Alzheimer’s or Dementia is one of the most feared disease these days, while it may not hurt you physically, it attacks the emotional part of one’s being. The pain that a person feels during a heart attack might even be equal to the pain a person and his or her family feels as someone with Alzheimer’s slowly fades away before their eyes. They lose a lifetime of memories, their sense as a person and everything they used to know and care for.
With Alzheimer’s Disease, the person is still physically present but mentally, they are no longer there. They will forget who you are, what you mean to them, the eyes that once looked at you with so much warmth will now stare at you with no hint of recognition.
Yes, Alzheimer’s is one savage disease. That is why we should not just sit around and wait for it to come and get us, or any of our loved ones. So what can we do? According to research studies, a certain lifestyle can help reduce our risk of having Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Prevention is better than cure after all, right?
But you have to know that this is also a complex disease and that there are a lot of factors contributing to your chances of developing the disease, factors like age and genetics, factors that you cannot do anything about. But here are the other factors that you can work on.
Regular Exercise
A regular physical exercise can help reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease of up to fifty percent. It can also slow down the progression of the disease process on those who have already developed some cognitive problems. According to research, exercise can help protect us against Alzheimer’s by stimulating the ability of the brain to maintain the old connection and also to make new ones.
Healthy Diet
There are studies that suggest that there is a strong link between metabolic diseases and the signal processing system of the brain. So a healthy eating habit can help reduce the inflammation and promote a normal energy production for a healthy brain.
A Quality Sleep
It is common for people who have Alzheimer’s disease to suffer from sleep problems like insomnia, but a new research suggests that a disrupted sleep pattern may also be a possible risk factor for developing the disease. A lot of studies now suggests that poor sleep is associated with a higher level of beta-amyloid, it is a sticky and a brain clogging protein that can further interfere with sleep, most especially with deep sleep.