7 healthy habits that help prevent dementia

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A study found that adopting seven healthy lifestyle options life can reduce the risk of dementia. According to experts, the recommendations work even for those at the highest genetic risk.

Experts identified seven factors: being active, eating right, losing weight, quitting smoking, maintaining healthy blood pressure, controlling cholesterol and lower blood sugar. Researchers followed more than 11,000 people for 30 years to assess how their lifestyles affected dementia rates. associated with a lower risk of dementia overall. The good news is that even for people with the highest genetic risk who lead similarly healthier lifestyles, their risk of developing dementia is likely to be lower,” says the doctor.

It is thought that up to 40 percent cases can be prevented by leading a healthier lifestyle. The study included 8,823 people of European descent and 2,738 people of African descent.

Their lifestyle was rated on a scale from 0 to 14, with higher numbers indicating better health according to the seven habits. The average score was 8.3 for people of European descent and 6.6 for people of African descent.

The risk of mental retardation decreased by nine percent for each one-point increase in life score.