Another facet of working to prevent this disease is to keep the brain stimulated. By challenging ourselves to learn new things, perhaps the playing of a musical instrument, learning a new language or activity, doing crossword puzzles, playing numerical games, or just reading and researching subjects outside our normal environment we encourage the growth of neural pathways and thus work at keeping our brain growing and healthy. Vital stimulation can also come from staying socially active and involved in talking with and caring for others. Besides encouraging good mental health this can go a long way to promoting emotional health and this is important in fighting any disease.

Given the nature of this particular disease it seems logical that the best preventative measures that we can take involve living a productive and active life. We do well to underscore this with good choices in what we eat and by keeping our body physically active. This will keep our body’s healing mechanism at it’s optimum and go a long way in preventing the development of Alzheimer’s.

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