Well, I've heard it all. Today on the news there has been concern expressed about the numbers of elderly people that have Alzheimer's Disease. Discussions between various so called experts are blaming it all on bad diet and lack of exercise - again!
This is ridiculous because the scientists do not know the causes of this dreadful disease and as there is serious underfunding for research into it, I'm sure it will be a very considerable time before they will be able to tell us for certain what the causes are and this will probably not happen in my lifetime. Perhaps if they had put all the money wasted in the panic about Swine Flu into research for Alzheimer's it would have been better spent!
The other problem I have with the 'bad diet and too little exercise' theory is that the poor people that they showed who have the disease were not overweight but every one of them looked undernourished. Now I know that when someone has this disease they very often do not eat properly and many have to be fed, but I still think that the answer to any health problem these days is always the same - give up smoking, cut out the fats, sugar and salt and get more exercise! This is the advice they give to prevent heart attack, stroke, diabetes, infertility and anything else you care to mention. Maybe I wouldn't have this darned cold if I hadn't had that pork crackling and ice-cream at the weekend!
Have they not thought of perhaps blaming it on the chemicals we unknowingly consume in the quick, ready made, processed foods that are so popular in this 'no time for anything' life most people live? Or maybe those we ingest or inhale from our ever filthy atmosphere?
Perhaps it's the pace of life we are forced to live or that we are crammed into ever smaller homes with no privacy or room to move.
I believe in 'all things in moderation' and that's what I will stick to.
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