New ‘driving study’: Just a DETOUR on the path to detecting early Alzheimer’s?
For many older folks, an Alzheimer’s diagnosis is their WORST nightmare.
But most Alzheimer’s patients don’t get diagnosed with the disease until it’s progressed TOO FAR to do anything about it.
Right now, the only way that science truly knows FOR SURE whether it was Alzheimer’s or not is to perform a brain autopsy!
Some older folks… and their loved ones… are DESPERATE for a way to detect Alzheimer’s-related cognitive decline as early as possible.
We’ve heard about eye exams… “sniff tests”… brain scans… and even tau protein detectors…
But NONE of those have shown to be effective to IMPROVE OUTCOMES.
Now, there’s another method of spotting Alzheimer’s early that’s grabbing headlines.
Is it worth getting our hopes up?
I’m here today to help you figure that out.
You may THINK that “senior moments”… like forgetting names and places or losing your car keys… might be the FIRST sign of Alzheimer’s disease.
The reality is… they may not be a sign of Alzheimer’s at all!
We all get occasional “brain burps” as we get older…
And they can be caused by fatigue… stress… poor nutrition… or even your meds!
Scientists now claim that they’ve got a way of pinpointing Alzheimer’s earliest signs… before you experience ANY memory lapse.
They call it “pre-clinical Alzheimer’s”…
And based on recent research, a clear sign of it seems to occur in older folks’ driving behavior.
Now, we all know plenty of older folks who’ve LOST their driving privileges… and their independence… after reaching a certain age.
It might’ve been because of physical disability… declining vision… or drugs that make it dangerous to operate heavy machinery.
But apparently, there’s a “tell” in the way that certain older folks drive – what researchers are calling the “vehicle jerk.”
This wasn’t observed with the naked eye in a regular car out on the highway… but while older drivers were being monitored by a special GPS device.
The scientists behind the study then identified the preclinical Alzheimer’s patients by correlating that driving data with measurements of biomarkers of amyloid-beta in cerebrospinal fluid samples of study participants.
So… what does that mean?
If you find yourself “jerking” the steering wheel to avoid a squirrel… or braking quickly behind another car…
Does that mean you’re in the crosshairs for this devastating brain disease?
Not so fast, I say.
This REEKS of the same problem with the tau detection test – because the presence of those amyloid proteins doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll EVER develop Alzheimer’s!
Mainstream medicine has been chasing this goose for too long…
And as I shared with you earlier this year, those “plaques and tangles” could be just a DISTRACTION from the TRUE cause of Alzheimer’s!
HSI’s own Dr. Allan Spreen also recently BLEW THE LID off the “cabal” that could be PERPETUATING this myth…
Which could be the SINISTER reason why we still don’t have a cure for Alzheimer’s.
With that in mind, this latest “driving study” doesn’t seem to be cooking with gas.
OF COURSE you should keep an eye on your daily activities… and take notice of any changes over time.
That includes not only driving… but also performing household chores… hitting the links… and much, much more.
And don’t wait until it’s too late to support your brain health.
Some actions you can take RIGHT NOW include…
- KEEPING your blood sugar in check
- BALANCING your hormones
- RESOLVING nutritional deficiencies
- IDENTIFYING any culprits behind “mystery symptoms” (like Lyme disease)
- ELIMINATING unnecessary meds (especially ones that might drain your brain)
- ADDRESSING hearing loss
