Comments on: The Alzheimer’s and Sugar Connection http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection Healthy News From a New Attitude Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JB http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18400 JB Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:16:52 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18400 Sugar is what killed my mother. My sister who lived with my mom and fed my mom pies, ice cream and all kinds of sweets. My sister knew better than to feed my mom sweets. I lived out of town and didn't have any control of the situation. My sister even laughed about how much sweets she was feeding my mom. My sister is an alcholic which made it impossible to deal with. Please don't feed your loved one sweets. Try a probiotic to try to get rid of their yeast infection. Sugar causes an overblowned yeast infection in the gut. Sugar is what killed my mother. My sister who lived with my mom and fed my mom pies, ice cream and all kinds of sweets. My sister knew better than to feed my mom sweets. I lived out of town and didn’t have any control of the situation. My sister even laughed about how much sweets she was feeding my mom. My sister is an alcholic which made it impossible to deal with.
Please don’t feed your loved one sweets. Try a probiotic to try to get rid of their yeast infection. Sugar causes an overblowned yeast infection in the gut.

]]> By: JB http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18399 JB Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:53:43 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18399 As long as you are alive its not too late to try to reverse what ills you. Get rid of the sugar. Why are you consuming sugar in the first place? Why put limits on a person's life? As long as you are alive its not too late to try to reverse what ills you. Get rid of the sugar. Why are you consuming sugar in the first place? Why put limits on a person’s life?

]]> By: Dr. Scott http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18392 Dr. Scott Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:11:29 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18392 Linda, This is a tough question. Do you give someone dying of lung cancer a cigarette? My answer is that it depends on the situation and the person. I think that your point about it making things worse is a good one. If your mother simply craved sugar and it didn't affect the quality of her life, then you might agree with your sister, but since if changes her mental status you should push to have her reduce the sugar in her life. Linda,

This is a tough question. Do you give someone dying of lung cancer a cigarette? My answer is that it depends on the situation and the person. I think that your point about it making things worse is a good one. If your mother simply craved sugar and it didn’t affect the quality of her life, then you might agree with your sister, but since if changes her mental status you should push to have her reduce the sugar in her life.

]]> By: Linda http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18387 Linda Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:04:21 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18387 My mother, 91, has dementia. She lived with me for a little over a year. She recently moved in with my sister. During her time with me, I noticed when she ate sugary foods, she became confused a little later. She wouldn't know where she was and had trouble remembering if her siblings were still alive, etc. I took her off of sugar, only letting her have very little now and then. She improved a lot. Now that she is with my sister, she has candy readily available. She is more confused than ever. My sister says at 91, she should have what she wants. I see her point but feel the sugary foods should be out of reach. What is the answer? My mother, 91, has dementia. She lived with me for a little over a year. She recently moved in with my sister. During her time with me, I noticed when she ate sugary foods, she became confused a little later. She wouldn’t know where she was and had trouble remembering if her siblings were still alive, etc. I took her off of sugar, only letting her have very little now and then. She improved a lot. Now that she is with my sister, she has candy readily available. She is more confused than ever. My sister says at 91, she should have what she wants. I see her point but feel the sugary foods should be out of reach. What is the answer?

]]> By: Dr. Scott http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18070 Dr. Scott Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:41:57 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18070 Ruth, There are a few researchers who are calling Alzheimer's "brain diabetes" and I feel that as people progress in the disease, their inhibitions drop and they start to eat more sugar. More research will show us if sugar is connected to Alzheimer's, but it is looking like it more every day. Ruth,
There are a few researchers who are calling Alzheimer’s “brain diabetes” and I feel that as people progress in the disease, their inhibitions drop and they start to eat more sugar. More research will show us if sugar is connected to Alzheimer’s, but it is looking like it more every day.

]]> By: ruth andrieux http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18064 ruth andrieux Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:38:16 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18064 I'm very interested in this discussion as i know of at least 3 people with diagnosed dementia/alzheimer's who have all eaten a lot of sweets and sugar. I was wondering that if the body is craving sugar does that mean that the body needs sugar? Is the sugar making it worse or helping? I’m very interested in this discussion as i know of at least 3 people with diagnosed dementia/alzheimer’s who have all eaten a lot of sweets and sugar. I was wondering that if the body is craving sugar does that mean that the body needs sugar? Is the sugar making it worse or helping?

]]> By: JB http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-18010 JB Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:44:10 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-18010 Loretta, Please stopping buying sugary foods. Don't bring sugary food home. Also stop buying and cooking white potatoes. Eliminate other foods which turn into sugar. Have you considered a naturopathic doctor? Loretta,
Please stopping buying sugary foods. Don’t bring sugary food home.
Also stop buying and cooking white potatoes. Eliminate other foods which turn into sugar. Have you considered a naturopathic doctor?

]]> By: Dr. Scott http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-17920 Dr. Scott Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:28:26 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-17920 Sheridan, the best way to deal with this is to limit the amount of sweets you have around the house. I wish I could tell you that controlling sugar would change the course of the disease, but there is no research to support that. I would say, though, that caffeine has been shown to help with dementia so you can continue the coffee. Scott Sheridan, the best way to deal with this is to limit the amount of sweets you have around the house. I wish I could tell you that controlling sugar would change the course of the disease, but there is no research to support that. I would say, though, that caffeine has been shown to help with dementia so you can continue the coffee.

Scott

]]> By: Dr. Scott http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-17919 Dr. Scott Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:26:04 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-17919 Tonya, I wish I had resources to send you to, but I don't. My feeling is, if you have any control, that you can try to sneak good proteins into the sweet foods (make peanut butter cookies, for example). With kids you can bribe them (eat your broccoli before you get your ice cream) but that is unworkable in your situation and my understanding is that the Alzheimer's patients will simply not eat when given such a choice. Best of luck and thank you for being so concerned. Scott Tonya, I wish I had resources to send you to, but I don’t. My feeling is, if you have any control, that you can try to sneak good proteins into the sweet foods (make peanut butter cookies, for example). With kids you can bribe them (eat your broccoli before you get your ice cream) but that is unworkable in your situation and my understanding is that the Alzheimer’s patients will simply not eat when given such a choice.

Best of luck and thank you for being so concerned.

Scott

]]> By: Sheridan Dickson http://olsonnd.com/the-alzheimers-and-sugar-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-17918 Sheridan Dickson Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:14:33 +0000 http://olsonnd.com/?p=1210#comment-17918 My mother's got Alzheimer's too. She's at the end on Stage Two. I am googling the connection between sugar and the disease tonight because she has become utterly fixated with sugar. She can't make food for herself - not even toast. But if she spys something sweet in the fridge she'll eat all of it. The only time she lights up is when she gets to have cake or ice cream or chocolate. I've also observed that she has a "crash" after eating (suddenly can't cope with noise or other people if we are out). (And that she can drink a lot more caffeine than me. If I take the coffee away she has a significant mental drop.) My mother’s got Alzheimer’s too. She’s at the end on Stage Two. I am googling the connection between sugar and the disease tonight because she has become utterly fixated with sugar. She can’t make food for herself – not even toast. But if she spys something sweet in the fridge she’ll eat all of it. The only time she lights up is when she gets to have cake or ice cream or chocolate. I’ve also observed that she has a “crash” after eating (suddenly can’t cope with noise or other people if we are out). (And that she can drink a lot more caffeine than me. If I take the coffee away she has a significant mental drop.)

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