Dementia: Prevent Alzheimer’s with these FIVE natural tips
Dementia affects about 850,000 people in the UK.
Signs of a neurodegenerative condition include problems with mood, judgement, understanding and language.
Alzheimer’s disease makes up the vast majority of dementia cases, the NHS said.
But, some natural treatments could help to lower your risk of developing the condition.
“With comprehensive treatments on the horizon, we can feel hopeful that integrative, personalised approaches could be the key to fighting this disease,” said nutritionist Dr Josh Axe.
“In the meantime, though, it’s also important you take relatively simple steps to lower your risk of dementia now — before the disease has a chance to set in.
“Approximately 35 per cent of dementia cases could actually be delayed, or even prevented, if attention is given to nine modifiable risk factors: less early education, midlife hypertension, obesity, hearing loss, depression in later life, diabetes, physical inactivity, smoking and social isolation.
You could lower your risk of dementia by following these simple, natural tips.