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Captain Suave

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Aaron said:
Haven't frequented this thread, but popping in now at the request of my Father (and his wife to be honest). They are getting on and noticing their short term memory is not what it used to be, and it worries him. He asked me to look into if there was anything that could help either slow down the decline, or even reverse it.

I told him what little I knew: that the brain is mainly cholesterol, and so eggs are good. Also to eat fatty meats. And to reduce alcohol consumption (he was not happy with that).

What do you folks recommend? Any foods to add, or avoid, vitamins, medication, exercise? Any help would be appreciated.
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Exercise, sleep, weight loss, hydration, and alcohol reduction will dominate food choice and supplements. Regular social interaction, having an active network of friends and loved ones, reading, and music/language practice are also important.
 
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Diabetes is pretty fucked dude. Good luck.

It's incredible how normalized that disease is in this country.
 
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Not much to add directly, here are some random bits that might help the initial googling. Making sure vit D levels are good is really important as people get older and get out less. Ginko is always brought up for brain stuff, and I've seen creatine being increasingly mentioned for brain health too. Huberman and Attia have some good podcasts on aging health. One of them mentioned taking phosphatidylserine as a neuroprotective. Lots of nootropic stacks out there that might be worth exploring. Anecdotally, I don't think most of them do much unless you happen to be deficient in something, but with some short-term tests, they might find something that patches up a deficiency they didn't know they had. Ideally, you'd have some test or metric that you could do repeatedly and compare against though, since the effects can be gradual/subtle.
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Apparently creatine is more effective in older adults. It’s apparently extra work for the kidneys, so that should be taken into consideration if there are existing issues
 
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ToeMissile said:
Apparently creatine is more effective in older adults. It’s apparently extra work for the kidneys, so that should be taken into consideration if there are existing issues
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Low carb diet, a lot of low intensity exercise, like walking. Outdoor, sun exposure.

Methylene Blue shows impressive results in rodent to prevent dementia. Could be a temporarily patch to the mitochondria issues while trying to fix them through diet and exercice.

What sucks is that you don't have much time, as cognitive problems sets in the willpower to fix them go away, and not much to do then.
 
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Speaking of the eye laser surgery. I've never had it but I talked to someone that had it before. I don't know if it changed after ACA insurance and stuff but it was mega expensive unless your insurance covered it and not all did. Apparently the machines/lasers they use they rent or lease and the doctors don't own them. Maybe that has changed.
 
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Khane said:
Diabetes is pretty fucked dude. Good luck.

It's incredible how normalized that disease is in this country.
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Yeah, thanks. Unfortunately the education wasn't there when I was younger and I was shitty about going to the doctors. Prediabetes would've been a massive wakeup calo.
 
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Yeah, thanks. Unfortunately the education wasn't there when I was younger and I was shitty about going to the doctors. Prediabetes would've been a massive wakeup calo.
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I assume you're talking type-2? Have you gotten on any GLP-1's yet?
 
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Yeah type 2. I ate like shit in my early 20s (hardcore raiding) and had a genetic disposition.

Haven't looked into those yet but may ask about them.
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They are designed to help with type 2 diabetes and just happen to also cause weight loss. The insulin sensitivity piece is exactly what they're supposed to help with. I'd look into it.
 
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Noodleface said:
Yeah type 2. I ate like shit in my early 20s (hardcore raiding) and had a genetic disposition.

Haven't looked into those yet but may ask about them.
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Definitely go that route if you get to the point of needing to do shots. Once a week is much better than daily. Diet and exercise now, not later. Get to a healthy BMI. Seriously, for your wife and kids. Just do it.
 
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moonarchia said:
Definitely go that route if you get to the point of needing to do shots. Once a week is much better than daily. Diet and exercise now, not later. Get to a healthy BMI. Seriously, for your wife and kids. Just do it.
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I've already pointed out that I'm not a huge fan of Ozempic and the likes, but if you're diabetic with a bmi >30 and haven't been losing multiple pounds a month, you should start use it, like yesterday.
 
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They are designed to help with type 2 diabetes and just happen to also cause weight loss. The insulin sensitivity piece is exactly what they're supposed to help with. I'd look into it.
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There's also growing evidence that they have systemic anti-inflammatory effects. My wife just started taking a microdose program of GLP-1s to help with the rheumatoid arthritis that runs in her family. It seems to be working.
 
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Gurgeh said:
I've already pointed out that I'm not a huge fan of Ozempic and the likes, but if you're diabetic with a bmi >30 and haven't been losing multiple pounds a month, you should start use it, like yesterday.
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For him it's really not the weight loss piece, whether you think its good to lose weight with them or not if he has type 2 diabetes they are actually really helpful for insulin resistance which causes a shitload of downstream health issues apart from obesity.
 
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Captain Suave said:
There's also growing evidence that they have systemic anti-inflammatory effects. My wife just started taking a microdose program of GLP-1s to help with the rheumatoid arthritis that runs in her family. It seems to be working.
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Interesting. Does the RA tend to be localized? My MIL has had it most of her life, my daughter does as well. Fortunately just one one knee.
 
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a little while ago, was listening to a youtube vid, guy talked about mouthwash could lead to diabetes. looks like it was from just a couple of studies, something like in 1000 obese people aged 40-65, those that used mouthwash twice a day had a 55% increase in diabetes. also saw alcohol based mouthwashes can kill good micro stuff that could lead to high bp. really don't know, but was reading here and thought might as well post it, if at risk, might be something to look into or ask about. anyway, seems like current guideline is to use alcohol-free, no more than once a day, along with brushing.
my use of mouthwash is very limited, had a bad reaction to one brand when i was a teen and never been a regular user after that.
 
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