science has not saved us, although we live decades longer and happier than our ancestors. Truthiness seems to be the most common point in sales pitches to sell magic pills to prevent aging and dementia. Telomeres, anti-oxidants, cortisol management; these are promised as the key to reverse time.
In the last century the average life span has gone from 46 years to 78 years for men, and 47 to 83 years for women. That is amazing; mostly thanks to public sanitation, fewer life threatening jobs, vaccines and food security.
We will all get old, we will all die. Schemers sell wild ideas, such as freezing your dead body, in hopes you will be brought back and cured sometime in the future. Don’t have the $$$ for that? Well, cut o� your head and freeze that. (Read more here)
So how do we know what is helpful and what is hype? In Medicine, we are directed by prospective, randomized, blinded studies. Or we pick 2 random but similar groups of people, 1 group gets the treatment, and the other usual care. Then someone not associated with the team advocating the treatment looks at the results of the care and determines if there are any di�erence. That is how they designed the study for the COVID vaccine just announced.
Many people can say, buy my magic beans, no one else knows how this works, but pay me, I will give you the special treatment and you will be cured. Well, if someone is sick or not feeling well, or is anxious, and no one has �xed them, that is really powerful. Most distressing, is the claims that high dose Vitamin C cures cancer. Many people have spent $$$ and had no positive results. Think of Steve Jobs, he had treatable cancer, but chose a natural treatment, and died from his cancer.
Sadly, we must evaluate each claim individually, even medical doctors make unproved claims to “cure” aging or dementia, or wrinkles, or erectile dysfunction by using their “research proven” substance, that no one else knows about. Well, in Medicine, the studies are rigorously reviewed before being published in medical journals. You cannot just say that Mrs Smith was doing well in her job, then she got dementia and could not care for herself, then she took my treatment and she could go back to her job. The evidence based method is Mrs. Smith signs up for a study, and if in the treatment group is given the “magic beans” treatment. If it works then an independent observer measures the di�erences and it is reported in the study. Look to Mayo Clinic, Harvard, (sadly, some medical schools have adopted popular unproved treatments to promote); the FDA and the National Institute of Health.
At the base, we know that a vegetarian Mediterranean diet and exerciseare most powerful for slowing the decline of aging and dementia (Watchlast week’s “Blue Zones – Live to 100” episode here). It is best to think of dementia, not like a disease of gall stones to be �xed, but like emphysema of scarring. There are no miracle cures. Yes, I had said, we doctors and others give a number of medications that can make an elder look confused or sedated (Visit our medications page here), and occasionally correcting the thyroid or adding B12 can help, but that is not the norm.
Cryotherapy – Used to elongate telomeres, which is associated with youth and better immune function. Besides the 24 yo woman who died in a cold chamber, there is no clinical evidence in people this works. There is the phenomenon that being exposed to cold increases brown fat, which burns calories more e�ectively. So go out for a walk this winter, better yet, go cross country ski. (Read more here)
Stem Cells – Theoretically, this should replenish the youthful cells. Unproved, and dangerous. A patient of mine went to Mexico to have a stem cell treat-ment for knee arthritis... and came back with dementia (more likely due to poor anesthesia protocols), the injections also risk infections and reactions. (Read more here)
Youth Plasma – Theoretically, this also supplies the substrate for younger cell function. Again, dangerous, for infection and reactions. Be careful what you put in your body. (Read more here)
Bringing us to the topic of what we put in our body. So the idea that someone will make sure they put the right ingredient in us to cure us, to me is scary.
Once it is in, you cannot just take it out, there may be viruses... such as with the lollipop to share from a child purported to have chicken pox may spread herpes, another common oral virus. Supplements, even natural, are not necessarily safer. The biggest di�erence from prescription medications, is that they are not regulated. There is no requirement that they be safe or e�ective, or even be what they say they are – CBD concentrations vary greatly. Fish oil could be canola oil or have other contaminants.. no one checks.
ReCODE — This is the Protocol to reverse dementia – the 36 point plan. It has a good basis, a mainly vegetarian diet, exercise. However, there are no studies to prove it works. The most recent version again is only an observational study, meaning, they just describe their interpretation of the changes. (Read more here)
Supplements — No supplements have been proven to prevent aging or dementia
I have worked with a number of families that have been charged often $10,000/6 months and subjected to > 50 blood tests, unproven to alter outcome; and by report 30 supplement pills a day as the treatment plan for reversing dementia. The dementia progressed.
Luckily, there are studies proving by randomized, prospective, blinded studies that low cost exercise, vegetarian diet and working to decrease stress, and getting a good nights sleep, will decrease the decline of aging, and decrease our risk of dementia by > 50%. However, it is no miracle cure. Best to start now, it is more preventative, but can still slow progression of diseases at any point. You have the power. It’s just more involved than taking that magic pill.
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