Today modern medicine has little to nothing to offer people with dementia.
Recently, medical articles exposed dementia drugs as doing little for this disease state. So, it is imperative that we all adopt corrective
Daily Lifestyle habits if we don't already practice them because it is diet and exercise that are proving to change Dementia's occurrence and course.
That's right.....you heard me correctly, if you don't want to develop Dementia you may have to correct the way you eat and exercise! And we know, the earlier we start to change, the better for your brain.
If you make the following habits your daily “mantras,” you will move away from Dementia and towards Optimal Aging.
We at NEWS encourage you to adopt as many of the following “Anti-Dementia” habits as you possibly can so you have a better chance of aging in place and experience your Elder Years as Golden Years.

BioHacking

Biohacking is the millennial's answer to an inadequate medical system. They are moving way beyond tradition and are asking questions and finding answers that traditional medicine has not even approached.
NEWS has been biohacking since the 1990's because in biohacking there is a mutual respect between patient and doctor. We encourage that; in fact Functional Medicine does not work if it is not present. 
Today we know that if you want to avoid Alzheimer’s and possibly other dementias, you should live the following Lifestyle Habits. We also know that by making them your daily “mantras” you will move away from Dementia:

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  Know what your immediate family members died from.
  Evaluate those areas in yourself and place your energies in those areas, if justified, to reduce your risk from dying from the same thing.  
  After all, you are related to them!
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  Step on a scale. Keep your BMI below 24.9
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  Buy a pair of sneakers and use them daily! You need 150 minutes of moderate exercise weekly.
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  Eat a Keto-Flex diet 2 to 3 times weekly and do intermittent fasting minimally 12/3 hours daily.

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  Make sure you are getting quality sleep. You may need professional help with this and I don't mean drugs

  
  
  Check out the Bio-hack called Oura Ring

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  Cultivate a mentality of gratitude. Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation, Float Chamber, Prayer
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  Evaluate your environment for toxins and eliminate them. You will need the help from a doctor familiar with this to evaluate and treat you for toxins.
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  Avoid microbiome disrupters.
  - Protein Pump Inhibitors (PPI's).
  - Artificial sweeteners
  - GMO foods because they are sprayed with glyphosates [Roundup].
  - Foods containing nitrates and nitrites.
  - Antibiotics

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  Maintain good Dental Health. See your dentist regularly. Mouth, gut, brain and heart health are all interrelated
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  Maintain good Eye Health.

  - It's our elder years when Glaucoma, Cataracts and Macular Degeneration start.    - Early intervention is always better.

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  Know your Cardiovascular status and optimize it to help prevent heart attacks and stroke.
  - To help evaluate your risk for Vascular Dementia, obtain a Carotid Doppler with a Carotid Intimal Thickness at any age if you have family history of CVD or are at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
  - Starting at 50 years old, obtain a Calcium Score if you have not needed one prior to this age.
  - NEWS was doing these tests routinely for our patients since 2017.
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  Know the following genetics about yourself:
  - Blood type and Rh.
  - Apo E status and MTHFR 677 and 1298 status.
  Once you know them make the necessary corrections to optimize them.
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  Know your A1c, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) and Fasting Insulin levels (FI)
  - Dementia has been called Diabetes Type 3 (DM3).
  - Having Diabetes Type 2 (DM2) increases your risk of DM3 or Dementia 6 fold!

  
  - Keep them optimal at A1c < 5.5, FBS < 85, Fasting Insulin <10
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• Optimize the following Biomarkers:

  - hs CRP           - Vitamin B12
  - Hormones       - Vitamin D
  - Thyroid
  
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