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“A pilot trial in humans given 3 g/day of either fish oil or olive oil for 4 weeks showed that fish oil protected against the adverse cardiac and lipid effects associated with air pollution exposure. Air pollution has been linked to a 22% increased risk of dying from all cancers, increased Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and lung disease.”

“A growing body of evidence links gut health to brain health. Injecting Lewy bodies purified from deceased Parkinson’s patients into the brains or guts of monkeys caused Parkinsonian pathology in the brain and gut. Another study in mice found that probiotics decreased gut leakiness and inflammation and boosted memory performance in mice with "Alzheimer's-like pathology."”

“FTA: > Researchers have discovered how vitamin E deficiency may cause neurological damage by interrupting a supply line of specific nutrients and robbing the brain of the 'building blocks' it needs to maintain neuronal health. They found that nutrients needed to build and maintain the brain can be cut by more than half, with possible implications for an elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease.”

“A healthy lifestyle was classified as regular physical activity, a healthy diet, not currently smoking, and moderate alcohol consumption. This is more evidence that lifestyle plays a very important role in disease risk even in people with a high genetic risk for certain diseases like Alzheimer's disease.”

“Amyloid beta plaques accumulate outside of neurons in the brain and disrupt synapses (the connections between two neurons that form memories) and is just one way that memory loss occurs in Alzheimer's disease.”

“Loss of blood-brain barrier integrity increases the risk of many neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia and Alzheimer's. A 2021 study found that having a higher omega-3 index preserves the blood-brain barrier and maintains cognitive function in older adults.”

“The anterior cingulate has been linked to superior cognition in late life." > Exercisers who improved their memory performance also showed greater increase in brain blood flow to the hippocampus, the key brain region affected by Alzheimer's disease.”

“For example, disruption in deep sleep is highly pronounced in people with Alzheimer's disease and typically precedes diagnosis. Glymphatic activation has also been shown to play a key role in the transport of biomarkers of traumatic brain injury (TBI).”

“They measured the participants' blood vitamin D levels and monitored them for the development of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, for approximately 12 years.”

“They found that urolithin A markedly improved the animals' learning, memory, and sense of smell, enhanced memory-related brain functions, and reduced the accumulation of amyloid-beta and tau protein (hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease).”