1. EAT APPLE,
Fresh apples have high concentrations of quercetin, an antioxidant that, lab studies suggest may fight the damage done by free radicals to brain cells.
2.AND BROCCOLI,
A study of men aged 50 to 85 in Boston found that those with more folate in their blood showed less decline in verbal fluency. FLOte turns up in leafy green vegetables such as spinach, brussels sprouts and broccoli.
3.AND OLIY FISH,
Experiments on mice bred to develop Alzheimer's show that feeding them DNA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in mackerel, salmon and sardines ( and also almonds, walnuts and soy), reduced by 70% the build-up of blood plaques that are a hallmark of the disease.
4.EAT LESS,
IT's generally considered that obese people are at greater risk. And other mouse study study found that animals who have their food restricted by 40% compared with mice who can eat all they want, again have a reduced level of blood plaque.
5.TRY EXERCISE,
It doesn't take much: a Hawaiian study found that elderly men who walked more than 3km a day halved their risk of dementia compared with men who walked less than half a kilometre.
6. LOOK AFTER YOUR TICKER,
High LDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes are all know to be risk factors for hart disease, but a study of 9000 people found that they also raised of dementiaby 46% for diabetes, 42% for high chlesterol, 26% for smoking and 24% for hypertension. These are cumulative; if you've all four then your risk is boosted by 237%.
