Healthy lifestyle key to smarter brain in old age: Study 

Want to stay smart even in your advanced years? Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from childhood may be the key as it can help in reducing the risk of developing cognitive decline as one ages, according to a new advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA).

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According to a study:

• Increase in levels of blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.
• In addition,can cause impairment of the large and smaller blood vessels, making them narrowed or blocked.
• This is known as atherosclerosis, a disease process that is the leading cause of many heart attacks and strokes.
• The study, convincingly demonstrates that the same risk factors that cause atherosclerosis.
• Furthermore,are also major contributors to late-life cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
• If current trends persist, nearly 75 million people worldwide could have dementia by 2030, the study revealed.
• Thus, the advisory by AHA outlined a set of seven health factors to define
• And promote cardiovascular wellness, which may also help foster ideal brain health in adults.
• The health factors  termed as “Life’s Simple 7 programme” urge individuals to manage blood pressure.
• In addition,control cholesterol, keep blood sugar normal, get physically active, eat a healthy diet, lose extra weight, do not start smoking or quit.
• By following Life’s Simple 7 not only can we prevent heart attack and stroke.
• We may also be able to prevent cognitive impairment.
• The advisory, based on a review of 182 published scientific studies and published in the journal Stroke,stresses.
• In addition,the importance of taking steps to keep your brain healthy as early as possible.
• Because atherosclerosis can begin in childhood.
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