Both my mother and I are involved in hospice care and I am alarmed by the variety of problems older people encounter..dementia, strokes, heart attacks, mood disorders, etc. Is this the natural consequence of old age or can nutrition explain a lot of it? I am saddened to hear of such a depressing end for so many and I don't want to end like that.

Can nutrition heal you and I of a potentially painful or depressing ending?

Proper nutrition, especially avoiding modern grains, vegetable oils, fake fats like margarines, avoiding sugar, plus eating healthy fats and adequate protein may prevent such ailments. But once they are in their 80s and suffering I don't know if you can reverse it. I've read some articles that suggest what your mother ate when you were in the womb may affect you later in life.

I believe most diseases of old age are related to diet and unhelpful lifestyle factors, but mostly diet. Alzheimers is a brain version of atherosclerosis according to what I've read. I'm 45, and on paleo I expect to stay healthy and active (mentally and physically) for at least 40 years.

I do not intend to go through the long slow decline. I've already told my family I don't want another person inhabiting my body. If I get dementia I intend to finish myself off in as civilised a manner as is available to me at the time, before I'm too far gone to know any better. I wouldn't mind getting a bit frail so long as I have all my marbles and I'm not in pain.

Both my mother and I are involved in hospice care and I am alarmed by the variety of problems older people encounter..dementia, strokes, heart attacks, mood disorders, etc. Is this the natural consequence of old age or can nutrition explain a lot of it? I am saddened to hear of such a depressing end for so many and I don't want to end like that.

Can nutrition heal you and I of a potentially painful or depressing ending?

yes it can. let's ALL go for it !