Can healthy habits prevent dementia? 10 year follow-up

Study of 29,000 people

Alzheimer’s is a disease that afflicts both patients and their caregivers. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]

Alzheimer’s is one of the most feared diseases of modern people. The exact cause of the disease is not known, and a cure is still difficult. Experts say the best treatment for Alzheimer’s is prevention.

A study published in the British Medical Journal (The BMJ), published by BMJ, a publishing company affiliated with the British Medical Association, found: 2009from year 2019by the end of the year 10Dementia gene for years APOEholding 60Six lifestyles for seniors over the age of three The study was conducted on the basis of

These are the participants’ diets, cognitive activity, social activities, smoking cessation, exercise and sobriety activity were tracked, which We investigated whether a healthy lifestyle might prevent dementia. The study established healthy lifestyle criteria as follows:

healthy diet = fruit, vegetable, fish, meat, dairy product, salt, Oil, egg, cereals, legumes, nuts, tea, etc. 12Least of Dog Food Groups 7Feed your dog regularly.

cognitive activity = write at least twice a week, Reading, playing cards, Enjoyed various games such as mahjong.

social activity = Have social contact at least twice a week. They did various social activities, such as visiting their families or attending meetings.

no smoking = quit smoking completely (At least the last cigarette was smoked 3years ago)

physical exercise = Collected participants’ weekly exercise frequency and total time. according to the guidelines of physical activity minimum per week 150minute or 75Do high-intensity exercise for minutes.

abstinence = Complete abstinence was considered the healthiest factor.

out of the above 6 4~6A person who has a dog’s healthy lifestyle is ‘advantageous group’ 2~3In case of private ‘Average’ finally 0~1Individual people ‘‘disadvantaged group’divided into for memory diagnosis. Auditory language learning tests developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Los Angeles were used.

the researchers 10total for years 29,072As a result of analyzing the participants’an advantageous groupthe rate of memory decline in‘disadvantaged group’appeared to be slower. The effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle in preventing dementia has been proven.

In addition healthy living People with habits are called dementia genes APOE Even with heredity, memory decline progressed slowly.

Dr Susan Mitchell, director of policy at the Alzheimer’s Institute in the UK, said: A well-tracked long-term studyevaluated. Also, this study Evidence that a healthy lifestyle can help prevent dementia as you ageemphasized that it might be

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