Alzheimer's Prevention:
How To Keep Your Brain In Tip-Top Shape

Alzheimer's prevention is entirely possible. The methods are really the same as Alzheimer's treatment apart from medication, so have a read of the treatment pages as well.

Another thing that you will notice is that many of the methods of treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease are the same things that you would use to combat heart disease, and for general good health.

In other words, fighting Alzheimer's will also help to fight other chronic and age-related diseases.

Diet

It's well known that diet affects our physical health. What may not be so widely known is that it affects our mental health as well.

Researchers have found that people with healthy diets are less likely to get dementia. Plenty of fruits, vegetable, grains, and dairy products help to keep your brain in top condition.

Supplements

Food isn't what it used to be. It's grown on depleted soils, it's picked green, and it's kept in cold-stores for months before it hits the supermarket shelves. Because of that it can have a lot less nutritional value than it should have, and so supplementation is necessary.

There are supplements that are particularly good for the brain, and for Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.

Antioxidants fight free-radicals which damage the brain as well as the body. Two excellent antioxidants which are proven to help the brain are vitamins E and C. Not many people get enough in their diet so it's important to supplement, and you need both of them.

Ginkgo Biloba is another antioxidant that is good for the brain, both for prevention and treatment. In patients with early Alzheimer's it can help reverse or delay mental deterioration. It is a blood thinner, so if you are on blood-thinning medications make sure you talk to your doctor before using it.

The B vitamins folic acid, B12 and riboflavin help keep the brain healthy, and it's thought the three together are especially beneficial.

Omega 3 fatty acids are also essential for the brain, and you can get it from certain fish like mackerel, sardines and kippers, or from fish oil supplements.

Exercise

Exercise doesn't just help your physical health, it helps mental health as well. Doing resistive and endurance exercise for 30 minutes or more a day at least three times a week can reduce your chances of getting AD by up to 50 percent.

Exercise helps with blood flow to the brain, making sure that it gets ample oxygen and all the necessary nutrients for maximum memory and thinking power.

Mental exercise is very important too. The brain is like a muscle in that if you don't use it, you lose it. Mental exercise can actually increase the number of neurons in the brain.

Playing cards, playing Sudoku, doing jigsaws, crosswords and Scrabble are all fun ways of stimulating the brain. Learning poetry is excellent and so is doing more study. There are everyday opportunities to boost your brain such as mentally adding up the cost of groceries as you put them in the shopping trolley, or learning phone numbers you use off by heart.

The more you use your brain, the better it will work.

Other Things that Help Prevent Alzheimer's

There are a few things that may not seem to have much to do with Alzheimer's prevention, but they are a help all the same. They also help as a treatment, so here they are.

Get enough sleep.

Lower your stress levels

Socialize

Be productive. Volunteer or continue to work.

More Information

Frank Mangano's excellent e-book "The Mind Killer Defense" is the best source of information on Alzheimer's prevention and treatment that I have come across. Click through now to check it out.