9 ways to prevent Alzheimer

9 ways to prevent Alzheimer’ disease: How to reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s is a chronic illness that is not curable but it is manageable. By changing your lifestyle and lifestyle choices you can also prevent the illness. Here are a few ways on how we can go about doing it.

1. Be active.

Walking, running, jogging, yoga and aerobics all help boosting memory and strengthening your brain connections in the associated area of planning, organization and multitasking. By engaging in some form of movement or exercise improves memory.

2. Engage your brain.

Studies show how doing puzzles, crosswords, cards, checkers help strengthen and preserve brain structures hence decreasing the risk for Alzheimer’s. It is found that reading and learning about new information and facts or even learning a new language helps reducing Alzheimer’s disease by 47%.

       3.  Diet

• Spices such as curcumin are a powerful antioxidant that stops Alzheimer's-like brain damage and increases memory.
• Apples produce a brain chemical known as acetylcholine which helps with memory.
• Berries contain anthocyanosides which helps with fight memory issues.
• Red wine contains polyphenol that helps reduce memory loss.
• Omega- 3 fatty acids found in fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel helps lower Alzheimer’s by nine years.
• Folic acid supplements help reduce homocysteine that increases cognitive functioning.
• Dark chocolate helps with blood circulation in the brain, inhibits stroke and lowers blood pressure.
• Coffee reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s by 65%.
• Antioxidants in vitamins C and E help reduce brain shrinkage by 50%.

4. Social support

Family and friends help prevent Alzheimer’s in later life. Having a strong set of friends and sharing good bonds with family drastically cuts odds of developing Alzheimer's disease.

5. Controlling blood pressure.

Hypertension increases the risk of both vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Control your blood pressure by meditating and eating the right diet which in turn helps fight Alzheimer’s.

6. Avoid smoking

Smoking markedly increases a person’s risk in developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

7. Stop being cynical

According to a new study published in medical journal Neurology people with high levels of cynicism are more likely to develop dementia.

8. Stay away from stress

Leading a stressful life increases an early onset and severity of Alzheimer’s. Meditating and engaging in mindfulness helps combat stress.

9. Sleep

A recent study showed how having a good night’s rest helps with memory functioning and reduces the build up of amyloid plaques that majorly contributes to Alzheimer's disease.