Jun 1, 2022 06:49 PM
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Can your walking speed really be an indicator of dementia?
https://www.healthdigest.com/881187/can-...-dementia/
EXCERPT: A 2019 study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found that changes in a person's gait were associated with a decline in cognitive processing. To further the results of this study, a May 2022 study in the JAMA Network Open investigated more than 16,000 people over 65 in the United States and Australia. The researchers measured each participant over seven years for changes in their stride and cognitive ability. Those participants who had declines in their memory and walking speed were at a higher risk for dementia than those who had declined only in memory or walking speed. The researchers concluded that declines in a person's memory and gait were good indicators of future dementia.
Although education, nutrition, and changes in lifestyle have affected the incidence of dementia, a 2020 report in The Lancet identified 12 factors that increase the likelihood of the disease. These risk factors are less education, high blood pressure, reduced hearing, smoking, obesity, depression, low physical activity, diabetes, social isolation, alcohol use, brain injury, and air pollution.
If you have one or several of these risk factors, it doesn't mean that you're going to develop dementia in your later years. The Lancet report suggests taking preventative measures early in life to reduce your risk... (MORE - missing details)
About 3 grams a day of omega-3 fatty acids may lower blood pressure, more research needed
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/954390
INTRO: About 3 grams daily of omega-3 fatty acids, consumed in foods or supplements, appears to be the optimal daily dose to help lower blood pressure, according to a research review published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
Omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are typically found in fatty fish, such as salmon, tuna, sardines, trout, herring and oysters. Some people also take combined DHA and EPA in supplements. While some studies suggest that consumption of omega-3 fatty acids may lower blood pressure, the optimal dosage needed to lower blood pressure has not been clear. The National Institutes of Health has established an adequate intake of omega-3 fatty acids for healthy people at 1.1- 1.6 grams daily, depending on age and sex.
“According to our research, the average adult may have a modest blood pressure reduction from consuming about 3 grams a day of these fatty acids,” said study author Xinzhi Li, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor and program director of the School of Pharmacy at Macau University of Science and Technology in Macau, China... (MORE - details)
https://www.healthdigest.com/881187/can-...-dementia/
EXCERPT: A 2019 study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found that changes in a person's gait were associated with a decline in cognitive processing. To further the results of this study, a May 2022 study in the JAMA Network Open investigated more than 16,000 people over 65 in the United States and Australia. The researchers measured each participant over seven years for changes in their stride and cognitive ability. Those participants who had declines in their memory and walking speed were at a higher risk for dementia than those who had declined only in memory or walking speed. The researchers concluded that declines in a person's memory and gait were good indicators of future dementia.
Although education, nutrition, and changes in lifestyle have affected the incidence of dementia, a 2020 report in The Lancet identified 12 factors that increase the likelihood of the disease. These risk factors are less education, high blood pressure, reduced hearing, smoking, obesity, depression, low physical activity, diabetes, social isolation, alcohol use, brain injury, and air pollution.
If you have one or several of these risk factors, it doesn't mean that you're going to develop dementia in your later years. The Lancet report suggests taking preventative measures early in life to reduce your risk... (MORE - missing details)
About 3 grams a day of omega-3 fatty acids may lower blood pressure, more research needed
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/954390
INTRO: About 3 grams daily of omega-3 fatty acids, consumed in foods or supplements, appears to be the optimal daily dose to help lower blood pressure, according to a research review published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
Omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are typically found in fatty fish, such as salmon, tuna, sardines, trout, herring and oysters. Some people also take combined DHA and EPA in supplements. While some studies suggest that consumption of omega-3 fatty acids may lower blood pressure, the optimal dosage needed to lower blood pressure has not been clear. The National Institutes of Health has established an adequate intake of omega-3 fatty acids for healthy people at 1.1- 1.6 grams daily, depending on age and sex.
“According to our research, the average adult may have a modest blood pressure reduction from consuming about 3 grams a day of these fatty acids,” said study author Xinzhi Li, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor and program director of the School of Pharmacy at Macau University of Science and Technology in Macau, China... (MORE - details)
