My memory

12/15/2019 Sunday


Just five more years.

Could I live to my utmost, living to the fullest if I was to pass on in five years. Just a year ago I dreamed of becoming a functional medicine practitioner. Now I am fighting daily in trying to hang on to any memories of current events of my life and current thoughts of five minutes ago. So my venture begins, reading about brain and how it degenerates and how I can help my own brain in some restoration or decrease in the speed of degeneration to Alzheimers.

It is ironic that earlier this year I took DNA.mind testing via Nordic Labs in Scandinavia. In it I found that my life span is not long. So what does that mean? I would guess if I could live to age 70, on one hand it is a full life,  yet I dreamt of living till I was in my nineties. I wanted to be an active functional medicine practitioner at age ninety, busy with taking care of so many clients. If I could reverse this brain degradation, I can help others who are going through same condition, to live a full life.  So with my genetics that shows short lifespan and genes that dictates almost 75% Alzheimers staring at my face, I decided I will live to the fullest and longest as much as I can.

Somehow the task is formidable, daunting yet fascinating. I find in literature that green vegetables increase life span. Good nutrition nourishes the brain for strength and resiliency. I started to eat lots of vegetables. Sugar degrades the brain; I am avoiding all forms of sweetness including grain, pasta, legumes and all forms obvious sweets. Exercise pumps blood and oxygen to brain helping it to clean up and refresh. I try to do sets of fifty jumping jacks throughout the day and take walks in the woods.

Yesterday I went to all you can eat buffet with Dee and gorged on sushi and meat and veggies and anything else I wanted to eat. How long was I so strict with my diet? Can't remember. It felt so good to just eat and eat anything.  Normally it may be considered a good meal. For me, the white rice makes it the same category as sweet rolls. Today I ate more sushi. Tomorrow back to strict diet of vegetables and meat. I wonder how long I can keep myself mostly on vegetables.