How to Cut Your Risk of Dementia And Alzheimers in Half.?

Your Risk of Dementia and Alzheimers Can Be Reduced by 46%!

If you are concerned about the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease the new study by the University of South Wales researchers is just what the doctor ordered.

This is the most convincing scientific evidence to date that complex mental activity significantly reduces dementia and Alzheimers symptoms.

The research study, which has just been published in Psychological Medicine, is the first comprehensive review of the research in the field of brain reserve.

"Until now there have been mixed messages about the role of education, occupation, IQ and mentally stimulating leisure activities, in preventing cognitive decline. Now the results are much clearer," said the lead author, Dr Michael Valenzuela, from the School of Psychiatry at UNSW.

"It is a case of 'use it or lose it'. If you increase your brain reserve over your lifetime, you seem to lessen the risk of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases."

The key conclusion is that we can reduce our risk of Alzheimers by a whopping 46%! All the studies assessed agreed that mentally stimulating leisure activities, even in late life, are associated with a protective effect.

"This suggests that brain reserve is not a static property, nor that it is determined by early life experiences such as level of education, socio-economic deprivation or poor nutrition," said Dr Valenzuela. "It is never too late to build brain reserve."

The researchers were surprised by the significant reduction in risk of dementia and Alzheimers by incorporating a brain fitness program.

Dr Valenzuela's previous research showed that after only five weeks of memory-based mental exercise, participants increased brain chemistry markers in the opposite direction to that seen in Alzheimer's disease.

"The interesting point here is that this change was concentrated to the hippocampus, a part of the brain first affected in dementia," said Dr Valenzuela.

I don't know about you but I am ramping up my brain fitness activities right now!

Gene

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