1079 - 32 Ways to Reduce Your Dementia Risk

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AllCEUs Counseling CEUs

Health & Fitness, Social Sciences, Education, Science, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.7 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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00:00:00 - Introduction: Overview of the 32 risk factors contributing to dementia. 00:00:35 - Early Life Education: Importance of education and cognitive reserve in childhood. 00:03:40 - Midlife Hypertension: Impact of hypertension on brain health and dementia. 00:06:10 - Hypoxia: Role of oxygen deprivation in cognitive decline. 00:08:05 - Sleep Apnea and Breathing Issues: Discussion on apnea, snoring, and their link to dementia risk. 00:11:35 - Obesity and Inflammation: Effects of excess fat tissue on brain inflammation. 00:14:10 - Diabetes and Blood Sugar Management: Stress and sugar levels as contributors to cognitive decline. 00:18:45 - Hearing Loss: The connection between untreated hearing loss and dementia. 00:22:20 - Vision Loss: Impacts of vision impairment on brain activity and stress. 00:26:30 - Poor Diet and Dehydration: Diet quality, hydration, and their influence on cognition. 00:30:15 - Antioxidants and Ultra-Processed Foods: Role of colorful diets and avoiding processed foods. 00:34:00 - Physical Activity: Benefits of exercise in reducing dementia risks. 00:38:40 - Autoimmune Disorders: Links between systemic inflammation and cognitive decline. 00:42:10 - Social Isolation: Importance of social interactions in maintaining brain health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	slash UK slash AI for people. I'd like to welcome everybody to today's presentation on 32 ways to
0:34.2	reduce dementia risk. I'm your host, Dr. Donnellyce Snipes. Now let's just start out
0:40.7	with a little bit of background. More than 50% of dementia cases, they estimate, could be
0:47.3	prevented by targeting these 32 risk factors. And that's really important. 50% of dementia cases, let that sink in.
0:59.5	50% of the people who are in memory care right now may not have had to go there. That's kind of shocking.
1:09.4	Each additional risk factor for dementia, including stress,
1:13.3	is associated with a lower cognitive performance equivalent to three years of aging.
1:19.7	So the more of these risk factors, the more cognitively aged you are. And we know as we age cognitively, our thinking slows, we have more
1:30.1	difficulty with memory, et cetera. So if you're 60 and you've got the cognitive age of a 90-year-old,
1:37.5	that's different than if you're 60 and you have the cognitive age of a 66-year-old or something.
1:44.2	What do these risk factors have in common?
1:46.5	And I'm going to harp on this throughout today's presentation.
1:50.9	Control of systemic inflammation caused by stress in each piece of life.
1:57.7	Dementia is the result of loss of neurons and loss of the ability of the brain to
2:05.7	function correctly, largely due to inflammation. And that inflammation is caused by chronic
2:13.7	and overwhelming stressors.
2:22.3	I also want to highlight the difference between correlation and causation.
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