And the men who followed a healthy lifestyle but still got dementia were, on average, seven years older that those who had followed none of the behaviours and got dementia.
A good principle is ‘Use it or lose it!’
If you really want to preserve your brain power then keep it active. Men who spend their leisure time actively lose much less nouce…. and face it…. sitting watching TV is not active leisure…. No way!
Source:
- 1. Healthy Lifestyles Reduce the Incidence of Chronic Diseases and Dementia: Evidence from the Caerphilly Cohort Study. 2013: PLOS ONE: Dec. 09, 2013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081877
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- 3. Combined impact of smoking and heavy alcohol use on cognitive decline in early old age: Whitehall II prospective cohort study. Br J Psychiatry 203: 120-125.
- 4. Obesity phenotypes in midlife and cognition in early old age: the Whitehall II cohort study. Neurology 79: 755-762.
