(12/03) Re.: What Alzheimer’s is? How is it preventable

Alzheimer’s is not one hundred percent down to your genetics. It is when a build up of amyloid beta occurs in the synapses causing them to not fire properly.

its approximately 15-20 years before we see the effect of amyloid beta build up making it

Preventative measures you can take:

Sleep- a full nights

--sleep acts as a shutdown mode for us. when we sleep fluids was through our brains cleaning them out, in this case getting rid of excess amyloid beta

Sleep hygiene

--when an individual has bad sleep hygiene it is a big indicator of those who will have alzheimers later in life. Those who have bad sleep hygiene effect how well they sleep and whether they get enough of it

Cardiovascular health

--smoking

--heart disease

--diabetes

--physical health

developing new neural pathways

--read

--LEARN

--a new language

--a new instrument

building these new neural pathways ensures you have several links that connect you to a piece of information, so that if one is lost to the build up, you won‘t forget it.

When you develop new neural pathways through learning, instead of when a synapsis becomes inactive you forget the information, you have another pathway through which to remember the information.