00:00The lifestyle is very important, so much so that the World Health Organization lists
00:09recommendations on the lifestyle that we should all follow to reduce the risk of
00:17having a slight cognitive decline by getting old or even developing a serious disease
00:23such as Alzheimer's disease.
00:25What are the main ones?
00:27First of all, food, and the WHO uses the term Mediterranean diet,
00:33that is, it recommends to the whole world to follow the Mediterranean diet.
00:37Moreover, a balanced diet is not possible, and this is very simple.
00:42We know how to do it and we should all do it.
00:45Another very important aspect is physical activity, and it is incredible,
00:52but doing a daily physical activity improves memory responses and tests
00:58and reduces the risk of having a cognitive decline or even dementia.
01:03What does physical activity mean?
01:06There have also been very precise indications,
01:09about half an hour a day of moderate physical activity,
01:14which can be walking at a fast pace or doing an activity in the garden,
01:19and twice a week, an hour of more intense physical activity,
01:23so nothing is impossible.
01:25We can all do these things.
01:28Other recommendations that are important concern common health conditions,
01:35and they are mainly blood pressure control and glycemia control,
01:42because it is well documented that entering the world of diabetes and not taking good care of it
01:48involves a greater risk of developing cognitive problems or even getting sick.
01:55The goal is the purpose of research, of course.
01:58We must remember that in recent years,
02:01technologies have allowed the introduction of treatments that did not exist before.
02:08Genetic treatments, for example, the possibility of intervening
02:11on something that was considered untouchable and that can cause illness.
02:18So this is a very important thread of research.
02:22However, there are positive data, because epidemiological studies show
02:26that in the last ten years, in Europe and also in the United States,
02:31there is a lower risk of getting sick from Alzheimer's disease and dementia
02:38than in the last ten years of the twentieth century.
02:41So this is a nice, good aspect.
02:44This tells us that regardless of having found a cure,
02:50what we are doing, probably with attention to health and attention to lifestyles,
02:57is already changing the risk of getting sick.
03:00So we have to insist on this aspect.
03:02This is not the case all over the world.
03:04For example, in Asian countries, there is an increase in the risk of dementia
03:08that contrasts with what we see in European and North American countries.
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