Via: NaturalNews

Research has found that high cholesterol levels in your 40’s or younger increases the risk of dementia which includes Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is a syndrome which describes a disorder of memory, thinking and behaviour. It is caused by a number of serious diseases that destroy brain cells. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common of these diseases.

Dementia can be thought of as brain failure. It worsens over time, progressing from a mild through to a moderate and finally to a severe stage. It progresses at different rates.

The mental capacities that decline include:

* Recent memory

* Immediate and distant memory

* Capacity to use and understand words

* Sense of where the body is in space, or where body parts are in relationship to objects and other people.

* Capacity to monitor the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ of behaviour

* Capacity to initiate or cease speech or activity

* Comprehension of what is going on in the world around you

The consequence of the effect on the brain due to dementia is considerable. The problems due to memory loss cause confusion about time and place, about who people are, and about objects we take for granted like a knife and fork.

Other problems include being agitated and restless, walking aimlessly, wanting to escape, and wandering. People with dementia have difficulty starting and stopping routine tasks. They may also misunderstand words as well as use them in the wrong way.

As dementia occurs in older people, we don’t consider that we need to take steps to prevent it, but this is just what research is telling us. Just like preventing heart disease and diabetes, we can take steps to prevent dementia.

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