According to the latest research from the University of Oxford, reducing alcohol intake and reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes can dramatically slash the chances of dementia.
Furthermore, minimizing inhalation of vehicular-caused air pollution may also aid in preventing this crippling cognitive impairment. The research could also explain why certain demographic groups are more susceptible to dementia.
Scientists have discovered a vulnerable area in the brain that matures late during adolescence and degenerates earlier during old age. 161 dementia risk factors were examined and listed according to their impact on this specific brain area, exceeding the ordinary effects of ageing.
The researchers at the University of Oxford conducted a thorough investigation and identified 15 broad categories of risk factors that can be altered. Weight, alcohol consumption, smoking, mood disorders, pollution, hearing, sleep, socializing, diet, exercise, and education were some of the things they covered.
According to the study, alcohol consumption, diabetes, and traffic-related air pollution are some of the risk factors that can be altered. The UK’s Diabetes Initiative emphasizes the importance of eating well, staying in shape, shedding pounds, and living a healthy lifestyle to lessen the danger of diabetes type 2.
The researchers examined the genetic and alterable effects on these brain regions to back up their findings. Brain scans of 40,000 UK Biobank database participants aged over 45 were studied to achieve this.
Professor Gwenaelle Douaud, the study’s leader, said: We know that a constellation of brain regions degenerates earlier in aging, and in this new study we have shown that these specific parts of the brain are most vulnerable to diabetes, traffic-related air pollution,
Several variations in the genome are implicated in cardiovascular deaths, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, as well as with the two antigens of a little-known blood group.
The research was reported by the yahoonews