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Cholesterol drugs statins may prevent Alzheimer’s
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Anyone who has watched a loved one struggle with the memory loss and dementia common with Alzheimer’s knows that this disease can be both frightening and hear t breaking. New evidence, as cited here from HealthDay, shows that cholesterol lowering drugs may be able to help prevent the decline into Alzheimer’s disease.
The symptoms of Alzheimer’s are caused by exitotoxicity or exaggerated and continual stimulation by a neurotransmitter. This over stimulation leads to premature cell death, one of the key triggers in Alzheimer’s symptoms.
Preventing both cell death and the memory loss typically accompanied with it, the use of statins in this study also made another connection between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s. Cholesterol has been considered a risk factor for Alzheimer’s and this study supports that.
There are many things you can do to prevent Alzheimer’s. If the disease runs in your family you may be frightened at the possibility of one day facing the disease. Exercising both your brain and your body can defend you against Alzheimer’s. WebMd cites high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, and a sedentary lifestyle as all risk factors. One interesting thing about all these risk factors: you have the power to eliminate them.
Being healthy now is as important for the present as it is for your future. We often lose sight that a healthy lifestyle can do far more than get us into those skinny jeans, it can improve our quality of life well into our old age.
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