Tagged: alzheimer's
I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS ON THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. SO, DID YOU KNOW THAT NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS AND CAREGIVER'S MONTH? PRESIDENT REAGAN DESIGNATED THIS MONTH BACK IN 1983. AT THAT TIME, FEWER THAN 2 MILLION AMERICANS HAD ALZHEIMER'S BUT AS OF THIS MONTH IT HAS SOARED TO OVER 5.4 MILLION. BECAUSE OF THIS, I DECIDED TO USE THIS MESSAGE TO BRING SOME AWARENESS TO THE DISEASE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP WARD OFF THIS DISEASE. A FEW OF THESE ARE EXERCISE, EATING A DIET RICH IN FRUITS AND VEGGIES, KEEP YOUR MIND ACTIVE BY LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, GET PLENTY OF SLEEP AND CUT THE STRESS OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
THE TWO OF THE ABOVE THAT I LIKE THE MOST ARE LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY AND...
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