Scientists told us how to avoid dementia

For many older people this disorder is psychologically more dangerous than cancer or stroke

Scientists have named three factors that provide proven protection from senile dementia.

These include blood pressure control, brain training and exercise.

The reasons for the development of dementia (the disease is incurable and steadily progressive) still remain unknown to science.

For many older people this disorder is psychologically more dangerous than cancer or strokes, because due to dementia, they gradually and inevitably lose their independence and need round the clock care. That’s why it’s so important to define at least methods of prevention of dementia, so that people could in some degree protect yourself from such frightening their illness.

And although there are no scientifically proven methods for absolute protection against Alzheimer’s disease does not exist, the new research still showed that three factors give some prevention of dementia.

These factors include blood pressure control, exercise and brain training. All of these factors are lifestyle changes that do not require any special material costs, and therefore, experts hope that the epidemic of dementia in many countries it will be possible to take control, if people will treat these recommendations seriously.

In addition, all of these factors, even theoretically, can not cause harm to human health in contrast to certain drugs, having a lot of side effects. At least these two factors definitely useful for any person, even if he is not facing dementia.

Science knows that before the appearance of pronounced symptoms of senile dementia in the human brain already accumulated pathological changes, and hence the prevention of this disease need to be addressed in middle age. Victims of hypertension medication to prevent cardiovascular disease.

These same drugs, as the study shows, ensure prevention of dementia. Physical activity is extremely useful not only for the prevention of dementia, but also for heart health.

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As for training the brain to strengthen memory function, decision making and information processing, their absolute impact on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease is not convincingly proven but from these workouts definitely will not harm.

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