Alongside changes in eating habits, what a person eats can also be critical when it comes to increased risk.
Diets high in saturated and trans fats have been shown to increase cognitive decline and the risk of developing dementia.
Researchers find that both nutrition and exercise can potentially influence hippocampal neurogenesis – the process by which the brain produces new brain cells.
Study findings indicate that altered neurogenesis in the brain may represent an early biomarker for both cognitive decline (CD) and dementia.
Factors such as exercise, nutrition, vitamin D levels, carotenoid, and lipid levels were also found to correlate with the rate at which cells die off.