Five factors are critical to living a long Alzheimer's-free life

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Researchers have studied how long people can live without Alzheimer's disease by following healthy habits.

Alzheimer's disease is one of the most serious age-related pathologies, a type of dementia. In her case, the brain is affected by amyloid plaques, and this causes cognitive impairment, loss of short-term memory, and the ability to navigate. Also, Alzheimer's disease causes changes in character and psyche, leads to delusional disorders and the fact that the patient does not recognize people with whom he is familiar.

All scientific forecasts today indicate a significant increase in the number of people with this disease in the coming years. At the same time, scientists believe that a healthy lifestyle in old age greatly affects how long a person can live without brain disease.

Scientists have identified five lifestyle variables that can have of decisive importance in terms of susceptibility to mental retardation.

• Quality of nutrition.
• Availability of cognitive activity at a later age, willingness to master something new.
• Availability of adequate physical activity.
• Smoking (presence or absence of the habit).
• Ability to control alcohol consumption.

According to scientists, healthy habits are not only correlated with a higher life expectancy, but also help to live additional years without dementia.

“A lifestyle with a healthy diet, mental and physical activity, as well as a refusal to smoke and frequent alcohol consumption significantly affects health even after 65 years, promoting a longer life without Alzheimer's disease. These habits can extend the last quarter of life by about 3 years for women and 5 years for men.”