Healthy lifestyle protects against cognitive decline
Published 14 July 2009
Eating a 'heart healthy' diet and maintaining or increasing participation in moderate physical activity may help preserve our memory and thinking abilities as we age.
The findings were part of new research reported today (Tuesday, 14 July, 2009) at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna.Alzheimer's Society comment:
'This study adds weight to a growing body of evidence that suggests that a mediterranean diet full of green leafy vegetables, oily fish and the odd glass of red wine is the best type of diet to lower your chances of developing dementia. Some studies have shown this can type of diet can reduce your risk by up to 40%.Professor Clive Ballard
In the next ten years over a million people will develop dementia, by taking simple steps we can all do things to reduce our risk.'
Director of Research
Alzheimer's Society
Reference:
www.abstractsonline.com- Visit www.alzheimers.org.uk/icad for the latest Alzheimer's Society responses to news from the conference.
- Visit www.alz.org/icad the official website of ICAD, the world's leading forum on dementia research.
