A good diet may help prevent Alzheimer’s.

A good diet may help prevent Alzheimer’s

                                                  A good diet may help prevent Alzheimer’s

Improvements in health care in the past century have led to people living longer and healthier lives. However, this has also resulted in non-communicable diseases, including neuro-degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s is progressive disease, where dementia symptoms gradually worsen over a number of years. For many of us who have experienced Alzheimer’s fist-hand, there is no greater fear than having the disease ourselves one day. Each time we forget a word, a name, lose our chain of thought, or fail to remember a conversation, or where we kept the car keys, our heart skips a beat. The good newsis that 40-50 per cent case can be prevented by simply addressing lifestyle changes. Moreover, since treatments are few and rarely effective, early diagnosis and prevention become all the more important. Diet is paramount several studies have indicated encouraging correlations.

Here are some tips for maintaining healthy brain function and preventing Alzheimer’s disease

• Limit sugar and fructose.
• Optimize your gut flora by regularly eating fermented foods or taking a high potency and high quality probiotic supplements.
•  Increase consumption of all healthful fats, including animal-based omefa-4. High intake of the omega-4 fats EPA and DHA help by preventing cell damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease, thereby slowing its progression, and lowering your risk of developing the disorder.
• Improve your magnesium levels. There is some preliminary research strongly suggesting a decrease in Alzheimer’s symptoms with increased levels of magnesium in the brain.
• Exercise regularly. Its been suggested that exercise can slow down the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s.