David Ghiyam
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yet what we do know the greatest cause of suffering is what it's attachment and craving desires yeah yeah and and the thing is when that is your absolute focus and we can't all get these things you're going to be highly disappointed and you've ignored all the people in your life as you focus solely on that
yet what we do know the greatest cause of suffering is what it's attachment and craving desires yeah yeah and and the thing is when that is your absolute focus and we can't all get these things you're going to be highly disappointed and you've ignored all the people in your life as you focus solely on that
And unfortunately, many people learn that lesson far along after they've destroyed their families, they've been through multiple marriages, their kids don't like them, right?
And unfortunately, many people learn that lesson far along after they've destroyed their families, they've been through multiple marriages, their kids don't like them, right?
Yeah, because again, as I was saying even about myself, I thought, well, if I just do this, You know, my shame and insecurity will go away. I'll be loved by everybody and my life will be perfect. Yet at every one of those peaks, all I had was disappointment.
Yeah, because again, as I was saying even about myself, I thought, well, if I just do this, You know, my shame and insecurity will go away. I'll be loved by everybody and my life will be perfect. Yet at every one of those peaks, all I had was disappointment.
And while everyone told me life was great, I did not feel that inside because I had not understood that I was the only one who had the key to the self-created prison. And until you realize that, you're on a very difficult path.
And while everyone told me life was great, I did not feel that inside because I had not understood that I was the only one who had the key to the self-created prison. And until you realize that, you're on a very difficult path.
Well, you end up the way I did, which is you have everything and you're incredibly unhappy.
Well, you end up the way I did, which is you have everything and you're incredibly unhappy.
I think it's really important that people understand that Alzheimer's itself is the number three cause of death in America. It kills people. The rate of increase of Alzheimer's is far beyond the fact that our population is aging. One would expect that as the population ages, we would see an increase, but the rate of increase far exceeds that.
I think it's really important that people understand that Alzheimer's itself is the number three cause of death in America. It kills people. The rate of increase of Alzheimer's is far beyond the fact that our population is aging. One would expect that as the population ages, we would see an increase, but the rate of increase far exceeds that.
One study demonstrated that there's a profound relationship between the number of sugary beverages and Alzheimer's risk and actual shrinkage of the brain. Really? The reality is that the metabolic defects of the brain begin 20 to 30 years prior to the clinical manifestations.
One study demonstrated that there's a profound relationship between the number of sugary beverages and Alzheimer's risk and actual shrinkage of the brain. Really? The reality is that the metabolic defects of the brain begin 20 to 30 years prior to the clinical manifestations.
The answer is absolutely.
The answer is absolutely.
Lots of good questions. And let's take a step back. Those statistics are worrisome. They are staggering. And they don't encompass the real issue, which is well beyond that Alzheimer's patient. And that is what does this incredible increase in Alzheimer's do to family members and loved ones and caregivers? What is the economic impact of the loss of brain function of the population in general?
Lots of good questions. And let's take a step back. Those statistics are worrisome. They are staggering. And they don't encompass the real issue, which is well beyond that Alzheimer's patient. And that is what does this incredible increase in Alzheimer's do to family members and loved ones and caregivers? What is the economic impact of the loss of brain function of the population in general?
And the fact that the rate of increase of Alzheimer's is far beyond the fact that our population is aging. One would expect that as the population ages, we would see an increase, but the rate of increase far exceeds that. So we know that there's something operating in the background, and the fact that it's changing, i.e. increasing, indicates that it is not genetic.
And the fact that the rate of increase of Alzheimer's is far beyond the fact that our population is aging. One would expect that as the population ages, we would see an increase, but the rate of increase far exceeds that. So we know that there's something operating in the background, and the fact that it's changing, i.e. increasing, indicates that it is not genetic.