Dementia
About 5-8% of all people over the age of 65 have some
form of dementia, and this number doubles every five years above that
age.
Dementia is the loss of mental ability that is severe enough to
interfere with
people's every life and Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of
dementia
in aging people. American typical diet contains high amount of saturated
and trans fat, artificial ingredients with less fruits and vegetable
which can lead to dementia and other kind of diseases
I. Causes of Dementia
H. Life Style causes of Dementia
1. Unhealthy diet
Unhealthy
lifestyle choices lead to an increasing incidence of obesity,
dyslipidemia and hypertension--components of the metabolic syndrome.
These disorders can also be linked to AD. Recent research supports the
hypothesis that calorie intake, among other non-genetic factors, can
influence the risk of clinical dementia.(1)
2. Psychological and Neurological effects
Researchers at the G.J. Patel Ayurved College, showed that Mind and body are inseparable entities and influences each other until
death. Many factors such as stress, anxiety, depression, negative
thoughts, unhealthy life style, unwholesome diet etc., disturb mental and physical wellbeing. Senile dementia
is the mental deterioration, i.e, loss of intellectual ability
associated with old age. It causes progressive deterioration of mental
faculties, e.g., memory, intellect, attention, thinking, comprehension
and personality, with preservation of normal level of consciousness.(2)
3. Excessive alcohol drinking
Moderate alcohol drinking of less than 2 cups for men and 1 cups for women are said to offers possible health benefits(3), but Binge drinking in midlife is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to the follow-up, 103 participants had developed dementia. Binge drinking (ie, alcohol
exceeding the amount of 5 bottles of beer or a bottle of wine on 1
occasion at least monthly), as reported in 1975, was associated with a
relative risk of 3.2 (95% confidence interval=1.2-8.6) for dementia. Passing out at least twice as a result of excessive alcohol use during the previous year, as reported in 1981, was associated with a relative risk of 10.5 (2.4-46) for dementia in drinkers.(4)
4. Smoking
Smoking is a risk factor for several life-threatening diseases, but its long-term association with dementia is controversial and somewhat understudied.In a studyof a total of 5367 people (25.4%) were diagnosed as having dementia
(including 1136 cases of AD and 416 cases of VaD) during a mean
follow-up period of 23 years. Results were adjusted for age, sex,
education, race, marital status, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, body mass
index, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and alcohol use, Dr. Rusanen M, and the team at the University of Eastern Finland, said " heavy smoking in midlife was associated with a greater than 100% increase in risk of dementia, AD, and VaD more than 2 decades later. These results suggest that the brain is not immune to long-term consequences of heavy smoking"(5).
5. Etc.
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Sources
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18466323
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22408297
(3) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alcohol/SC00024
(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16222166
(5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20975015
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