“Read and learn....”
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So what I learned is that an ice cream maker is trying to sell more ice cream, dispensing advice that flies in the face of the advice of a myriad of independent doctors, while my tax dollars go toward paying for more and more dementia addled seniors.
Please wake up.
My FIL suffered with vascular dementia for 10 years. For most of the 5 years he was in our care, we made sure he (and we) ate a healthy diet. His body was healthy but his mind continued to go. His final year with us we gave him ice cream every day. It was one of the few pleasures he had left. That and music.
The rest of the day he was agitated, yelling, crying for his parents, scared and confused. He forgot how to walk, talk, and finally how to eat.
There are studies behind this too. I read several studies at the time which suggested that the ability to taste sweets was the last taste sensation to go.
There is a point in caregiving that you come to the understanding that making them comfortable supersedes the desire to prolong their life, when it is misery for them.
Yep. Hit them up with a double-scoop of prozac!
My sister had multiple brain issues - I saw how she was before and after ice cream - I know how it calmned her and helped her ‘connect”....
That info for Thrive is just an ad for a product-I’ve seen it on some of the fitness and bodybuilding sites I’ve visited to get workout stuff and a new yoga mat...
As an organic healthy living type, I visit the health food/supplement websites on a pretty regular basis for info on new stuff, etc. There are several sites where nutritionists/dieticians rate supposed “healthy” foods-usually dessert and snack items. There are several ice cream brands marketed as healthy that have a good “real” nutrition rating-and Thrive is NOT one of them-it is just regular ice cream with about 5 times as many carbs as protein, with some vitamins added. Adding vitamins does not make a food item “healthy” Thrive might as well be frozen Boost or Pediasure. If you want to feed someone something to keep them happy, there are healthier brands with much less sugar to choose.
I agree-I’m technically an “old” person-there is no way I’m stuffing myself with sugar and carbs when I never have before-when my number is up, I want to make the trip in a fit body...