organicgreendoctor: alzheimers news-control this risk factor

organicgreendoctor: alzheimers news-control this risk factor: ALZHEIMERS NEWS-CONTROL THIS RISK FACTOR most if not all of us know what our blood pressures are look at your numbers if its not around 120/...

alzheimers news-control this risk factor

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-CONTROL THIS RISK FACTOR

most if not all of us know what our blood pressures are
look at your numbers
if its not around 120/70 your blood pressure may be putting you at risk for getting alzheimers as you age
if you are middle age or younger and your numbers are above that you are at a higher risk for getting alzheimers as you age

in a recent study those with untreated high blood pressure had a 36% increase risk of developing alzheimers as compared to those who who had normal blood pressures or were treated for high blood pressure

i cringe to remember that there was a time that we didnt treat folks blood pressure until it was 140/90
now its 120/70

high blood pressure also raises your risk for stroke and cerebrovascular disease
its easy and cheap to control
it can also lead to vascular dementia

nowadays its so easy to treat
there is really no reason for anyone to have high blood pressure at any age

so attack this risk factor
control your pressure
reduce your risk for alzheimers disease and for vascular dementia

so after you control this risk factor
its the easiest one to do
then start attacking the other risk factors one at a time

just dont wait years to do it

if you are in the santa barbara area join us for our walk to end alzheimers at the link below
or
join a walk where you live
here is the link to our team organicgreendoctor to join or donate 
see you on saturday november 16th at chase palm park 

the organicgreen doctor

organicgreendoctor: garden news-christmas lima beans

organicgreendoctor: garden news-christmas lima beans: GARDEN NEWS-CHRISTMAS LIMA BEANS these are my most favorite beans to eat they are christmas lima beans they are called christmas lima beans ...

garden news-christmas lima beans

GARDEN NEWS-CHRISTMAS LIMA BEANS

these are my most favorite beans to eat
they are christmas lima beans
they are called christmas lima beans since you plant them in april and you harvest them near christmas
i have noticed here in santa barbara that they are usually ready for harvest in october or november
i guess that would make them halloween lima beans or thanksgiving lima beans

when we lived in texas it was usually late november or december when we harvested them depending on when it got cold

i had never heard of christmas lima beans until a former arkansas friend living in austin told me about them
i ordered some and planted them and also cooked them 
i have planted them every year since then probably around 15 years

the place i ordered the original seeds is linked below

rancho gordo heirloom beans

i ordered a pound of them and ate them cooking them similar to the recipe on the link above
the flavor to me is like it has a hammy flavor
i have cooked them with just water and nothing else and the flavor is still good

the beans in the picture above are from the original purchase from rancho gordo years ago
well the beans would be their great great great .... grandkids

i have planted them here in my garden in santa barbara for the last 7 years so they are getting acclimated to our community gardens environment

it was interesting during the pandemic that most of the beans including the christmas lima beans were all sold out on the rancho gordo website

we use these christmas lima beans along with other beans to sort out in our seed session of our fall harvest program
the kids say this is their favorite seed

here is how i cook them
you can cook them like you would any other bean like pintos

i soak them overnight in water
i place them the next morning in a crockpot with just enough water to cover them
later when the beans soften up i will add chicken broth or vegetable broth or chicken bone broth
i use whatever i have

then
i add things from the garden like kale malabar spinach purslane amaranth garlic onion leek tomatoes collards and herbs like oregano thyme rosemary
i seasoned it with salt pepper smoked paprika cumin and hickory or mesquite liquid smoke
i add either olive oil and or butter

i then let it slow cook until the beans are soft but not mushy

the christmas lima beans will lose that calico color and will puff up and turn brown or tan
the beans soup is also brown and it has a ham flavor to it

we i mean my wife she will cook a pan of iron skillet cornbread to go with this 

1 nice bowl of christmas lima beans with a piece of cornbread well maybe 2 or 3 pieces makes a fine meal

its well worth the 6-7 months it takes to grow them

heirloom christmas lima beans heirloom is definitely my favorite bean

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organicgreendoctor: my story revisited #210-more momentum

organicgreendoctor: my story revisited #210-more momentum: MY STORY REVISITED #210-MORE MOMENTUM i did my first walk to end alzheimers in 2011 this next month i will be doing my 14th year of these wa...

my story revisited #210-more momentum

MY STORY REVISITED #210-MORE MOMENTUM

i did my first walk to end alzheimers in 2011
this next month i will be doing my 14th year of these walks
i skipped two years due to the pandemic
most of these events i have done a few minutes talk on my story for the audience
yes i cry every time and yes many in the audience cries also

this year if i talk at the walk i will be more positive
we have come a long way since 2011 and even since i wrote this blog below in 2015

the article linked in the old blog below is well written

i can feel even more momentum picking up now
_________
09-28-2015

MOMENTUM
i can feel it building
this momentum to find a cure and treatment
im bleeding purple this morning when i cut myself

i felt it last week when i did my presentation on
alzheimers to a large crowd
after talking for 30 minutes
i let them ask me questions that they wanted answered
my oh my
they asked a ton of questions
in fact i told them
ill stay here until they run us out
or
until there are no more questions asked

i noticed that people dont get their answers from
their medical providers
who are either too busy
or
may not know themselves

many of the questions should have been answered
by the providers

why dont they or why dont we provide those answers

in reviewing comments from the attendees
they felt like they got some needed answers that day

here is a newspaper article on the presentation

then this weekend
we did our first of our walk to end alzheimers in williamson county
quite a success it was

these walks mean a lot to people who have had family
with the disease
i always take a pause
thinking of
my mother my dad my younger brother and older brother
all affected by this disease
as i walk i usually will strike up a conversation with other walkers
sometimes ending in teary eyes as they remember their
loved ones

this walk just seems to feel good
its the fifth time we have done this walk
its getting bigger and bigger each year

this year there were 650+ walkers
raising over $65000 for alzheimers research and education
almost all this money goes to that cause

there is a lot of youth at this walk
which we need
an influx of youth
they are the silent ones in the alzheimers battle
they lose their parents grandparents aunts and uncles
to this terrible disease
you know it must bother them a lot
many dont understand why

there seemed to be a lot of energy at this walk
that makes that momentum move forward
on to the next one
on to a cure

a weekend well spent
_________
as i am getting ready to walk in the walk to end alzheimers here in santa barbara in about a month i was thinking about all the gains we have made in the alzheimers world since i was diagnosed in 2010

we now know that doing all the healthy things one should be doing well documented in my old blogs that one can slow the disease down or maybe even prevent it if done over a lifetime

taking aricept or donepezil early in the disease process may delay the progression of symptoms and maybe allow you to live longer

there are 3 new drugs called anti amyloid monoclonal antibodies that have been approved by the fda
aduhelm my drug is off the market but its cousin leqembi is available now for treatment in early alzheimers
kisunia another one is approved for use also

these drugs may slow down symptoms by as much as 30%

doctors can now more definitely diagnose alzheimers by using exam and history labs memory testing mri then amyloid pet scans and soon to be available alzheimers blood tests

so when you are told you have it they arent just guessing any more 

so they can accurately diagnose you
start treatment if its caught early enough
then
soon in the near future also treat your tau tangles that accumulate and the inflammation that occurs

hopefully all of this will slow the disease down

for me
i am waiting to see when i need to be retreated again
science doesnt know for sure when to retreat
when they decide i plan to retreat

if you are in the santa barbara area join us for our walk to end alzheimers at the link below
or
join a walk where you live

the alzheimers association is the reason we have made good progress on this disease through its research lobbying and education programs

here is the link to our team organicgreendoctor to donate 
see you on saturday november 16th at chase palm park 

the organicgreen doctor