Secret to cutting your risk of Alzheimer.

First off, alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia in older people. With alzheimer, the brain cells die and thus you generate fewer chemical signals that help you function. Over time your memory and thinking behavior deteriorate. At the moment, there is no known cause or cure for alzheimer.

However, there are a few things that you can do to lower your risk of alzheimer.

Research shows that a low calorie diet combined with exercis will help keep your brain young and may shield you from this memory robbing disease. By keeping your brain in top form, which a low calorie diet does by reducing brain aging, you reduce your brain cells from being damaged by inflammation and oxidation. Two of the major risk factors for alzheimer.

While you are lower your calorie intake, also keep an eye on the amount of fat you eat. Studies have shown that your risk of developing alzheimer can be as much as seven times higher if you eat a high fat diet.

In addition, you should load on on nutrients such as B vitamins and calcium. Studies have shown that a diet supplemented with B vitamins will improve your brain power. Thus, eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy, and lean meats will give you a brain boosting supply of folate, thiamin, and other B vitamins.

"A diet high in antioxidants - fruit and beggies - and low in fat and meat, high in fish is protective against the disease," says Dr. Robert P. Friedland, one of the researchers in the above studies.

Finally, a recent European study concludes that antioxidants might lower your risk of developing alzhelimer by as much as 25%. For an antioxidant rich diet, eat a variety of vegetables as well as foods containing vitamins C and E.

In conclusion, the secret to lowering your risk of alzheimer is simple - use your head when it comes to how you live. Make a few healthy changes in your lifestyle today by starting with your diet!