Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Heavier weight tied to poorer mental function NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight middle-aged adults tend to score more poorly on tests of memory, attention and learning ability than their thinner peers do, researchers reported Monday. Researchers are also suggesting that heavier weight may lead to mental decline, in the form of dementia or even Alzheimer's disease in the elderly. They further suggest that this might be somehow related to hormonal imbalances that result with obesity - and here at the Wellness Club we are very well aware of those imbalances, having seen them time and time again. Conventional medicine does not do a very good job when it comes to understanding, diagnosing, and correcting hormonal imbalances, mostly because the Big Pharmaceutical Companies haven't come up with much in the way of chemical corrections, but natural medicine has a better track record of being able to evaluate hormone levels and gently correct imbalances using bio-identical hormone substances, hormonal precursors (giving the body the raw materials needed to create it's own hormones), and lifestyle changes - even small lifestyle changes can have profound effects on hormone levels. Best though is the wisdom found in the last paragraph of the article: "Regardless of what the impact of weight on dementia risk turns out to be, Cournot said, there are already many reasons to maintain a healthy weight. The potential effects on mental function, the researcher added, may give people added motivation to change their lifestyle habits." Works for me! Cheers, Nurse Mark 9:17:34 PM

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