Those who think they have Alzheimers, probably do. It's their friends and relatives who note the difference. Unfortunately, Alzheimer's patients have lucid periods where they recognize something is very wrong. In her new book, Men's Passages, she reflects on a few issues I have also addressed for years. One of the problems is euphemistically called male menopause-the ages between 45 and 65.
Many men experience considerable health problems due to lack of exercise.
Additionally, she addresses that a lot of people spend their young and middle years working hard and accumulating assets so that they can be comfortable in old age. However, she states that's almost the last thing that anyone should be almost at any time during life-too comfortable. Keeping an edge keeps you alive. And is I have repeated over and over again, make sure that you recognize that your brain has to stay active as well. According to a neuroscientist at UC Berkeley, brain cells to tend to shrink as we grow older, but that's primarily due to lack of stimulation and challenge.