防止大脑退化[精选].doc

Subject: Fw: 防止大脑退化,值得一读! 这是北大医学院的同学发给我的文章，愿与你分享，保你的健康 ！在本页下面。Fang ? From: rlzhou ? 防止大脑退化,值得一读!阿兹海默氏症 (老人痴呆症、脑退化症)下面是美国加州大学 老年中心主任G.Small博士写的文章。这篇文章通俗易懂，值得广为传阅。虽然我不是医学方面的人，但也曾参与阿兹海默氏症的研究，稍知皮屑（比毛小得多）；为了方便不太熟悉专业名词的朋友们阅读，斗胆把文章译成中文，其中错误难免。收件人中有不少是资深医生，译错了请立即指正，以免误人。衷心致谢。阅后若觉得有用，请传送给你关心的所有亲友。UCLA ( University of California at Los Angeles ) ON ALZHEIMERSFood for Thought协助思维的食品The idea that Alzheimers is entirely genetic and unpreventable is perhaps the Greatest misconception about the disease, says Gary Small, M.D., director of The UCLA Center on Aging. Researchers now know that Alzheimers, like heart Disease and cancer, develops over decades and can be influenced by lifestyle Factors including cholesterol, blood pressure, obesity, depression, education, Nutrition, sleep and mental, physical and social activity.洛杉矶加州大学老年中心主任Gray Small 博士说：「那种认为脑退化症(译注-阿兹海默氏症-过去亦称老人痴呆症，按香港医务卫生署建议改为脑退化症-下 同)完全来自遗传的和不可预防的想法，是对这个病症的最大误解。」研究人员现在已经明白，脑退化症就像心脏病和癌症，是经年累月发展起来的病症，是受生活方式因素所影响，这些因素包括胆固醇、血压、肥胖、癌症、忧 、教育、营养、睡眠、脑力、体力和社交活动等等。The big news: Mountains of research reveals that simple things you do every day might cut your odds of losing your mind to Alzheimers.好消息：大量的研究指出，只要每日做一些简单小事就有可能把脑退化症发病机会降低。In search of scientific ways to delay and outlive Alzheimers and other Dementias, I tracked down thousands of studies and interviewed dozens of Experts. The results in a new book: 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimers and Age-Related Memory Loss (Little, Brown; $19.99). Here are 10 strategies I found most surprising.为了寻找可以推迟脑退化症和其他痴呆症发生的科学方法，我阅读了过千份报告及访谈了数十名专家。结论就在一本新书：你能做得到的100件简单事情可以预防脑退化症和与老年有关的痴呆症。下面是我认最值得惊喜的10项策略。1. Have coffee. In an amazing flip-flop, coffee is the new brain tonic. A large European study showed that drinking three to five cups of coffee a day in Midlife cut Alzheimers risk 65% in late life. University of South Florida Researcher Gary Arendash credits caffeine: He says it reduces dementia-causing amyloid in animal brains. Others cred