Diet helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease

A diet high in olive oil, nuts, fish, poultry and lots of vegetables may have a strong effect on reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

This is a new study conducted by American scientists and published in the journal Archives of Neurology.

In his experiment, Dr. Yian Gu - an Alzheimer's expert from the University of Colombia in New York, together with his colleagues discovered that people who eat nutrients are healthy The brain has a 40% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than others.

Eating plenty of olive oil salads will contribute to reducing the risk of Alzheimer's.

Dr. Gu's research team collected information on the daily diet of 2,148 healthy people aged 65 or older over an average of four years. Every 18 months, these people are tested for the risk of Alzheimer's disease. As a result, 253 people have contracted the disease.

People at lower risk are those who eat a variety of salads with olive oil, nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, broccoli, fruits, green or black leafy vegetables, and eat less Red meats, visceral meat and high-fat dairy products.

Dr. Gu said: "The daily diet may be the easiest way to reduce the risk of disease." Because there is currently no cure for this disease, prevention is still the most effective way. If people do this, the risk of getting Alzheimer's will decrease.

Alzheimer's is an irreversible brain degenerative disease, causing dementia in the elderly. Damage to nerve cells in the cerebral cortex and surrounding structures will cause dementia, reduced motor coordination, decreased sensation, perceived feelings ., ultimately memory loss and mental function God.

Currently, the cause of the disease is unknown. It is more likely that the disease does not come from a single cause, but due to many factors such as age, family history, diet, environment, and abnormalities of the immune system.