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Before you spend your money on an exotic herb or a pricey electronic brain game to preserve your mind, consider this: No one has found a sure-fire way to prevent Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive decline. There are “so many, many products that people are consuming in the name of prevention of Alzheimer's disease and prevention of mild cognitive decline,” from herbal products like Ginkgo biloba to vitamins, said Dr. Martha L. Daviglus, a professor of preventive medicine and medicine at Northwestern University. However, “for now, we don't see any association between those vitamins and certain kinds of foods or pills that are available in the market and the prevention” of these problems.
That was the gist of a consensus statement released earlier this year by an independent panel assembled for a National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference. The report has not been universally embraced, especially by those who think lifestyle changes could have value. “I wish that they'd given a more positive message,” said Dr. Greg Jicha, a Lexington neurologist with the Alzheimer's Disease Center at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.
The 15-member panel, chaired by Daviglus, included experts in such fields as geriatrics, neurology, psychiatry and nutrition, who considered, among other things, the results of a systematic literature review by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center in North Carolina. The panel did not find enough consistent evidence to recommend the use of pharmaceuticals or dietary supplements to prevent Alzheimer's disease or cognitive decline. Ditto for dietary measures, such as omega-3 fatty acids from fish, or a Mediterranean-style diet; exercise; and being socially or cognitively engaged.
Future research might make a difference, however, and the panel is encouraging it. More: courier-journal.com

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