Dementia Risk Can Be Cut by 45% If Together We Do These 14 Thingswww.sciencealert.com/dementia-risk-can-be-cut-by-45-if-together-we-do-these-14-things
156 sats \ 3 comments \ @south_korea_ln 14 Oct science
In the new report, our team proposed an ambitious program for preventing dementia that could be implemented at the individual, community and policy levels and across the life span from early life through mid and late life. The key points include:
  • In early life, improving general education.
  • In midlife, addressing hearing loss, high LDL cholesterol, depression, traumatic brain injury, physical inactivity, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, obesity and excessive alcohol.
  • In later life, reducing social isolation, air pollution and vision loss.
Dementia is an ugly beast. I'd rather be in a wheelchair than mentally deteriorating, i think.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 15 Oct
They're ignoring a huge factor in dementia, which is metabolic disease - caused by a high-carb diet, cured by a low-carb/keto/carnivore diet. The evidence is mounting that carbs, over the long term, are toxic to the brain.
Just search for the term "sugar and alzheimers". Lots of recent studies will come up with some very strong evidence.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 15 Oct
Yes, (refined) sugar is definitely not good either. Thanks for sharing. Scientific studies don't seem to have fully caught up yet on the potential benefits of the carnivore diet, so curious what the future will tell.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 14 Oct
We should all take care of our mental health, which is very important. Certainly losing one's mind is more harmful than any physical illness that can be cured with medical treatments.
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