What do you do for yourself to prevent dementia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:try to exercise 5x/week.
eat balanced diet with lower inflammation foods
get adequate sleep.

What I dont do: stop drinking, but I really should.

Your sleep will improve if you stop drinking

[Anonymous]

Don't use air freshener.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alzheimers runs in my husband's family. Father and aunt both developed it in their 80s. Hope they develop better treatments because the drugs don't do much. On my side, dementia was caused by strokes so I am taking a statin and keeping up with my carotid and heart scans.

I thought 80 was considered a good run for age-related mental faculties to slip? Is the new standard to be sharp as a tack until the day we drop dead 90+ I did not know

Normal age related mental faculties slipping is very different from Alzheimer’s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:try to exercise 5x/week.
eat balanced diet with lower inflammation foods
get adequate sleep.

What I dont do: stop drinking, but I really should.

Your sleep will improve if you stop drinking

Daily drinking is what caused my mom to decline cognitively.

[Anonymous]

Eat plant based, little oil, little sugar. No animal products.
Shingles vax.
Good sleep hygiene.
GLP-1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eat plant based, little oil, little sugar. No animal products.
Shingles vax.
Good sleep hygiene.
GLP-1.

My dad has done everything right - has great cholesterol numbers and still has dementia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eat plant based, little oil, little sugar. No animal products.
Shingles vax.
Good sleep hygiene.
GLP-1.

My dad has done everything right - has great cholesterol numbers and still has dementia.

Did your dad play football or any other sports where concussions were common...but back in the day, they just threw you back on the field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eat plant based, little oil, little sugar. No animal products.
Shingles vax.
Good sleep hygiene.
GLP-1.

Absolutely not. Not as you age. Protein is super important and most aging people do not get enough in their diet to sustain the muscle mass they need. This is terrible advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eat plant based, little oil, little sugar. No animal products.
Shingles vax.
Good sleep hygiene.
GLP-1.

My dad has done everything right - has great cholesterol numbers and still has dementia.

So did my mom, although she had herpes simplex untreated and was exposed to ddt as a kid…who knows

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alzheimers runs in my husband's family. Father and aunt both developed it in their 80s. Hope they develop better treatments because the drugs don't do much. On my side, dementia was caused by strokes so I am taking a statin and keeping up with my carotid and heart scans.

I’m sorry that happened to your relatives.

I don’t know much about how strokes can cause dementia, so I’ll look more into that and how I can prevent them.

OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alzheimers runs in my husband's family. Father and aunt both developed it in their 80s. Hope they develop better treatments because the drugs don't do much. On my side, dementia was caused by strokes so I am taking a statin and keeping up with my carotid and heart scans.

I thought 80 was considered a good run for age-related mental faculties to slip? Is the new standard to be sharp as a tack until the day we drop dead 90+ I did not know

Are you okay? You sound angry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid risky behaviors...wear bike helmets et al.

A recent study believes that the period of say 1950 - 1990 has been the worst for behavior resulting in head injuries during youth that contributes to dementia. Bike helmets weren't prevalent...kids got concussions playing sports and then just sent right back onto the field...etc.

Wow, I didn’t know that. I’m glad I did not play sports then!

I did have a concussion, though, and no treatment for it back in the day. Thankfully, I never fell off my bike and hit my head.

OP

[Anonymous]

It's genetic, there's nothing you can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shingles vaccine has been shown to prevent dementia, which is a great perk, https://www.idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2025/shingles-vaccine-lowers-risk-of-dementia-major-cardiovascular-events/

I walk at least 45 minutes a day and follow the MIND diet to some extent, https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mind-diet#what-it-is

I’m 65 and hoping for the best but know it’s somewhat out of my control.

This MIND diet looks good and it would be easy for me to add in the foods I don’t eat often (fish and berries). This looks like something I can do. Thank you!

I try to work in 1/4 cup of nuts a day and also high-quality 100% olive oil, which I use in homemade salad dressing or drizzle on toast.

OP

[Anonymous]

I started Metformin before I became pregnant diabetic (diabetes is in my family and my A1C was creeping toward pre diabetes). I exercise 45-60 minutes a day, stay very social (loneliness and lack of social activity is a factor in developing dementia), do daily word games… I think those are the main things.