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EventsHigher Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar, Poorer Memory
April 2 2014 by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD
in Dementia
in Dementia 
Yet another study shows that by middle age people with elevated blood sugar levels and high blood pressure may already have significantly worse cognitive function:
UCSF: Early Cardiac Risks Linked to Worse Cognitive Function in Middle Age
As usual, this is about statistics, and correlation doesn’t prove causation. But the brain is sensitive – and it will likely be best off with a normal blood sugar and blood pressure.
If you want to keep your brain functions, you probably want to go easy on the Easter candy. And of course, it’s even more important how you eat on a daily basis.
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And I still have high blood pressure. It's still creeping up, and I am seeing 160/95 most of the time. Any suggestions? Any chance I could have a consultation with you on the May cruise?
P.S. I'm 62.
http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2012/04/02/does-treating-high-blood-pres...
Other changes I would recommend are:
1) If you work in an office, get a stand-up desk and try to sit no more than 4 hours per day. I did this a couple months ago.
2) Try to do some moderate exercise about 3 times a week. I have a 10 minute high intensity morning work-out borrowed from Mark's Daily Apple.
3) A few times per day stop, close your eyes and intentionally try to slow your breathing and heart-rate - sort of a mini-meditation.
High blood pressure and heart disease run in my family and so I'm hoping that by adopting the strategies above I can stave it off as long as possible.
http://www.healthnewsreview.org/2012/08/behind-the-headlines-goes-dee...
This story is almost 2 years old and doesn't seem to have been taken seriously. In fact, the New England Journal of Medicine reported on a case study of a man who ate two dozen eggs a day - every day - for years - and reported to adverse effects to health. That's a little extreme, but should give some credence to the fact that eggs are not the killers that the AHA make them out to be.
Add some HIT: I try to exert myself 3 times for 30-60 seconds with 3x time rests in between, once a day.
The last bout to exhaustion. But build up over time, well after gone low carb to avoid any MI !
The HIT seems to clear out something every time and makes more energy available for hours after. "Gives" much more energy than it takes. Great investment!
I am 67 now and I had the same high blood pressure you speak about for years before.
Today it is 125 -140. Still a bit high, related to some belly fat still left.
Now I aim for "metabolic renovation" which means to get rid of the last of the visceral fat (VF), just by measuring waist alone. Then morning blood sugar and BP should also find consistently low values since long term old VF is effecting function of pancreas, liver and heart.
CVD is closely associated with higher blood sugar ( from food, from stress , from smoking AND persistent lost proper regulation due to VF after all the first causes eliminated!).
Without "metabolic renovation" the system will never be able to regulate BS properly, and with it even diabetes-2 regains normal blood sugar control.
Also be careful with milk proteins in cheese and maybe also butter. They tend to raise morning blood sugar which is a main daily hurdle to get rid of what is causing it and may also have other less known effects.
Maybe you have some sugar or higher carb than optimal for YOU or include seed and nut oils higher in omega 6 etcetera?
for me I try to limit my carbs to 1) trace in cream 2) trace in eggs 3) gluconeogenesis from the body 4) accidental or incidental carbs that find thier way into our food. [20 grams o less on average]
Date:April 4, 2014
Source:IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
Summary:Cancer cells feel a special appetite for a type of sugar called glucose, research demonstrated nearly a hundred years ago. The tumor uses glucose like a sports car uses gasoline -- it depends on it to burn faster, to grow and to multiply rapidly. In cancer cells, glucose superaccelerates cell division in what is known as the Warburg effect. New research shows that in one in four human tumors, there is an excess of glucose receptors in the external face of the cell membrane and this protein acts as a magnet attracting all the glucose from the bloodstream.
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While IMO most if not all culd benifit from less or no glucose and low to no carbs; those with certain genetic markers like some SNPS or CNV's (Copy Number Variation) should know A) they have an increased risk and the option of HFLC could reduce and or eliminate the risks. Eric
Paula Lopez-Serra, Miguel Marcilla, Alberto Villanueva, Antonio Ramos-Fernandez, Anna Palau, Lucía Leal, Jessica E. Wahi, Fernando Setien-Baranda, Karolina Szczesna, Catia Moutinho, Anna Martinez-Cardus, Holger Heyn, Juan Sandoval, Sara Puertas, August Vidal, Xavier Sanjuan, Eva Martinez-Balibrea, Francesc Viñals, Jose C. Perales, Jesper B. Bramsem, Torben F. Ørntoft, Claus L. Andersen, Josep Tabernero, Ultan McDermott, Matthew B. Boxer, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Juan Pablo Albar, Manel Esteller. A DERL3-associated defect in the degradation of SLC2A1 mediates the Warburg effect. Nature Communications, 2014; 5 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4608