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Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 9:41pm

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Taking small doses of Jumex or Deprenyl shows a significant chance of seriously delaying or preventing all together the onset of alzheimers.
Right. Trick is in getting the Rx, though (or in 'getting around' the whole prescription drug process -- IF you know what I mean).

I get mine offshore from International Anti-Aging Systems. That way you don't need a prescription. Otherwise, unless you have Parkinson's, you can't get it.

http://www.antiaging-systems.com/iasstore/acatalog/deprenyl.html

IAS sells it as follows: 50 x 5mg tablets (Selegilin) in a hydrochloride base for $50. So one 5mg tablet costs a dollar. A little pricey if you take it every day. However, unless you're my age -- 66 -- you probably don't need that much. If memory serves, a younger person in his or her 40's or 50's needs only 5 or 10 mg per week to keep dopamine levels optimal.

Bill

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Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 11:46am

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... and do not forget exercise.

Is it not true that when you work, the sugar in your bloodstream goes directly to the muscles? When you are sedantary, then the insulin is necessary to force the sugar in for storage. So, being physically active is critical.

Last summer, I took a required "phys ed" class in "health and hygiene." The instructor was a young guy with a Ph.D. in sports medicine, so I had to balance that with much of the presentation, but overall, he seemed to have a reasonable set of quacky ideas that I chose to pay attention to. Among them was his prejudice that if you insist on living a totally dissipative lifestyle of bad food and lots of alcohol, at least work out often. That alone will mitigate a lot damage, whereas, eating well and being temperate will not keep you healthy if you do not exercise. ... at least, that was his view...

Myself, I look at the ancient Greek philosophers. Except for Socrates, they all lived past 60. Empedocles might have made it to 100 and he wasn't the only one to die over age 80. They ate well, a varied diet. They exercised. (Not going to the gym was an offense in a city that depended on citizen soldiers.) Being philosophers, they knew their place in the universe.