Higher Blood Pressure May Lead to Brain Shrinkage
Having hypertension in midlife (ages 40 through 60) is associated with elevated risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia later in life even more so than having the so-called Alzheimer’s gene.
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OK, so what can we do about high blood pressure? A lot! See, for example:
• Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension (
• Flax Seeds for Hypertension (
• How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet (
• How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet (
• High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (
• Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (
• Kempner Rice Diet: Whipping Us Into Shape (
• The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (
• Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (
What else can we do to forestall cognitive decline or dementia? I referenced Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain ( and Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease ( See also:
• Alzheimer’s Disease: Grain Brain or Meathead? (
• Treating Alzheimer’s with Turmeric (
• Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease With Plants (
• Reducing Glycotoxin Intake to Prevent Alzheimers (
• Alzheimer’s May Start Decades Before Diagnosis (
• The Alzheimer’s Gene: Controlling ApoE (
• Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins? (
• How to Slow Brain Aging by Two Years (
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