What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova | TED
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2017
- Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease -- and some promising research on what each of us can do to build an Alzheimer's-resistant brain.
Our brains are truly breathtaking -- and perhaps their most astonishing ability is the capacity to create, store and retrieve a lifetime of memories. Learn how memory works, why we forget and how to keep your brain in great shape with Lisa Genova, bestselling author and neuroscientist. Enroll in her TED Course “How to boost your brain + memory” today: tedtalks.social/brain
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Our brains are truly breathtaking -- and perhaps their most astonishing ability is the capacity to create, store and retrieve a lifetime of memories. Learn how memory works, why we forget and how to keep your brain in great shape with Lisa Genova, bestselling author and neuroscientist. Enroll in her TED Course “How to boost your brain + memory” today: tedtalks.social/brain
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why are you commenting on a five year old video you made
I am not convinced by the example of the nuns, as they have the most regular everyday pattern one can think of: work at the same time, likewise breaks, time for prayers, etc. It cannot but imprint, get fixed in all your body
Summary:
1. Sleep well
2. Exercise well
3. Eat well
4. No unhealthy habits like smoking
5. Learn new things to create more meaningful neuronal connections for neuroplasticity, as a form of mental exercise
You're the MVP thank you!
Not quite though!! Those are critical, but so is the stimulation and depth of experiences for the mind! She really emphasizes this.
Exactly!!
Good and accurate summary. Sounds pretty simple. Unfortunately life has a way of making those "simple points" complicated. Still worth trying to stick to those 5 points more times than not.
Smoking is definitely a bad habit, however, smoking might be able to reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease,which is also a terrible neurodegenerative disease. xD
I have altzheimers but fight it every day. I am now 76 and frankly amazed I am still here and able to type coherently. It started at 69 and am still living on my own and enjoying it. Yes I forget how to set the alarm or sometimes how to switch the kettle on or where I am if out but I just calm myself and sit or stand still until it gets there. So far been lucky it appears! I carry my phone numbers in case I get lost again.
hope you are okay and doing well
I wish you have many angels watching over you. Peace and Blessings.
Wow my grandmother got it 2 years ago and she's already forgotten how to eat. I don't understand how it progresses so quickly. My other grandmother had it for 8 years and was still able to play piano when she died of a heart attack. I don't understand it's just a strange, horrible disease
I believe it is still possible to buy a traditional, wind-up alarm clock. Maybe you would be more comfortable with one of those than with a digital alarm clock. But then, you would have to remember to wind it!
@@robertlozyniak3661 maybe write a note next to the wind up alarm?
Sleep deprivation causes Alzheimer’s disease
Me: looks at the time and it’s 3:am
Haha! Same here! But only 2.08. Off to bed!
forealsie, sleep is sooooooooooo god damn important. insomnia finally left me yesterday...
What does she say about this? I cant bear to watch.
@Tryco Slatterus okay 👍
I have been having sleeping problems for more than ten years, I will be happy if I can get 4hours.once I wake up I cannot go back to sleep. I am 80 years old now , I have not yet Alzheimer. I still drive my car anywhere. I have clean licensed sleep is not true. If you’re burn with Alzheimer you can get it at any age.
My dad died from complications of this at 85. Two years before, when it had already set in and he had lost his memory, he woke up next to his wife of 35 years who had died in her sleep. He knew to call 911. Police arrived, did their thing and took the body away not realizing his condition. Two hours later they received another call from him. This time he was reporting his wife missing. The disease can be cruel.
I have started to learn spanish. Will I ever really learn it well? Who knows. who cares. But it provides real mental exercise that creates new pathways from known english words to the new spanish ones. An hour a day mentally working out and the same working out the physical. Good diet, meditate and release worry before you sleep and hope for the best. That is all you can do.
buena suerte
My Father had Alzeimers Disease. He didn't suffer.
My Mother who was the caregiver suffered.
@Book Worm
Thank you, Brother.
I wonder about that. I've seen, managed, a person with early onset. She suffered. As did those of us who had no idea it was that creating the decline in performance. She was terrified, covering up, masking, doing all of the things we saw in Still Alice. I think she suffered. Without question her caregivers did too. But knowing it is coming, something is dreadfully wrong - that is suffering as well. I'd say.
My dad also had Alsheimers but my mom was to frail so I took care of them both.. Broke my heart
😢
Meher truth. So painful. I am you. So much is attempted for the failing depending on their resources. Fewer resources, less help. But so little is provided for the one capable of caring, and our resources dwindle as we pour ourselves out for the loved one. Blissfully unaware the demented may be prior to the tipping point, But afterwards, down the rabbit hole - the one trying to chase the mad hatter is ignored, abandoned, pitied. Not helped. What do we do to alleviate our suffering? Know this: you are not alone.
My mother died of Alzheimer’s but lived 17 years of meaningful life after diagnosis to age 88. I attribute her amazing resistance to the onset of debilitation to her voracious appetite for news, walking, reading, politics, being a wordsmith and her lifelong discipline of moderation in food and alcohol intake and love of classical music. Strangely enough mother never liked Jazz but in the last few years with Alzheimer’s the Jazz rhythms, instrumental solos, ethereal nature and improvisation became of great interest to her. Music proved to be the absolute best therapy along with adherence to her faith traditions. Of course being a tough old Massachusetts Yank gave her a great foundation. All these things provided mom with a very high quality of life in spite of her vicious and cruel disease.
Sorry to hear about your mother. Music has great benefits to help Alzheimer's patients.
Thank.you.I have to.take my salf
Thanks for providing this great info about your mom'. My grandfather also was reading on purpose, watching news, walked, listened to music, he said it was helping him. Being surrounded by loving support is the most help in addition to keeping your Spirit & brain in good shape. Good emotions are mandatory as well.
@@chintanasuthichai1247 In the past the Alzheimers for elderly was NOT so widely spread. My grand-grand mother Ana lived until 97, she had more of her hearing loss than a memory loss. She was deeply religeous & strictly kept her Christian Orthodox before holiday's fastings. That meant NO meat, eggs, chese, milk products for 45 days before Easter,, Virgine Mary (August) & Christmass holidays. Strictly vegetarian food, preferably even raw, only 3 times per year, will cleanse your deep plaques,tissues & cells. Eating only grains, nuts, vegies, fruits & legumes & no alchohol will be more than enoughf to fast without feeling hungry. Northen people (ansestors from the North) can siply stay on water for 1 day instead of staying vegetarian for 45 days, it produces too much gas for them, they get stomach crams from the vegies & legumes. My ex (ansestors from Findland & Ireland) said he was feeling much better just staying on water for 1 day per month
Ah music, the other mind. I always got dad back when visitors came over, they would call me I would get dad singing and then dad was BACK. It's great, but I was an alzheimer's nurse for three years in a ward and they taught me how to contact them and bring them back. My dad started getting alzheimer's when 57 because we would take stroller with baby for a walk, nice new sidewalks and dad would trip over the cracks if he was talking while walking, so I used to make him push the stroller and never said a word. Lost my parents in body when they were 70 30 days apart. Love you mom & dad, sometimes I do miss hugging you. They were married for 54 years. I was an orphan at 50.
"You are more than what you could remember"
Hits me everytime
"You might not remember what I said five minutes ago but you'll remember how I made you feel" from smiling I went to crying in less than a few seconds
Yeah man, burning despair does ache
just like forgetting a dream, we remember how it make us feel, but forgot what happened in that dream.
I don’t remember anything, I probably have ADHD
Um.. ok...
She's actually a really good speaker. Her words are articulate, clear, loud enough, and easy to understand.
too aggressive approach, capable to scare audience, and too many muscles and false face.
Well presented but said nothing much other than 50% of us will get Alzheimer's and we are more than our memory. Unfortunately we aren't. Ask anyone with Alzhemer's or, more to the point, their loved ones no longer remembered. They sit and look at an empty husk, as I did with my beloved father.
Not "actually", she just is
@Choo Choo long winged only by youtube fast food standard
True. She has good information. Thanks.
Learn new things is the best advice. Learn to play tennis, play piano or guitar, learn a foreign language, a new alphabet, learn maths, learn to program a computer, learn to paint, to knit, to crochet.
Learn about NASA activities. Learn what satellites do what.
Learn about stars, constellations, the map of the sky. You can see it on your computer.
All this learning is very helpful. You will never regret learning a new skill.
meeting new friends, reading a book or listening to a great TED Talk
@@grahampaice5696 thank you for your advice. i go to temples, ashrams, monasteries, gurudwaras, dargahs and church too but rarely
Great. Learning new things can save a lot of lifes.
Juggling : )
Monica, you just saved my life.
Who's here after being traumatized by listening to the album "Everywhere at the End of time"
Me
lol same, I've gotten sucked down the rabbit hole
Same actually, it’s that song and my uncle’s deterioration, trying to find out how to stop his brain from breaking even more
I’ve been traumatized for weeks omg-
It's weirdly comforting knowing that I'm not the only one.
Both of my parents have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and each of their journeys follows its own unique path. Thankfully, as an exercise physiologist, I have known and followed your lifestyle and behavioral recommendations throughout my lifetime... save but the sleep aspect. And, while I've known that high-quality sleep is a necessity, you have convinced me that this will be my SMART goal area to focus on to further protect me. It is also good to know about the need to continue learning NEW things into older age. As a university lecturer for the past 29 years, I have needed to keep learning. Being in the university environment also provides many enriching opportunities. I'm grateful for these aspects of university life. Thank you for your expertise and encouragement. And I enjoyed "Still Alice" very much!
"you are more than what you can remember" this is beautiful
mus5599 oh how can you be this cold hearted ? come on
Jasmine Talk
I'm sure someone stressing over the onset of alzheimers would love to hear this :)
That's very interesting about emotional memory not being affected. So the best way to deal with someone with Alzheimer's is not to constantly remind them of what they forgot, just give them lots of joy and love...and music.
Sophistry is generally aesthetic, but meaningless
The most powerful part for me were the lessons at the end.... they totally spoke and fed my soul... it is exactly what I needed to hear having my mother suffering from it... 1) diagnosis it doesn't mean you die tomorrow 2) you wont loose your emotional memory 3) you are more than what you can remember... you gave me so much energy hearing you say this. Truly grateful.
Getting past the phobia of AD is the smartest lesson to learn and spread. Humans have to die and on a relative scale AD is not all that bad.
And Gregg Braden points out that our hearts have brain cells in them too, which does appear to be where our emotional memories are stored. When I got my heart transplant, I lost a lot of those.
Alzheimer's caregiver here...yes that's true. Even if the person can't speak or eat, even walk alone, they can decide when to eat more while their grandchild is there to try and be a part of the moment. If you're concerned, try joining tai chi classes and doing less multitasking.
@@ericjohnson6665 So did you feel different after your transplant?
Do you feel like you lost some emotional connections???
Remember always there is a humanity and whilst some may not appreciate it, there remains always that essence of life. Respect it. Love it Cherish it 🙏
I think it's also very important to stay away from stressful people and things as much as you possibly can, this can also affect your memory...it happened to me! Luckily for me, through prayer, fasting, eating healthy, traveling & studying a lot, Im getting better! Great video and information, thanks!
I agree.👍
Bless the Lord Zan and be well. He leaves a lot of it up to you so you have to figure it out. He has been my Physician since forever. Even before I knew it.
Prayer is the ultimate apathy.
Amen to that (Prayer) Toxic people/environment a must to get rid of.
Great content.
I'm a 39 man with highly stressed life, terrible sleeping higiene, overweight, family dementia history and AH. I've thought I just have attention deficit and I dislike to memorize, but now I need to pay attention to it. This video teaches me I can do something to avoid going down that road.
Do it brother. I'm 45 and suffer stress and high blood pressure
I'm on BP tablets, I meditate and my diet is mid range (more nuts, natural foods etc but still enjoy other foods)
My grandmother had alzheimers for 15 years, and we treated her. Not just give care, but try to treat what she has. And we noticed that engage her in activities (along with a tight schedual) was getting her less and less confused and les in denial.
So i guess this is right: create new learnings and new experiences, keep active and we may be better off
My gran pretty much said f to this and watches netflix in her home. But she did get cancer and battled that so I think she is just had enough of fighting and is ready to leave. Truly sole destroying. Wonderful lady, cared for others all her life
Great presentation. I would opine that the preventative measure you speak of will NOT be a pill, but a diet. A diet very low in sugars, starches and vegetable oils, and a diet rich in good healthy fats...
Great comment. There needs to be a paradigm shift away from non effective meds. Diet sleep and exercise are starting to be recognized as preventable measures.
@@Letscurealzheimers ...Agreed! Let me suggest learning about diabetic diet, and get a A1c test. Start the diet (no bread, potatoes, sugar, pasta) in 3-6 months, get the A1c checked again. If it goes down by .5 you're doing it well. Ease up on the diet, but don't go wild. you should be where you want to be and you've learned what you need to. Exercise & diet are paramount!
@elboogero Fasting?? are you serious ?? I highly doubt that there is anything more than a vague correlation on that if you have anything better pls show me. Citation required!!
A vegan diet is the key
@@williamsheehan260 Yeah you just need vegan powers like in Scott pilgrim vs the world but beware of the vegan police, if they take your powers you gonna have a hard time lol
I generally try to find ways to practise my memory, my balance and my reflexes - for example, I memorise the stuff that I want to buy, I stand on one leg when I tie my shoes, I regularly take long walks with a heavy backpack, I often play fast-paced unpredictable scrolling shooter video games, and I study lots of math and science courses.
Doctor, I've got amnesia. Doctor: "when did this start? " Patient: "When did what start? "
😂
🤣 🤣
haha....funny
😆😆😆
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How did the audience NOT give her a standing ovation?? This talk is fascinating and so optimistic!
Some people are sleep-deprived sometimes and what she said is not good. I'm staying up tonight because I'm doing a quiz for school but I don't stay up all the time.
Maybe they all were asleep
@@beverridge No, they forgot.
Because she didn't talk about the effects of cooking oil
Coconut Oil helps immensely!
immediately after watching the video, I turned off youtube & slept...
I started researching mattresses!!
5:37 in the morning and i havent slept, but im 14 im good.!!! Wait am i 14 what am i writing now.
Same
That's good. You rested , and will be refreshed to learn n experience something new next day.
Thank you so much for this. I saw my grandmother become a broken shell of who she used to be because of Alzheimers. She never did any self care, and it was heartbreaking.
You never know...until it is proven by sience...My mother started to learn 5 different languages after she retired. But never the less, she got vascuare dementia... You can be a professor and become Alzheimer... And even so, my mother also did not smoke ore eat unhealthy... But it is also true. She is much more than her memory... She has a beautiful soul...Greetings from Germany...
I'm 60 and looooove sugar. I found that when l avoid sugar my brain is so much clearer. Cutting way back on sugar as we speak.
how’s the sugar diet?
hows the less sugar diet going?
did he die...
I noticed no need for caffeine when I quit sugar. Unfortunately it's very addictive and I am currently consuming it again.
I have a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and was given Aricept (Donezepil) and saw a huge improvement in my memory and cognitive problems. I had to stop taking it after 10 years due to the muscle spasm side effects. Because I have had severe head injury I am prone (2x) to having Alzheimer's as I get older. Gotta say, I'm in my 60's and my TBI was in 1990 - and I think I am improving each day. Never give up, never give up hope.
best of luck, good post.
Thank
Coconut oil is supposed to improve brain function.
Might be beneficial to look into that 😁
@@FantasticExplorers yep Medium Chain Triglycerides from coconut oil are great
@@FantasticExplorers like for real ?
Oh man, I forgot...already watched this...twice!!!
Yo :D happens to me all the time
Interesting and relevant to me and Lisa is such a great speaker. Mom (87), oldest brother (80) and oldest sister (84) died of Alzheimer's so this subject is of interest to me. I'm 77, a lifelong endurance athlete, eat good food and a lover of the printed word and I hope this will help me a bit.
Thank you Ms. Genova. As I just passed my 64th birthday this has been fleetingly on my mind. No real family history of it but one still has to wonder. Your recommendation of "new" learning is very welcome news. I'm currently in a process of a couple of behavior modification chores which do involve new material so I can kill more than one bird here. Thanks again. Always great to learn something new.
It was nice to see TED finally return to having real experts in their field talk. I'm tired of of the low quality garbage they've had in recent years. They need to stay away from all the social garbage where they invite people who have nothing more to offer than their own agenda.
Wackzingo I feel the same. This is what I want to hear in a TED talk. Not some mumbo jumbo featuring first world problems.
I totally agree. I deleted the app from my iPhone, unsubscribed here on RUclips and dumped the magazine from my Flipboard account over a year ago after they had some Chinese guy trying to convince us that China's system is a model alternative system to democracy and the West is all wrong. Agenda-driven nonsense has no place in what was once one of the great platforms out there, TED.
It's TedX that has some brutal speakers.
@@craigcrawford6749 I don't understand "brutal" i this context.
To prevent Alzheimer's, you also need to protect your brain from concussion. Don't play sports that involve direct contact. The link between trauma to the head and dementia is pretty well proven, I believe.
YES. My mother was not diabetic, did not carry the APOE4 allele, but a couple months before she started showing the signs that developed into classic Alzheimer's decline, she had fallen smack down face first on the sidewalk and had huge bruises across her face. She'd been perfectly clear-minded, and by 2 months after, I knew something was wrong. It took 5.5 years and she passed when she stopped eating.
That said, she retired a couple years before, stopped moving and just watched TV. She started to shuffle and lose her coordination. Hence the fall. Hence the probable concussion and following dementia. :( I need to exercise more...
@@savannahzmomma The dementia was likely already there but symptoms were either not noticeable or easily explained away. She may have been experiencing difficulties that were the reason behind watching more TV and not being active. The concussion may have sped things along, but was not the starting point. I'm so sorry your mom and you have had to deal with this. I saw glimpses of dementia three years before my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. They were rare, but different enough to be noticeable. She wasn't the first among her siblings, so there's that too.
I have sleep problems. I believe people like me are prone to it :(
I’ve had 5 and I’m 16😀
@@SpicyYams pray. Ask not to get it.
I'm Sudhichan Mehta and after 4 years of research experience on TB and other fields, I'm entering the field of Alzheimer's now. This is one of the many elementary videos with amazing explanation I've seen to understand the disorder technically. Thank you for the talk, Lisa Genova. I'm also learning Italian and will be remembering your as the author of Still Alice. To whomsoever, reading this, let's see if we can find a cure soon.
PLEASE Do some research on COCONUT OIL for Alzheimer's!
Keep your mind sharp and NEVER stop learning. I've said this for years.
Manny Sabir - I’m 60 and I continue learning new things
"You didn't pay attention to where you put your keys in the first place. " Excellent point! Mindfullness Rocks :). 🙏🏽
"You are more than you can remember" is profound in so many ways. Your memories aren't you - you are you.
But you do loose you with dementia I saw that in care homes and many of the sufferers relatives said theyw eren't the same person
in late stage of dementia, I think you're no longer who you are.. There're already too many dead brain ?cells? ?neurons?
Life is short so do good to yourself and to others and be positive.
Shared to 20+ dementia and caregiver groups. Thank you, this is beyond powerful and will change lives.
Look into Coconut Oil and please share what you find... Mite really change some lives!
My mom died at 79 with Alzheimer's. My dad made it to 95 with general dementia and was fairly cognitive until about 93 before he started to seriously deteriorate. My goal is to make to 100 with my wits about me. I'd rather die with physical issues and know what's going on around me rather than being in basically a comatose state for any length of time. I found this TED talk to be one of the most interesting I've watched in a while.
Who else panicked when you couldn't remember what she said in the beginning?
I wasnt paying attention but i was like.
...
idk if she asks this im just going throught comments.
Matthew Askar V
And I'm only 13!
Dammmm, when did she began??????
I forgot your question
What an eloquent speaker. Very well explained. Thank you
"...and you are more than what you can remember.", what a powerful closing remark. In a world that often defines value based on the degree of intelligence, agility, or efficiency of an individual, this phrase reminds the priceless value of any human being regardless of his/her abilities.
the best description of what is going on with this disease...I know I am going down the road because of family history but she gives me hope if I can keep exercising not only my body but my brain learning something new, eat healthy and get good rest.
Also praise and worship the God of your understanding1 forget about your self 2 don`t make money and pleasure such a big deal
I wish I knew about this 30 years ago. I've had bad sleep habits since I was a teenager, and feel the effects on my memory.
It's not too late. Yes, some damage is done, but that does not mean you should resign yourself to all future damage. Get the sleep in order, get with the exercise, watch the diet, stay intellectually curious and learning, and you very likely will avoid or mitigate the worst, regardless of your age.
This does not yet mean you have Alzheimar's disease, don't worry. Knowlegde goes from short term memory to long term memory during your deep sleep. If you have bad sleep habits, this process does not take place and you will forget things you've learned during the day. Also, keep in mind that this is not the only risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. As the speaker mentioned, there's still genes and environmental influences.
Im 13.
yay.
no one likes sleep in my school.
May be when you will be old the humanity already will be able to treat this desease, or elon musk will finish his "neuralink" mashine - brain interface. Or you may be scientist and help him to invent this thing. Why not, all in your hands.
Bro i havent slept well since i was a baby. Im havibg trouble rememberibg last week but i vividly remember about my child hood.
My grandma and mother had Alzheimer’s. Thank you for sharing this information. I am going to try my hardest to follow your advice.
7:55 "Many scientists believe that poor sleep hygiene might actually be a predictor of Alzheimer's"
It certainly is. Sleeping is the time that the body clears toxins from the brain. The cerebrospinal fluid kicks into gear while we are in deep sleep.
@@Letscurealzheimers melatonin?
One of the best new TED talks I've watched. Really loved this one! Thank you Lisa for such a informative talk about a disease that I had no real insight in other than there was no cure but you have provided us regular people with hope and goals. Much love.
A brilliant presentation! I feared she would be pushing a drug. But no. She's informative and entertaining. Well done!
Brenda Rua there is no drug!
There is no drug. That’s why Alzheimer’s is incurable. It sheer prevention what will help avoid it bc Alzheimer’s is a lifestyle disease.
She was REALLY pushing her book near the end though!
*Alzheimer's cure story:* *ruclips.net/video/ABoP57zTFCg/видео.html*
I was also thinking : oh God, not another drug advocate.
But it is also unfortunate she didn't dive into vitamins. Omega-3 seems to be a key nutrient in preventing Alzheimer. People are just not eating enough fish.
Also, probably a career killer for her, vaQcines could be a culprit, as the aluminum contained in them can cross the blood brain barrier almost 100% as it is injected directly into the body and swallowed by the white cells that travel to the brain. It is not like aluminum that is ingested, as it is almost completely filtered by the digestive system and hardly goes into the blood stream. People that get annual shots are probably more at risk than others.
What a finishing statement!! "You are more than what you could remember". Bravo!
Thanks for the great talk. The movie was similar to my dads journey though this horrible disease. The rug in front of the door showed the extensive research you did. Would be good if care homes implemented that strategy to help prevent patients from wandering away.
I’ve had “where are my keys” since I got keys. 🤦♀️
Not knowing where your keys are is not Alzheimer's; not knowing what your keys are for is Alzheimer's.
Thank you for this. There is evidence that three key spices are believed to be responsible for the rate of dementia in India being much, much lower (40% ?) than in the US population. These spices scour brain cells of the plaques Lisa Genova discusses. The spices typically used in curry are turmeric, ginger and mustard. Motivated to preserve my cognition I developed a yummy porridge recipe that includes these spices, among many other healthy ingredients. I enjoy it every day.
On a side note, the bioavailability of turmeric's health benefits is low, but adding black pepper boosts the bioavailability by 2000% so that's in the porridge too, and any other foods I prepare with turmeric.
They also consume higher quantities of coconut oil in India.
Herb Daum they also watch Bollywood movies...erm keeping track of all the costume, scenery and movie names keeps Indian brains active
Years ago I did some epidemiology work that found the same finding in India. However, outside of turmeric, the other spices are found with high use in cultures with higher rates of AZ. My conclusion at the time was that it was the lack of certain foodstuffs in India that might explain the differences. Afterall, amyloid plaques are derived from incorrectly folded proteins. In all other diseases characterized by amyloid plaques, the source of these plaques typically comes from a dietary source that acts as a disease causing agent. This led me to believe that the diet was significant for its absence of the responsible agent, not because of the addition of other modifying agents. This, of course, is merely pure speculation. I would like to hear your thoughts on the subject.
Herb, how can I get hold of your recipe?
Go to his RUclips channel and subscribe; I'm sure.
Beautiful presentation. Thank you for thought provoking and personally inspiring TED talk. Your book Still Alice is simply a masterpiece of compassion and intellectualism. With much gratitude. Auf Wiederhoern/Chao- as your talk recommended expanding the opportunity of using opportunities for participating in the neuroplasticity dance by learning and using a different language.
Love your speech Lisa...
My mom has this sickness.
Thank you for your very good and clear explanations.
Serge
One day your life will flash before your eyes before the curtain closes.
Do something worth watching.
Yeah I had a near death exoerience and my whole life flashed before my eyes!
It was at this point I realised how much TV I've watched!
This comment really hits me
my friend literally died and got revived, it’s crazy what it did to him. He isn’t afraid of anything anymore and i don’t think he cares about dying anymore.
Incredible. You (Lisa) are truly an amazing lady. Thank you for your knowledge, and speaking so clear, and well.
What a great talk, more people need to watch this!
Thank you for the wonderful presentation, Lisa 🙏🏽
Thank you for your talk !!! I like the way your talk took us through the science of the disease and how to effectively combat it. I hope you will give more talks as they are insightful and resourceful!
Brilliant. Funny and informative. Such a good presenter too. 10/10! Sharing this with my family now!
This TED talk has to be one of me
my favourites ever! PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT!
Lisa....I did not realize that you wrote "Still Alice" until the end of your talk. I read your book many, many years ago. It is still one of the BEST books I ever read!!!! Alzheimer's affected many women on my father's side of the family....but only one man, my uncle. You are not only an excellent writer, you are also a great speaker! God bless you and everyone dealing with memory loss and their caregivers.
Bonnie in Indianapolis ❤
Wonderful video, explains everything in the simplest way possible. Huge 👍 for spreading awareness about Alzheimer disease.
this woman is so eloquent! Loved listening to her (and I can't remember what she said in the first 5 minutes). I also love and recommend the film STILL ALICE with the stunning Julianne Moore.
Thank you for posting.
What a great sentence to finish: you are more than what you can remember! Thank you, it feels like you hugged me with this sentence 🤗
I am so glad I watched this. Very well done & informative. Would love to see more on the subjecy & from this lady. Good job!
What a great speaker and what a store of great information and advice.
The most important and useful TED talk I ever listened. Thank you!
Watching this in 2021. And I had goosebumps when she ended that. Great talk!
Very interesting and encouraging.... thank you Lisa Genova!
Bravo lisa! Great talk, powerful message and touching summary. This is making a difference , thank you.
7:38
Dormir bem
8:24
Alimentação mediterrânea
8:39 Exercício aeróbico
11:03 reserva cognitiva pelo o intelecto 11:07 anos de escolaridade formal, habilidade de ler,escrever falar e ouvir e engajamento em atividades mentais estimulantes regulares
This is a very inspiring presentation. Thank you!
Thank you for this wonderful presentation. Found it useful and very positive.
This is really good information. I've been pretty worried about Alzheimers, good to know that there's something I can do.
Very good information. Having had two grandmothers, a mother-in-law and recently my father who died with dementia I would very much not like to not go through the paranoia, fear, anger and loss of self that I saw all four of them suffer through.
Hopefully, better treatments and interventions will become available in the near future.
You can have genetic testing NOW. Your doctor may not want to order the tests, but find one who will. Then you can plan the rest of your of your life.
Not a single second was wasted in this presentation. Thank you and well done!
Smart and very clear to understand. Thank you TED and Lisa for helping us to understand and do better to fight this THIEF
It's like a suicide the pain doesn't go away it just gets passed on. We I have some friends that are going through it. That woman is stronger than I ever gave her credit to be. God bless the families who suffer this terrible disease.
Thank You Very Much For SHARING Lisa Genova for sharing information and life!
You Just made me cry a bit, thank you.
It’s really interesting how you can learn stuff and change the literal shape of your brain.
For those who have trouble sleeping. Think of sleep apnea as a cause and go check in a sleep apnea center. I did this 17 years ago, was diagnosed and have since slept with a CPAP every night. It changed my life
Beautiful, free advise. Thank you, Ms. Genova.
OMG, perfect. I wish I had looked into this earlier. thank you for the amazing speech.
Thank you. I ❤️ the TED talks. 👍
you use it or lose it when it comes to synapses; it's super misguided to think of retirement as a vacation
MonkeyKong YES. I kind of think retiring is the quickest way to get dementia of any kind. Always learn, always stay active, always think. Part time jobs or volunteer work for senior citizens might do wonders, I believe. Particularly in an area they are more unfamiliar with. It forces you to learn new things.
Yes I am newly retired, I get lots of sleep as it is great to not wake up to an alarm, but I find the lack of stimulation is killing me...
@@brianrundle2875 Volunteering is always a good idea! It's stimulating to you, and it helps those in need. Serve food once a week in soup kitchen, help save stray animals, or do anything else that you like, either way, you'll meet new people, have new experiences, and you'll enrich your life.
Great value! Thank you, Lisa.
Thanks for bringing hope! Outstanding presentation. Bravo!
Great talk, I'm studying this disease now and I find it so inspiring and comprehensive.
Hopefully you'll find a cure
Great info here...
Yeah, what do ya mean?
Is insulin clearing protein useful in clearing the amyloid protein in fasted state? Could this be another tool in preventing Alzheimer's?
If you want more great info, check out the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen. He had a 2018 study in the Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism. The study is titled: "Reversal of Cognitive Decline: 100 patients." It's fascinating stuff!
Amazing Lisa, I've learnt a lot from your video!
I am working with people with Alzheimer and Dementia 24/7 and its very hard. I see how brain is dying 😢
I observe a lot of changes, differences and how this could hugely affect the brain.
I feel on myself how lack of sleep do to this job affect my brain too, my memory, my cognitive activity and its make me afraid that I could get this condition yearly than my service users. But after this talk I know what to do and agree with this, as learning definitely is making felt better. After high school I study in college for 5 years, after 4 years of University +2 years master degree. Later, 4 years of a very full filling job, where every single day I had to learn a lot like at university this job requires a lot of updates information and research. But when I did migrated to another country where my brain wasn't feed with learning information due to type of job I was doing, I noticed changes in my cognitive part of brain, my feelings was different I became very forgottfull and confused, depressed.
Quite interesting is information about emotional memory 🤔it is a stuff to think about.
Great advice. Thank you for sharing. I'm not a very good musician, but I learn new songs on the guitar and piano to keep brain maintenance and plasticity. At 59, I no longer get frustrated when I make mistakes when playing, but instead look at it as an opportunity to develop new numerological pathways.
This was a very informative and enlightening video. Thanks so much!
If you enjoyed this video, you may also want to know that there's been recent research that uses a functional medicine approach to find possible root causes of Alzheimer's Disease!
Great talk Lisa Genova! Sleep issues (night time hypoxia) is very under treated as there are not many symptoms (other than damaged and destroyed brain cells) and we really enjoyed how you presented this important issue. If amyloid is the result of damage to the brain (as you discussed at 5:54) then putting more time into identification of what is causing damage could provide even more benefit to those who want Alzheimer's treatment or prevention. As LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) is elevated in those with the APOE gene mutation - mitigation of the elevated LDL back down to physiologic could also help. Really nice presentation and you were able to get a lot of information out in such a short time!
This health conversation is beautiful
Awesome presentation. Thank you🌻
Interestingly, the amyloid plaque theory came into some question with a recent paper that showed that having amyloid plaque was NOT necessarily a 100% indicator of cognitive decline.
Citing many instances where the subject had enough amyloid plaque to indicate Alzheimer's by the usual metric, and yet they had none of the symptoms they should and were fine mentally.
I think the idea is that such people had a high degree of mental plasticity. They were learning enough new things and keeping the brain so engaged that new neural connections were being created at a rate that offset the older neurons that had been overrun by plaque.
@@moabman6803 Maybe. Makes sense. But, as you said, it is just an idea.
Plaque is your body fighting inflammation.
So AMAZING .. Thanks a Million for your valuable talk ❤
If you liked this video, you may want to know that Dr. Dale Bredesen at Duke University has done a lot of research in Alzheimer’s Disease and looking at possible root causes!
Wow, you are more than what you remember. So powerful. TY