Written in VIDEO the 5/6/2022 · 10:02 hs
Good habits are what lead us down the path of a healthier life, but in addition, there are recent studies that show that eating a balanced diet combined with exercise helps you reduce the risk of suffering from or developing Alzheimer’s.
Eating better, losing weight, not using tobacco, reducing sugar consumption, having an exercise routine, controlling cholesterol, maintaining healthy blood pressure are the seven habits that might help you avoid memory loss disorder.
Population research
According to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology has previous habits like Life’s Simple 7 for Alzheimer’s prevention, but they mightn’t confirm if this also applied to people who might be genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s. illness.
Fortunately, a study from the University of Mississippi has concluded that despite the genetic risk of some people to live with this condition, you can avoid suffering from dementia if you follow the same healthy lifestyle along with the 7 recommended habits. .
In the study carried out, 8,823 people of European origin and 2,738 of African descent were registered; This selection was kept on record for 30 years, beginning their follow-up at an average of 54 years at the start of the study.
Their follow-ups were compared, resulting in an average healthy score of 8.3 for the European population and 6.6 for the African population, measured from 0 to 14, where 0 is the least healthy score and 14 is the healthiest score.
Genetic risk was one of the essential factors to measure; the study of risk scores in statistics of the human genome associated with Alzheimer’s, were calculated and used to identify the genetic risk of suffering from dementia.
Among those of European descent, compared to the low category of the lifestyle score; the intermediate and high categories were associated with 30% and 43% less dementia. While in people of African descent, the same categories were associated with a 6% and 17% lower risk of dementia, respectively.
The final result of the study showed a total of 1603 people of European origin who developed Alzheimer’s, as well as 631 of African origin who acquired the same disease.
