Tuesday, June 14, 2005

There are ways to help prevent Alzheimer’s

By Ivanhoe Newswire, NEWS14 CAROLINA

'More than four million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, a number that's more than doubled since 1980 and continues to climb as the U.S. population ages.

By 2050, more than 13 million could be living with it. But what you do today could keep you from becoming a statistic.

"I’m just a true believer you make time for nutrition and exercise now, or you make time for disease later," nutrition expert Tavis Piattolly said.

Piattolly said one step to preserve brain power is exercise.

"The brain basically works just like, you know, the rest of the body or the heart,” Piattolly said. “You know, we exercise the brain. We can preserve how well it functions."'

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