Are You Losing Your Mind?

Are you drinking carbonated water or sugary beverages? (This would include fruit juices, exotic fruit drinks and energy drinks with or without caffeine.) If you are, you are risking losing your mind!

Sugary acidic beverages are part of the American way of life, but five or more cans a day may raise the risk of lightheadedness, muddle thinking, dizziness, cold hands, cold feet, forgetfulness, foggy thinking, memory loss, and Alzheimer's dis-ease, according to a new study by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The research team, using mice genetically predisposed to develop Alzheimer's-like symptoms, added a 10 percent solution of acidic sugar water to the diet of half the mice being tested. Over 25 weeks, the acidic sugar-water mice gained 17 percent more weight than the controls. They also developed insulin resistance and had a higher cholesterol count.

When tested for mental function, the acidic sugar-water mice scored lower on tests for memory retention and learning ability. Upon examination of their brains, they showed more than twice the amyloid acidic plaque deposits found in the controls. In the brains of humans with Alzheimer's, beta-amyloids are the sticky acidic proteins that form acid plaque deposits. A prior study in 2006 also connected obesity with Alzheimer's.

The researchers were not sure whether Alzheimer's symptoms were due to the acid sugar water itself or to the combination of more advanced acidic conditions like diabetes and obesity, which are known Alzheimer's risk factors. They said, however, that the study highlights the "potential risk of sugary beverages."
The amount of acid sugar water fed to the mice is roughly equivalent to humans drinking five cans of soda a day. The researchers said, "Although since mice have a higher metabolism, it may actually take less sugar intake in humans."

According to Dr. Robert O. Young, a research scientist at the pH Miracle Living Center, "all sugary beverages are acidic and will compromise the alkaline design of the human body, leading to sickness and dis-ease. When you add carbonic acid with the sugary beverage found in all carbonated water or soda drinks you might as well plan on Alzheimer's symptoms unless you die from a heart attack first. To experience a heart attack, stroke, cancer or Alzheimer's sooner in life just add caffeine with your carbonated sugary drink.

The important thing to remember here (no pun intended) is no one gets Alzheimer's, heart attack, strokes, or cancer - you have to do it with your lifestyle and dietary choices. A healthy and fit body is all about personal choices! Therefore, the way to health, energy and fitness, throughout life, is to make alkaline lifestyle and dietary choices. If you follow this simple advise you will never get sick and you will never die from cancer, heart disease, stroke, or end up losing your mind."