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Eat Right to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer's By Pauline Go |
| Saturday, March 7, 2009 |
Your health depends on what you eat. So too with Alzheimer's disease. The risk of Alzheimer's disease will be reduced if you have an adequate diet. At least this is the message that is emerging from recent studies that have been conducted on Alzheimer's disease.
Because we know that Alzheimer's disease is not only a genetic but also environmental. Researchers have been studying diet and lifestyle of Alzheimer's patients for over a decade and are now giving evidence to people that the food they consume a great influence on our risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Six studies conducted by researchers at the Cave of Western Reserve University, people need to consume a diet rich in antioxidants and high and low in fat. This means having at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. In addition, the researchers recommend eating fish because it is rich in vitamin B. Vitamin B is essential in reducing levels of homocysteine in the blood. The researchers believe that this diet is important for people in their 40s and 50s so that the risk of Alzheimer's disease reduces.
Researchers at the Cave of Western Reserve University studied the use of 29 different food products including dairy products, red meat, processed meat, sugary drinks, fried foods, among others. Consumption was studied in a group of healthy patients and a group of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Patients were also tested to determine whether they were carrying the genes associated with Alzheimer's disease. The study found that compared with people who do not have genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease, people with the gene were 4.5 times more to the disease. Patients with Alzheimer's gene who eat high-fat diet as 7 times more than the disease.
Alzheimer's affects nearly 4 million Americans and this number is expected to reach ten million in 2050. It is better to follow the advice that the researchers is to eat well to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
About Author: Pauline Go is an online leading expert in the medical industry. It also offers high-quality medical tips like:
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