Everyone will begin to grow up with age, and the body will gradually age. Although aging is a necessary process, such as the body is also gradually poor, the body began to pain, and even began to forget things, forget the way home, forget the name of their close relatives.
The most painful thing one should feel is not the loss of things outside, nor the inevitable loss of loved ones, but the way you are supposed to remain in the minds of loved ones and be wiped away by the years. It can torment you day after day, consume you, but you are completely helpless, let oneself disappear in the family's mind little by little.
Mark, from Manchester, England, has a complicated story. He and his mother, Sylvia Hatzer, lost almost all of their family members, and even more sadly, his mother, Sylvia, also lost all memories of Mark because of Alzheimer's. Sadly, Mark was determined to protect his only family. Fortunately, after many attempts, Mark did so to save his mother, while keeping the world's attention focused on this eating habit.
Mark's family was envied by the family of four, father, mother, brother, and Mark.. Sylvia's mother, Mark's mother, has always played the role of "happy fruit" in the family, telling more jokes at home every day than the way she has gone, "the family has lived in harmony, and its neighbors often hear the laughter of the family," not to mention the fact that her mother, Sylvia, has always played the role of "happy fruit" in the family.
But the happy life of the family seems to have been cursed. One day after many years, the Mark family suddenly got a bad news from the hospital-Mark's father died.
The news was a bolt from the blue for the family, with a family of four turning into a family of "three." without his father as the "economic pillar", their days and the burden on Mark's shoulders grew heavy.
What they didn't think of was that another "bolt from the blue" was already ready to go.
Not long after his father's death, Mark's brother lost his life in an accident. The news made Mark and her mother almost fall apart. After the death of her husband and her own children, Mark's mother, Sylvia, became obviously depressed. She often lost sight of the clock and often forgot to turn off the TV when she fell asleep. Sometimes I talk to myself in front of my father's photos.
Seeing these, Mark secretly decided to take good care of his mother, after all, now this family and mother depend on each other.
And God always seems to be joking with Mark. Every time he makes up his mind, God always throws a doom on his head.
In December 2016, Mark's mother, Sylvia, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease by the hospital. That year, Sylvia was 79 years old, and by the time he was checked out, the condition had become more serious.
For safety reasons, Mark decided to have Sylvia hospitalized, and every day Mark took time to visit his mother.
One night, when Mark walked into his mother's room, she found something was wrong with her. In her mother's eyes, Mark felt a trace of indifference and distance, rather than the expectation and happiness of the past …
Mark sat down at his mother's side and asked her about her day's condition. The mother's answer was very concise and seemed reluctant to reveal anything more to him.
Mark felt more wrong, and he called out his mother's name: "Sylvia?."
Who knows mother surprised, how do you know my name?
More strangely, Mark asked, "I'm your closest person. How come I don't know your name?"
And mother's next words, let Mark tears like thunder, mother replied: "who are you?" I don't know you. "
After the loss of my brother and father, Mark and my mother have been singing together, but now, my mother has forgotten who Mark is. It makes Mark feel that I have never felt lonely before, and that is the lowest point in my life.
Mark didn't give up on it, he didn't want to lose his mother, he thought he could do something for her again, so he decided to carry his mother, no matter how difficult it was, to carry on with the burden.
He began to consult a large number of materials for the treatment and relief of mother's Alzheimer's disease. After looking at the data, Mark found that the Mediterranean countries have a lower proportion of Alzheimer's disease patients and are much lower than the rest of the world. Why?
After further research, Mark found that there are many authoritative studies that suggest that a Mediterranean diet can prevent Alzheimer's disease.
So is such a diet equally effective in treating Alzheimer's disease? Mark decided to try.
What exactly is a Mediterranean diet? A Mediterranean-style diet, or: MIND diet, is a healthy, simple, light, and nutritious diet.
This particular diet emphasizes eating more vegetables, fruits, fish, seafood, legumes and nuts, followed by cereals, and uses vegetable oils (unsaturated fatty acids) instead of animal oils (saturated fatty acids) when cooking. Especially the use of olive oil.
Over the past few decades, it has been promoted as one of the healthiest dietary patterns in the world and has been beneficial to chronic diseases and longevity. The Mediterranean diet applies to most adults, but the diet of children and pregnant women requires some additional nutritional supplements.
Seeing this, Mark is beginning to restore confidence in her mother's condition, but is a Mediterranean diet suitable for Alzheimer's patients like mothers?
The answer is yes. Such a diet also helps combat brain inflammation caused by chemical changes and lowers cholesterol levels, which are also linked to memory and thinking, according to new research.
See here, Mark feels, the current network on the rumors and false news is too much, in case their own access to information is not accurate, sloppy custom-made Mediterranean-style diet for the mother, is not it hurt the mother instead?
So he decided not only to read his own online access to information, but also to look at scientific research literature! Just after he had read some of the literature, he found that the scientific research was surprisingly consistent with the information he had consulted!
According to a study published last year by Rush University of Chicago, older people who follow a "Mediterranean-style diet" can significantly reduce the risk of brain degeneration by as much as 3 to 50 percent. Such a high-fiber, low-fat Mediterranean diet will slow down the deterioration of Alzheimer's disease!
On the other hand, according to Singapore's United Morning Post, a doctor at Columbia University Medical Center in the United States said in the latest issue of the Journal of Neurology. The more people with Alzheimer's eat, the more they follow a Mediterranean diet, the longer they live.
The report, which was published in 192 patients with Alzheimer's disease, aims to understand how eating affects the evolution of the disease.
Doctors divided the confirmed patients into three groups based on how close they were to a Mediterranean diet, and then followed up for 4.4 years. During this period of study,
85% of the patients died. The study found that the death rate in the second group was 35% lower than that in the third group. In other words, the second group lived 1.33 years longer. The first group (closest to the Mediterranean diet) had a 73% lower risk of death from dementia, who lived an extra four years.
After this information Mark confidence increased, he decided to use a Mediterranean-style diet to fight his mother's Alzheimer's disease, for the mother, for the survival of the home, let go!
With the help of doctors, Mark began adding broccoli, kale, spinach, melon seeds, green tea, oats and blueberries to Sylvia's diet, taking into account the age of Sylvia. Doctors and Mark also added dark chocolate and high cocoa powder to Sylvia's diet. With a fixed Mediterranean diet, Mark also does cognitive exercises with his mother, including puzzles and crosswords, to help Sylvia exercise his brain.
Time goes by, and miracles are happening …
After a few months of diet adjustment, Sylvia slowly began to remember things, such as birthday time, people appear more sensitive, and more involved in daily life.
Seeing that Sylvia's condition has changed so much, Mark has become a lot more cheerful. At the same time, Mark continues to work, he must insist that Sylvia call his son again.
After a year of Mediterranean-style eating, Sylvia finally became herself! She became aware of what she was doing and what she was about to do. She looked at the child, who had taken care of him for a long time, and called him "son" for the first time.
Mark asked Sylvia again on purpose: "who am I to you?"
Sylvia answered firmly, "you are my son, Mark." I won't forget you. "
Mark's persistence finally worked, Mediterranean diet with proper mental training, her mother finally returned to the original look!
The story of Mark and his mother, Sylvia, has been reported in the media, and the Mediterranean diet has again won the title of "Gospel of Alzheimer's Disease"!
Dailymail, the British media, reported on the family's story:
Dailymail:, "she goes back to her original self," 82-year-old Alzheimer's mother doesn't recognize her son, and after sticking to a Mediterranean diet, she gets her memories back!
Mark, proud of his mother's improvement, said, "A lot of people are diagnosed with Alzheimer's and feel that life is over and it must be hopeless. As an 82-year-old woman, my mother did very well. "
Now, Sylvia has become a case promoted by the charity Alzheimer's Association.
Sylvia's condition improved after adjusting her diet, suggesting that even though dementia could not be completely defeated, it could still be largely saved, and a Mediterranean diet might be an effective way.
On the other hand, while introducing Mediterranean food to the public, Mark and the Alzheimer's Association also remind friends of an important matter!
That is, Mediterranean diet is taboo! Mark shows people what to eat and what not to eat in the Mediterranean diet.
The Mediterranean diet lists the 15 foods that have the greatest impact on the brain, including 10 healthy ingredients that benefit the brain, as well as five ingredients that must be avoided.
The 10 most important ingredients for a strong brain are:
1. Whole grains: at least 3 servings a day, such as brown rice, miscellaneous grains, whole wheat steamed buns, etc.
2. Red wine: 1 cup a day
3. Other kinds of vegetables: at least 1 serving a day
4. Green leafy vegetables: at least 6 servings a week
5. Nuts: 5 servings a week, 1 serving about 1 tablespoon of nuts, can be used in place of snacks
6. Beans: at least 3 portions a week, such as soybeans and soy products
7. Poultry: at least 2 copies per week
8. Raspberry foods: at least 2 servings a week, such as stover pears, blueberries, cranberries
9. Fish: at least 1 copy per week
10. Olive oil (not suitable for infants)
The five main avoiding ingredients that affect the brain:
1. Butter and margarine: less than 1 tablespoon a day
2. Pastries and sweets: less than 5 servings a week
3. Red meat: less than 4 servings a week
4. Cheese: less than 1 serving a week
5. Fried food or fast food: less than 1 serving a week
At present, Mediterranean diet has received extensive attention from the scientific community, and many more scientific and effective "Mediterranean Diet 2.0" are on the way of research and development. "as the benefits of this diet continue to emerge, we will do more research to see if a Mediterranean diet also slows the cognitive decline of patients," said Dr. Scamis, a doctor at Columbia University Medical Center in the United States. And how to maintain their ability to live daily so as to improve their quality of life. "
People often say: "there is an old home, if there is a treasure," and the actual actions are often different from what they say. Parents will grow up without regret, do not know how much money and youth to accompany, until they are old, some parents because of senile dementia and even abandoned.
However, the best way to treat Alzheimer's is not to avoid and give up, but to face it and defeat it. Old people are lonely in the family, don't forget to care for them and miss them. The Mediterranean Diet has a remarkable effect on Alzheimer's disease, and more systematic and scientific research is under way, and various drugs to combat Alzheimer's are also being introduced one day, hoping that one day, Old people can spend their old age peacefully, no longer abandoned by the world, and don't let the old man become an orphan of the world when he should be "warm as a baby".