AnnaA
New member
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
- Messages
- 2
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Country
- SWE
- State
- Stockholms län
- City
- Stockholm
Hi everyone!
I am Anna and I am 26years old from Sweden. I have recently lost my mom to Als and know that we have fals in our family. I have not done the test since it can only confirm if you have the desease but not that you don't. But I have read a lot about what might trigger/cause ALS and I thaught I'd discuss this with you guys. Have you taken any precaution in how you live your lives or what you eat? I have read studdies suggest vitamine E and the kind of fats that are in fishliver oils might be good, and that lead, other heavy metals and smoking is bad. And that a low bmi might be a risk factor and is more common for men to develope the desease than for women. Do you guys have any other tips or theories that you live by?
Also I experience a lot of stress at work and I reacently came to think that this might also be a bad thing that could possibly trigger the decease. So I am doing a lot of meditation now and trying to handle these stress levels.
How do you reason about the theories that excercise might be a bad thing? I go swiming three times a week because that makes me feel good in general but I don't go to any extremes with the excercise and make sure to keep some healthy fat on my body to.
Or do you think it wont matter how you live your life if you have the gene? I personaly am thinking there could be a risk of triggering the decease, but also that some genes will trigger the decease at a certan age no matter what. My mom lived a super healthy life before she developed the decease at 60 but she was rather petite and might have eaten more fish than others and breath some more heavy metals since she biked her way to work, although in a smaller city. It is hard to tell I suppose. If I could live until 60 i suppose that would be a victory in itself because even though she felt very young when she past she had been there to see her child grow up and lived a rich life.
All the best and fingers crossed for science!
I am Anna and I am 26years old from Sweden. I have recently lost my mom to Als and know that we have fals in our family. I have not done the test since it can only confirm if you have the desease but not that you don't. But I have read a lot about what might trigger/cause ALS and I thaught I'd discuss this with you guys. Have you taken any precaution in how you live your lives or what you eat? I have read studdies suggest vitamine E and the kind of fats that are in fishliver oils might be good, and that lead, other heavy metals and smoking is bad. And that a low bmi might be a risk factor and is more common for men to develope the desease than for women. Do you guys have any other tips or theories that you live by?
Also I experience a lot of stress at work and I reacently came to think that this might also be a bad thing that could possibly trigger the decease. So I am doing a lot of meditation now and trying to handle these stress levels.
How do you reason about the theories that excercise might be a bad thing? I go swiming three times a week because that makes me feel good in general but I don't go to any extremes with the excercise and make sure to keep some healthy fat on my body to.
Or do you think it wont matter how you live your life if you have the gene? I personaly am thinking there could be a risk of triggering the decease, but also that some genes will trigger the decease at a certan age no matter what. My mom lived a super healthy life before she developed the decease at 60 but she was rather petite and might have eaten more fish than others and breath some more heavy metals since she biked her way to work, although in a smaller city. It is hard to tell I suppose. If I could live until 60 i suppose that would be a victory in itself because even though she felt very young when she past she had been there to see her child grow up and lived a rich life.
All the best and fingers crossed for science!