According to a new report, drinking fruit juice, getting regular exercise and brushing your teeth could all help prevent Alzheimer's.
Researchers in the U.S. are saying that lifestyle choices may be far closer linked to the brain disease, than was originally thought and there is a lot people can do to lessen the risks and to prevent the disease developing.
Possibly more important the researchers have discovered a change in the memory area of the brain which could determine who will get Alzheimer’s as far ahead as nine years before symptoms appear.
The findings of a number of studies were presented at the first Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington last weekend.
Some researchers insist that brain scans and simple blood tests may offer the best ways to predict who has the highest risk of Alzheimer's disease.
One group which scanned the brains of middle-aged and older people while they were still healthy discovered that lower energy use in the hippocampus part of the brain correctly signalled who would get Alzheimer’s or a similar memory-related illness 85% of the time.
Lead researcher, Lisa Mosconi from New York University School of Medicine, says they found the earliest predictor, the hippocampus, seemed to be the very first region to be affected.
But a team of scientists from the University of South Florida College of Public Health found that the skin of fruits and vegetables may have a significant impact on the brain’s health, and drinking fruit or vegetable juice at least three times a week could leave you four times less likely to develop the disease.