brain health
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Management
- nonsmoking status
- regular physical activity
- body-mass index below 25
- healthy diet (DASH diet or Mediterranean diet)
- untreated blood pressure below 120/80 mm Hg
- untreated total cholesterol below 200 mg/dL
- fasting blood glucose below 100 mg/dL[1]
- restorative sleep including REM sleep*
* not mentioned in {1]
Notes
- the same risk factors that cause atherosclerosis, are also major risk factors for late-life cognitive impairment & Alzheimer's disease[1]
More general terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gorelick PB, Furie KL, Iadecola C et al Defining Optimal Brain Health in Adults: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. Sept 7, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883125 <Internet> http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2017/09/07/STR.0000000000000148
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Presidential Advisory. Seven steps to keep your brain healthy from childhood to old age. AHA/ASA Advisory. September 07, 2017 http://newsroom.heart.org/news/seven-steps-to-keep-your-brain-healthy-from-childhood-to-old-age - ↑ My Life Check - Life's Simple 7 http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/My-Life-Check---Lifes-Simple-7_UCM_471453_Article.jsp#.WbK55oqQzdR