Three factors will block dementia and the aging process, according to new American study
By 2050, more than 1.7 million Canadians are expected to live with dementia. This means an increase of 187 percent compared to 2020, when around 597,300 Canadians lived with dementia, according to the
.
Describes the deterioration of mental capacity, while Alzheimer’s disease is the medical term for brain disease that usually causes dementia.
Researchers now say that certain lifestyle changes can prevent mental decline. A new
Explain what the Alzheimer’s researchers call the strongest evidence, so far about what is involved in delaying the aging process and improving the cognition.
It amounts to three important factors: a diet heavy on leafy vegetables, berries and grains, regular moderate exercise and continuous social interaction. Regular cardiovascular monitoring is also a factor.
Jessica Langbaum, senior director of research strategy at the
In Phoenix was not directly involved in the research, but she presented the findings at an annual conference of experts in Toronto on Wednesday.
The
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
(AAIC) is the largest international meeting that focuses on promoting dementia science and clinical practice. This year’s meeting brought 8,000 scientists and clinicians from all over the world together, with the aim of improving diagnosis, risk reduction and treatment.
The study brought together diet, exercise and socialization in one substantial, structured study of 2,100 people in the 60s and 70s with the risk of developing dementia, which shows that bad habits “can really delay the memory and thinking” in adults who are at risk of cognitive disorders and dementia, Langbaum told the
In an interview on Wednesday evening.
The test subjects participating in the study changed their habits, shifted from a sitting lifestyle to an active lifestyle and improving their diet for a period of two years, which resulted in cognitive function cores on the same way with people one or two years younger.
That may not sound the case, but Langbaum says that the results are important evidence that change can occur without medication. “And so it shows that we can change the trajectory of aging,” she said.
There were two groups in the study. Lifestyle changes were structurally prescribed in one. The changes themselves were directed in the other. The results for the prescribed group were much better, but Langbaum says that both groups showed improvement.
The biggest challenge that participants in the study were confronted was to stop a new training regime. Langbaum recommends that people find something they like to do.
“If (you are) frustrated by it, just give up. But do something that you like. Better, do it with someone else or others around you because socialization is the key, and finally, something you can stick to if you can plan. It is something you can stay in.”
As far as the diet is concerned, she notes: “We say what is good for the heart, is good for the brain, so a beautifully balanced … Nutritious diet with … those leafy vegetables, few saturated fats, all those things.”
The American Alzheimer’s Association brought close
. The National Institutes of Health spent even more to ensure that many of the participants underwent brain scans, blood tests and sleep studies that were aimed at providing additional information on the road.
In the meantime, Langbaum expressed his concern that structured intervention in most communities may not be sustainable. “I think that is really the next phase of the research, how do we make this scalable in communities so that people can implement these things in their daily lives?”
The American Alzheimer’s Association is planning to spend another US $ 40 million on the implementation of the research lessons.
Langbaum says that this will come with a change in the thinking of doctors. They “should treat lifestyle interventions as they would do a medicine,” she said
. That would mean that improved practice and eating regimes prescribe and get insurers to cover those recipes, she added.
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