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Can eating the right diet prevent Alzheimer’s disease?

In part one of this two-part series, we speak to three experts in the field of dementia about whether eating a healthy, balanced diet could help stave off Alzheimer's disease.

In part one of this two-part series, we speak to three experts in the field of dementia about whether eating a healthy, balanced diet could help stave off Alzheimer’s disease.

A growing body of research is looking at whether certain lifestyle factors contribute to our risk of Alzheimer’s disease (the most common cause of dementia), and whether we can delay or even prevent the onset of the disease altogether. We know that some dementia risk factors are impossible to change, such as your age and genetic make-up.1 However, according to the 2020 Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, some risk factors are modifiable, and by making various lifestyle changes, up to four in 10 cases of dementia could be prevented.2 In recent years, diet has been frequently studied as part of

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