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[Cloomis]

How to prevent dementia? The best time to start is NOW.

 

Here are 5 Midlife prevention approaches I found that can cut dementia risk:

✔ ️ High IQ protects more than a high education.

✔ ️ Walking ~10,000 steps a day may cut risk by 50%.

✔ ️ Saunas 4–7 times weekly also reduce risk by half.

✔️Daily coffee lowers risk by up to 35%.

✔ ️ Avoiding air pollution can cut risk by 30%.

 

Find out what to do at your age. Read: How to Prevent Dementia

 

[drew_ab]

A great article here. The quote below was the most unexpected thing that was included, since I had always understood education to be protective. For myself personally, I have a graduate level education, but I'm not sure my IQ is anything beyond average...  

 

A Norwegian study tracked cognitive function and dementia risk across different education levels, controlling for IQ scores2. The results debunked the conventional wisdom: IQ was the primary driver of dementia protection, not education level itself. People with high IQ but low education had a similar dementia risk to those with high IQ and high education. Conversely, highly educated individuals with lower IQ showed no additional protection from their years of schooling.

Edited by drew_ab, Today, 10:26 AM.