[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Procardia....I am taking that.

[ThePythonicCow]

Yeah - I've become increasingly convinced that my best chances of a long and healthy life include avoiding most modern American medicine.

[shetlan]

tip of the iceberg

[Garden Island]

Castor oil, slippery elm, powdered toothepaste, and bromo seltzer keep me from aging.

[fightinJAG]

some background here . . .

[fightinJAG]

Anticholergenic drugs decrease acetylcholine. That's the mechanism for the decline seen in this study. Choline can increase the body's ability to use acetylcholine. So in addition to avoiding these drugs whenever possible, it may be helpful to increase dietary choline.

The database provides researchers and consumers with the means to estimate daily choline intake from consumption of the more than 400 foods listed. Choline is an important dietary component that, among other functions, helps the body absorb and use fats, including those that become part of cell membranes. Choline also helps the body use acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that sends signals across nerve endings.

Experts suggest that an adequate choline intake is 425 milligrams (mgs) a day for women and 550 mgs a day for men. Top sources of choline include meat, nuts and eggs. The database shows that one large hard-boiled egg provides 112 mgs of choline- -more than 25 percent of the daily adequate intake for women.

from here . . .

[cherry]

could it be that the people that NEEDED these drugs were actually going down in health to begin with?.....that those with weak bladders and high blood pressure probably were not in the greatest physical shape to start with....