Absolute codswallop

It was only a short time ago that research was published showing that mental exercises, such as sudoku and crosswords, had no benefit to the brain but physical exercise had some.

I don't know anything about this woman's organisation. Does anyone else?

The final sentence is the most ridiculous.

You are obese, you stupid woman. You ate too much.

You have dementia, you idiot. You didn't buy fish oil/eat enough fruit and veg/take exercise.

Where will it stop?

Quite apart from that, you can't stop brains becoming diseased that easily.

As I said - codswallop. Total.

These are my own tips for avoiding dementia - and if they don't do any good, they won't do any harm.

1 Regularly hide your handbag in the house and don't look for it until a couple of hours have passed. This will give your brain a wonderful workout as you struggle to remember where the hell you have put it.

2 Overspend and treat yourself as often as possible. Use your numerical skills to work out how you are going to pay off your credit card bill.

3 Use research to keep your slang up to date. Nothing is so aging as using phrases such as 'browned off'.

4 Try walking backwards to Christmas. This will exercise both your physical and mental capacities

5 If you want to avoid an awful future, please buy my book at once.

Well, I eat fish but I don't go ballroom dancing!

Can't see that myself and I've just re-read it in case I missed something.

Does it really?

It borders on blaming the sufferer. Which is wrong.

Agree, Anya. It's not as if we've been told to do anything outlandish.
I've always known that if I get dementia, it's because I do not eat fish!

Or is it because most people know this already?

FFS what's all the fuss about? It's only a few tips.

Maybe you can get June Andrews on her to explain her research methodology.

The first person I ever nursed who had dementia had been the first female barrister in England (I'm told), spoke 6 languages fluently and had been a mountaineer until well in to her 60's........
I don't stand a chance against her.....!

Harold Wilson was, as one of his opponents memorably opined, 'too clever by half'. But he had Dementia.

I've reported myself - in the absence of knowing what else to do - to elicit some sort of response from GN to justify publishing such claptrap.

I don't think they bother about what they put on here any more - GN is even more of an afterthought now than it ever was!

It's a random thing, striking the intelligent as well as anyone who, shall we say, is not?

One of my Grandmothers, who lived to be about 95, never developed any kind of dementia and ; she took no excercise [ever] was overweight, didn't read and never had an intelligent thought in her life.

The second and third sentences in number 10 are too.
If you eat well, drink well, and ballroom dance you are definitely having a good time! . And if you get dementia you can carry on partying.

The moral here is - Take anything you see on the internet as rubbish, until you can prove otherwise, whoever posts it.

Can I report a GN article to GN?

"10 things you can do today to stop dementia tomorrow"

You have made a statement there Gransnet. Can we have your word that you can guarantee that it is true. Please.

Gifted musicians and academics get dementia, it does not discriminate.