When you are older, it isn’t necessary alcohol. I know lots of people who fall a lot, have poor balance, won’t use a cane or walker. Also, women who have a dog they can’t handle, dog sees a rabbit, another dog, a bike, takes off and pul them down.
For me it’s cats under foot. Cliff refuses to turn a darn light on when going into the living room or kitchen at night, in addition to now shuffling as he walks.
Shuffling while walking is one of the greatest hazards. My MIL has had serious face-plant type falls from shuffling and stumbling.
That shuffling walk is one of the symptoms of dementia
Yep. And I think also strangely limp and dangling arms and hands. At his last October cognitive test, after I’d had mine and they called me in to talk with them about Cliff in front of Cliff, the director of Health Services said to him “I could tell as you walked in that you were having issues”. Three years ago we went back to a funeral and his sister said the same thing adding “you are walking like Daddy”. Their father had dementia. I walked behind a couple I didn’t know the other day and immediately noticed the arm dangle/weird hands from the man.
I remember seeing some people walking into a function and immediately thought, oh boy he has dementia
She's going strong at age 92, and it's been 10 years since her last face plant. No signs of dementia at all; she's still sharp as a tack.
I agree.
Everybody has their own taste. I merely showed mine.
You do realize that it has 18g sugar, right? This is way too high for most adults.
As we get older, our bodies get more insulin resistant and become pre-diabetic and diabetic. 18g of sugar in a drink is usually not a problem for a teenager. For most of us old people, it is simply too much.
My A1c at 74 has been 5.6 for a couple of years, not even pre-diabetic -- and I don't eat much other sugar. My choice, thank you.
No offense intended. I just thought you were interpreting my Mockapolitan is being "sweet," which it certainly is not.
I'm having trouble with my math. One teaspoon of sugar equals 4+ grams? Is that right? Now I'm going to start reading labels more.
Yes. We don't even have sugar at home. Once in a blue moon, when I want to bake something, I use Stevia. Also, carbs turn into sugar in our bodies, so we eat carbs sparingly as well. So far so good for me but we have to be careful as we age.
I find my A1ac inching up every year . It was 5.6 at age 74 but 8 years later us 6.2
Statistically, you are running a bit low on the cholesterol. Below 140 causes the cancer risk to start elevating.
That is scary, mine is around 135. I’ve had three different cancers