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alzheimer's and memory loss linked to stress

1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Just heard a story on the news about this. The more stressed out ya get, the more likely you are to have a terrible memory, and 40 more times more likely to develop alzheimer's. If this is the case, then I can safely say I can start diggin an early grave. I gotta calm down a bit, I think. I've got quite the amount of grey hairs, and I'm only 22.
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Also a link between memory loss and pot brownies.
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Also a link between memory loss and pot brownies.

    the pot brownie thread was an inspiration for this thread, actually.
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    2006 Boston I 
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    2022 Camden
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    That's just one more thing to stress out about.
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Coincidentally, I'm reading a book right now about preserving the brain from accelerated deterioration.

    When the body is stressed out, it secretes a hormone called cortizone, which is produced by the adrenal gland. This hormone literally destroys the brain.

    It's the reason why Salmon don't live very long after they've hauled their assess upstream. To get the energy they need to swim upstream, they depend on their adrenal glands to work overtime producing cortizone, which destroys their fish bodies from the inside.

    Well, I hope that was interesting.
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  • ladygooddivaladygooddiva Posts: 4,169
    i have heard i heard that too and i thk it s true
    that s scary ...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    ahhh fuck... i forgot what i was going to post :(
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Thats scary shit.My dad is in the latter stages of advanced alzheimers,three of his brothers also died with alzheimers.They were all men who put themselves through immense stress and pressure and my dad was the same.There is a strong hereditary factor with the disease but there has to be other personality traits that are factors.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Eh...whatever. The older I get, I seem to get less and less stressed out about stuff. As long as I have a roof over my head and food to eat, I really don't worry about too much else.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    my grandpa died of complications from alzheimers. not a pretty sight...really, really sad what that disease does to you.

    causes ive heard:

    green houses
    aluminum
    stress
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  • roarroar Posts: 1,116
    interesting. i'll have to research more about that.
    alzheimers is pretty damn heartbreaking. i know. :(

    stress is a bad mother. it can cause or exacerbate a litany problems...high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, obesity, infertility, autoimmune diseases, digestive disorders, etc. guess you can add alzheimers to the list?
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    restlesssoul wrote:
    my grandpa died of complications from alzheimers. not a pretty sight...really, really sad what that disease does to you.

    causes ive heard:

    green houses
    aluminum
    stress

    And intelligence. The smarter the person, the more likely they are to suffer.
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    Just heard a story on the news about this. The more stressed out ya get, the more likely you are to have a terrible memory, and 40 more times more likely to develop alzheimer's. If this is the case, then I can safely say I can start diggin an early grave. I gotta calm down a bit, I think. I've got quite the amount of grey hairs, and I'm only 22.


    i dont think this is right... ive read many reasons and all seem to be discarded after a while... the best one however ive heard so far and the one im sticking with is its direct link to lifetime evolution.... if you dont use your brain as you develop you will lose it later on in life.
  • SpunkieSpunkie Posts: 6,673
    Ya. I like snow. Sorry, what were you saying?
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