Minimize Alzheimer’s risk
Posted by Jim Hanekamp | Posted in Aging, Alzheimer's, BDNF, Dementia, Hippocampus, Neurogenesis, Nutrition, Physical exercise | Posted on 05-01-2010
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A large, 5-year study showed that the people in their 70s who were the most active and adhered the best to a Mediterranean-style diet were 61–67 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease compared with the least active and least Mediterranean-minded of the group.
Exercise
The most active in the study group got about an hour and a half of exercise weekly. That’s just a few 30-minute walks a week — a pretty manageable commitment. Better yet, aim to walk 30 minutes every day.
Diet
People with the lowest dementia risk ate the highest amounts of fruit, veggies, legumes, and fish, but less meat and dairy products. Monounsaturated fats, like olive oil, also accounted for more of their fat intake than saturated fats. All very typical ratios in a Mediterranean-style diet that doctors and health experts alike recommend for all sorts of reasons. These nutrient-dense, healthy-fat-focused foods could help protect brains against disease and cognitive decline and help protect the body from lots of other bad things, too.
Alzheimer’s Disease is a terrible disease that slowly takes our loved ones. It is imperative that we take a united stand against his terrible brain disease and come up with a cure.
Alzheimer’s Disease Support Canada
I have always believed that exercise and diet played a big part in your mental and physical health. However,I also believe that if it is in your physical make-up,genetically speaking,then there isn’t anything you can do about it. My mother was a pioneer when it came to good health. And she is in her 80s today; in excellent health,mentally and physically. My father on the other hand, had alzheimers. He did everything she did and suffered terribly with that dreaded disease. To my way of thinking, it leads me to believe if it is in you genetic makeup there isn’t anything you can do about it.