Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. According to the study “Prevention Theory and Intervention Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease”, early prevention includes nutrition, exercise, weight, sunlight, training, socialization, rest and belief.
1. Nutrition: Maintaining balanced nutrition is an important material basis for maintaining brain function.
2. Exercise: Physical exercise can promote the release of various hormones and bioactive factors in the body, which is conducive to the maintenance of brain function.
3. Weight: Maintaining a healthy weight is very important for health, not only can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes, but also beneficial to brain health.
4. Sunshine: More outdoor activities, feel the sunshine, go out more often to travel, and receive all kinds of fresh information and beneficial stimulation, which can greatly slow down the decline of the elderly brain.
5. Training: Frequent self-cognitive training (e.g. recitation, repetition, calculation), as well as a variety of self-body massage training and sensory training (e.g. visual, auditory, olfactory, etc.) can stimulate the brain, which is conducive to the maintenance of cognitive ability in the elderly.
6. Interaction: Regular social interaction and social participation, these social stimuli are conducive to slowing down the decline of cognitive function in old age. Family and community can play an important role in social interaction and social participation.
7. Rest: Adequate rest and sleep have a positive effect on maintaining cognitive function in the aging brain. Of course, too much sleep per day is not conducive to the maintenance of brain function.
8. Beliefs: Building up beliefs that are full of hope for future life, especially making life meaningful for the elderly, is the most important foundation for preventing Alzheimer’s disease.