100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss

ISBN-13: 9780316086844 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication date: 01/06/2012 Pages: 336 Sales rank: 440,108 Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.10(d) Most people think there is little or nothing you can do to avoid Alzheimer's. But scientists know this is no longer true. In fact, prominent researchers now say that our best and perhaps only hope of defeating Alzheimer's is to prevent it. After best-selling author Jean Carper discovered that she had the major susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's, she was determined to find all the latest scientific evidence on how to escape it. She discovered 100 surprisingly simple scientifically tested ways to radically cut the odds of Alzheimer's, memory decline, and other forms of dementia. Did you know that vitamin B 12 helps keep your brain from shrinking? Apple juice mimics a common Alzheimer's drug? Surfing the internet strengthens aging brain cells? Ordinary infections and a popular anesthesia may trigger dementia? Meditating