Sundowning… dementia

I learned something again today at the hospital.  Dad most likely have Sundown syndrome brought on by either the steroids he’s taking for the infection in his lungs. The nurse explained to me that he was a model patient today but however, last night he was in a “combative” mood.  Imagine that 45% of patients with Alzheimer has this syndrome.  2nd only to “wandering” and sometimes both. 

I am beginning to understand a bit more regarding Alzheimer too… the part about them not remembering.  It’s like a memory card… the patient starts “erasing” his foremost memory until he/she regresses back to his childhood.  Therefore, if my Dad erases his memory to the point where I wasn’t even born yet, he won’t remember me because his brain has deleted anything that happened up to that point.  When he reaches the point before he met my Mom then he won’t remember her.  As a medical fact, it is quite fascinating.  How prepared am I regarding when that comes, I can’t answer.  They say that it is very hard on the family members when it gets to this stage and I can imagine why.  The only bright side of this (if there is one), the patient doesn’t know, therefore, he doesn’t feel the hurt.  I guess this is the point when we have to remind ourselves that the “pain” is actually what we feel and not what the patient feels.

Note:  Connecting this knowledge, then what happened in “Home for Dinner” with PuiYi’s Mom is a medical miracle.  Either that or the doctors did a wrong diagnosis… she only had temporary amnesia!  The other thing about Alzheimer patients is when there is something else that goes wrong with the other bodily organs, the patient deteriorates at a phenomenal rate. 

五樣好東西

因緣際會下，看到一位名吳寶芬講師的健康講座報導，她贏得滿堂喝采下，是抽絲剝繭地打破一般人根深蒂固的錯誤飲食觀念。為一改前非，將筆記好好整理一番！

五樣好東西是：

1. 睡前喝豆漿、(Drink a glass of soya bean milk before going to sleep)
   睡前喝豆漿：豆漿富含100%的優質胺基酸，可製造充分的生長激素，促進身體的新陳代謝，消耗體內多餘的醣份和脂肪，所以睡前喝豆漿，有減肥的的效果，這就是「胺基酸減肥法」，又叫「懶人減肥法? v。
   此外，大豆富含異黃酮素（天然的雌激素），可降低血液中的膽固醇，保護心臟，預防心肌梗塞，所以女生得心血管疾病的機率只有男生的? 誘壑坐@，異黃酮素並可抑制人體鈣質的流失，還可預防與基因遺傳有關的乳癌與腸癌，因此睡前喝上一杯250cc的豆漿，冷熱甜淡隨意，可讓您有一個好睡眠、好體質。

但是現在市面上的黃豆有80％是基因改造的，目前基因改造的食品對人體的影響如何還未可知，購買非基因改造豆漿，建議購買無防腐劑喔，睡前喝比早上喝的效益更大。

2. 吃水果比吃蔬菜好 (Fruits are better than vegetables)
   吃水果比吃蔬菜好：當個「好色之徒」吧，吃水果要選香的，顏色鮮豔的，含有大量松脂，多吃對身體有益。且吃水果比吃蔬菜好，松脂成分可抗壓，如芒果要選土芒果，葡萄要吃紫葡萄，西瓜選無子大紅西瓜，蜜瓜選綠色的，哈蜜瓜要選肉色的，水果中以榴璉的松脂居第一。然今後別! 再吃西柚因會抑制肝的解毒!                               
3. 綠茶效益勝過水 (Green tea is better than plain water)
   建議喝綠茶來代替水和紅茶，因水帶不走身上不好的物質，紅茶為已發酵的熟茶，因此綠茶優於紅茶，多喝綠茶可以降低巴金森，且綠茶含兒茶素，能保護關節軟骨緩解疼痛。另外，泡過後無味的綠茶包，可用來擦過敏的皮膚跟濕疹唷！
   
4. 天天來杯咖啡吧 (A cup of coffee daily is good for you)
   喝咖啡選阿拉伯豆：每天一杯咖啡，喝咖啡的好處是咖啡可抑制多巴胺L-Dopa，預防老化、巴金森氏症、防癌，咖啡會活化大腦命令四肢時所需要的傳導物，年老以後身手較為協調，壞處是喝咖啡會流失鈣與一些維他命。
   懷孕前三個月禁喝，因易流產 。此外，喝咖啡要選阿拉伯豆，不是爪哇豆，豆子要新鮮，放久了會產生黃麴毒素。
   
5. 將癌細胞改邪歸正的蕃薯 (Sweet potato can get rid of cancerous cells)
   蕃薯導正病變細胞：! 蕃薯含神經節肝酯，能導正病變細胞；且蕃薯可以減肥，因為其澱粉是水溶性纖維，不會囤積體內。
   蕃薯的甜味是多醣，對人體有益，比吃飯更有飽足感，建議一週可用一餐蕃薯代替飯來吃。蕃薯愈紅愈甜愈好，烤的比水煮和蒸的好，且烤後連皮一起吃更好。
   

專作放射線之醫師，認為『微波爐』會利用電波少一個正價電子，運用水分子之震盪使食物變熱，所以食物易變成自由基，就會容易致癌。所以偶而方便用一下，最好還是少用『微波爐』最好！

以下文章值得參考
人體內的有毒物質主要來源於兩個途徑：一是大氣與水源中的污染物、通過呼吸及進餐而侵入人體內，鉛、鋁、汞等重金屬就是其代表；另一個是食物在體內代謝後的廢物，如自由基、硫化氫等。時下，清除體內垃圾已成健康時尚。
以下方法可幫您及時清除體內毒素。
1. 主動咳嗽法: (Proactive cough)
自然界中的粉塵、金屬微粒及廢氣中的毒性物質? A通過呼吸進入肺臟，既損害肺臟，又通過血液迴圈而!株連'全身。借助主動咳嗽可以'清掃'肺臟。每天到室外空氣清新處做深呼吸運動，深吸氣時緩緩抬起雙臂，然後主動咳嗽，使氣流從口、鼻中噴出，咳出痰液。
2. 飲水沖洗法：(Drink a glass of plain water after getting up in the morning)
定時排便，縮短糞便在腸道內的停留時間，及時排出糞便中的毒素。每天清晨空腹喝一杯溫開水，有利於大便通暢以及毒素從尿液中排出。
3.. 運動出汗法：(Do exercises~sweat it out!)
皮膚也是排泄毒素的途徑，主要通過出汗的方式，讓毒素隨汗液排出體外。
4. 巧用食物法：
●常飲鮮果、鮮菜汁(不經炒煮)，鮮果、鮮菜汁是體內'清潔劑'，牠們能排除體內堆積的毒素和廢物。(Drink fruit and vegetable juices, they are good for you)
●常吃海帶，海帶對放射性物質有特別的親和力，海帶膠質能促使體內的放射性物質隨著大號排出體外，從而減少放射性物質在人體內的積聚，也減少了放射性疾病的發生率。( Sea weeds are also good for you)
●常喝綠豆湯，綠豆湯能輔助排泄體內的毒素，促進機體的正常代謝。(Green bean soup helps metabolism~and I need all the help I can get!)

有痛風的就不要睡前喝豆漿了

以上的是個朋友電郵給我，同大家分享吓！Oh, the English… I rephrased it a little.