Use your head. How many times do we hear that? In the case of preventing Alzheimer's, it can be incredibly useful. Studies have shown that engaging the brain has helped "routing" issues with protein buildups associated with Alzheimer's. It makes sense on a basic level. Our brain is constantly making new paths, and by constant use we are blazing new trails, more options for our brain if faced with the disease.
What is new is that a recent study suggests that exercising the brain not only helps with pathways, but the buildup of the damaging plaque as well. That doesn't mean Alzheimer's strikes people who aren't intelligent, but by using our brains in certain ways we can help lower the risk or the effects of the disease.
It's hope. For those who haven't seen it, there are few things worse than watching a person disappear one memory at a time. Anything we can do to head that off is a good thing.
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