9 common risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease
You may have noticed that I write a lot about brain health. That’s because good health begins in the brain. Our happiness and quality of life is determined first and foremost by how well our brain works. What good is it if we live to 100, but the last 30 years our brain is mush?
A research team from the University of California at San Francisco recently poured through more than 300 studies that focused on risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. After exhaustive analysis, the researchers narrowed the list down to these nine they believed to be the most common risk factors that make people more susceptible to Alzheimer’s:
- Overweight or obesity
- Narrowing of the carotid arteries
- Low education
- Depression
- Hypertension
- Frailty (loss of muscle mass)
- Smoking
- Elevated homocysteine
- Type II diabetes
For too many people, a longer life expectancy comes at a cost of markedly reduced brain function. Fortunately, we are entering a new era in the prevention and treatment of age-related cognitive decline and dementia. But it is not drug-based. To restore and maintain optimal function and performance of the most vulnerable and important organ for your health and quality of life (your brain), I use a powerful and science-based combination of medicinal foods, targeted nutritional supplements, exercise therapy, sleep modulation, bioidentical hormone optimization, brain photobiomodulation, and microcurrent brain stimulation. For more information, visit MaximumBrainHealth.com.