Quote Originally Posted by Obspowerstroke View Post
I truly believe the root causes of dementia and Alzheimer's are caused by mental habits of an individual.

I believe a lot of mental issues are caused purely by poor mental habits. One thing I noticed about all my family with dimentia and Alzheimer's is they all "stewed on shit" for lack of a better term.

Everyone stews but my family with these illnesses literally let their stewing shape their lives. I notice this because I have the same tendancies.

I could go on for eons about what my family members did but thats boring as hell.
I could also be dead wrong, but I know a brain is capable of changing its hosts chemistry. Negative thoughts literally can eat your body up and that has been proven beyond doubt. Cortisol is released purely by mental reaction to incidents. I can look back on a memory and make my blood pressure go up or down, if you catch my drift.

I believe that in the medical profession, doctors look at chemicals and what causes the reactions, but there is no way of discerning what thoughts a person is having and how it chemically affects individuals.
The mind is a poweful thing, it controls things we do not understand yet.
Brain tissue is composed by cells just like any other bodily tissue.

Limbs can go gangrenous. Neurons undergo apoptosis when optimal environment is challenged - f.ex severe hypoglycemia, not enough oxygen, excessive Ca ions entry in the cell.

Neurodegeneration it's not strictly a mental issue, but an organic disease, eventually leading to psychiatric outcomes.

Bogus diagnoses by incompetent docs are a whole another matter.