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by TheresaB
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:58 am
Forum: Science and Research
Topic: Top articles / recent research & helpful thoughts for ApoE4s
Replies: 18
Views: 73117

Re: Top articles / recent research

3rd quarter 2023 In addition to this website, we (ApoE4.info) have a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/apoe4.info where current research/articles or just things of interest to ApoE4s are posted. The posts are available to all whether or not a person has a facebook account. Here are the Faceboo...
by TheresaB
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: fasting glucose and a1c
Replies: 61
Views: 175995

Re: fasting glucose and a1c

The ApoE4 wiki on Blood sugar has some ideas https://wiki.apoe4.info/wiki/Blood_Sugaron
by TheresaB
Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:55 am
Forum: The Social Hour
Topic: Questions about Apollo recipes & cholesterol
Replies: 6
Views: 19491

Re: Questions about Apollo recipes & cholesterol

You may want to try adding flax meal to your diet. It is low in carbs and high in fiber. I use it for the beneficial phytoestrogens it provides. Be prudent with phytoestrogens. Studies show phytoestrogens may provide similar benefits to the synthetic estrogen used in hormone replacement therapy. Ho...
by TheresaB
Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Is there research showing benefit of low fat diet for apoe4 phenotype?
Replies: 14
Views: 3978

Re: Is there research showing benefit of low fat diet for apoe4 phenotype?

Hello, Does anyone on this forum know of published research that suggests that a low fat diet (all fat, not just saturated) is helpful for mitigating cardio vascular disease for those with apoE4 phenotypes? A low fat (<25% of calories from fat) has been the recommendation of a cardiologist for a pa...
by TheresaB
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:15 am
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: Scared
Replies: 9
Views: 3667

Re: Scared

Hello. A little bit of info on me. 47fem. Hashimoto thyroiditis and Migraines (auras too) for nearly 3 decades. Last year after migraines for a week and brain fog I was given an mri. Results: about 20 millimetric microishemic lesions in the subcortical mostly white matter presumed from my chronic m...
by TheresaB
Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:49 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Eating well- frying/roasting veg - is it that bad?
Replies: 16
Views: 6628

Re: Eating well- frying/roasting veg - is it that bad?

I just went back to the book and you're right, it says cruciferous veg are "best consumed blanched, lightly steamed, or stir fried at a medium heat to preserve a bit of crunch". It doesn't seem to go into the why, beyond preserving a bit of "crunch". I know that when cooking foo...
by TheresaB
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Eating well- frying/roasting veg - is it that bad?
Replies: 16
Views: 6628

Re: Eating well- frying/roasting veg - is it that bad?

jimmywalksalot wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:09 pm Hi Theresa.
Im talking about all vegetables…I tend to fry/roast everything ! 😳
No, I meant in the book, didn't it just caution about cruciferous vegetables and how to cook them.
by TheresaB
Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:57 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Eating well- frying/roasting veg - is it that bad?
Replies: 16
Views: 6628

Re: Eating well- frying/roasting veg - is it that bad?

Does this apply to all vegetables or just cruciferous vegetables?
by TheresaB
Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Donanemab and Lecanemab
Replies: 53
Views: 256245

Re: Donanemab and Lecanemab

Donanemab requires consistent imaging, and right now it is not certain if Medicare will pay for constant PET scans. A couple more references since I last replied here. Dementia drug hailed for slowing down Alzheimer's by up to a THIRD may be unsafe for 9 out of 10 patients The headline is misleadin...