Dementia Prevention

The uber prestigious medical journal, Lancet, empaneled a commission on dementia. Their 2024 update, regarding the medically proven ways to diminish the likelihood of developing dementia, is hot off the presses:

So, how do you reduce your risk of developing dementia?

First there are the usual suspects:

Don’t smoke

Keep a healthy body weight (body shamer shamers be damned)

Don’t imbibe too much (12 drinks per week limit)

Exercise regularly

Then there’s the stuff your doctor should keep on top of:

Keep your blood pressure under control

Keep your LDL cholesterol low

Keep your blood sugar under control

And a bunch of stuff you might not have guessed is linked to dementia:

Untreated hearing loss

Untreated vision loss 

Depression 

Loneliness 

Air pollution

Prior head injury

Low level of education

If you’d like to learn more about dementia, check out https://brain2mind.substack.com/p/early-detection-of-alzheimers-disease