Preventing Alzheimer's Disease

The simple solutions are often the most effective. If you keep to a healthy diet you are more than half way to maintaining a healthy body. Here are a few key ingredients to include in your balanced diet to ensure you keep healthy and reduce your chances of getting Alzheimer's disease.

Eat half a cup of various berries, raspberries,strawberries, blueberries, blackberries every day. They contain compounds which improve neuron function.

Eat low fat or fat free dairy products. Cut back on both fatty and processed meats.

Eat apples,or drink 2 cups of apple juice per day. It boosts the production of acetylcholine in the brain, a key resister to Alzheimer's.

Enjoy tea & coffee. Caffeine has been found to help prevent the onset of the disease as well as repair some of the damage it causes. 400-500mg of caffeine per day or around 5 cups of your favourate brew. Check with your doctor first though if you are pregnant or suffer from HBP before drinking caffeine.

Enjoy cocoa and chocolate which contains high flavanol content. This increases the blood supply to the brain and reduces cognitive decline.

Add cinnamon to your dish, 1 teaspoon per day as new research from Sweden indicates it may prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

Try Alcar supplements (lipoic acid) one of the strongest antioxidant rejuvenators for the mature brain. Also found in yeast.

Avoid iron and copper supplements if you are over 50 unless recommended by a doctor.

Enjoy yellow curry or specifically turmeric. It contains curcumin a compound reputed to help against memory decline.

Enjoy a glass of wine every day. Keep within the unit health guidelines.

Include folic acid, proven to slow down memory decline, in your diet(if you have a medical problem check first with your doctor).

Enjoy walnuts and almonds (and their skins) in your diet. They are rich in antioxidants.

Eat fresh oily fish like salmon, sardines, herrings and tuna three times a week. The more fish you eat the less likely you are to get Alzheimers's disease.

Cut back on red meat and enjoy poultry.

Avoid sugar as it increases the production in the body of the toxin beta-amyloid which kills neurones.

Drink Tea and more Tea especially black or green tea without milk. They are packed with antioxidants and a powerful benefit for the mature brain.

Love vinegar (4 teaspoons per day) as it has been shown to reduce the risk factors related to memory loss including high blood sugar, insulin resistance, diabetes and weight gain.

Use olive oil (cold press if you can)as benefits against memory loss.

Enjoy your spinach as it is full of elements, minerals and antioxidants which benefit the brain as well as the body.

Take multivitamins - a low dose every day containing no iron is best for slowing down ageing in the brain.

Finally keep body and soul active in different ways such as brisk walking, cycling working in the garden,swimming, socialising, reading, conversing with neighbours and friends all of which will keep you young at heart.

Be happy - relish every moment of every day and enjoy it to the full. Remember you have already won the lottery just by being born!