Doing Five Things Could Decrease Your Risk of Alzheimer's By 60%

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Doing Five Things Could Decrease Your Risk of Alzheimer's By 60%

A study presented Sunday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles found that combining five lifestyle habits -- including eating healthier, exercising regularly and refraining from smoking -- can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's by 60 percent. A separate study showed that lifestyle choices can lower risk even for those who are genetically prelifestyle disposed to the disease...

Over the last decade, studies have increasingly pointed to controllable lifestyle factors as critical compenents to reducing the risk of cognitive decline. Researchers say that, as with heart disease, combating dementia will probably require a "cocktail" approach combining drugs and lifestyle changes. And as recent efforts to develop a cure or more effective drug treatments for dementia have proven disappointing, the fact that people can exert some control in preventing the disease through their own choices is encouraging news, they say.

While the new study's authors expected to see that leading a healther life decreases the chance of dementia, they were floored by the "magnitude of the effect," said Klodian Dhana, a Rush University professor and co-author. "This demonstrates the potential of lifestyle behaviors to reduce risk as we age," said Heather Snyder, senior director of medical and scientific operations at the Alzheimer's Association. "The fact that four or five lifestyle habits put together can have that kind of benefit for your brain is incredibly powerful."
 

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why not post the 5?
  1. drink alchohol (not too much)
  2. Eat Healthy
  3. Exercise
  4. Refrain from smoking
  5. Do activities that utilize the mind
I'm surprised about the liqour one myself
Is this really it? Sounds like stuff folks should be doing anyways to be healthy (besides the alcohol)

No wonder the Alzeimers rate exploded
 

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Is this really it? Sounds like stuff folks should be doing anyways to be healthy (besides the alcohol)

No wonder the Alzeimers rate exploded

Isn't this, like heart disease, largely a function of increase in life spans?

Once the general population stopped tapping out by 40 because of Measles or TB, they have to die from something
 
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