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Mental Activities such as chess have long been assosciated with preventing Alzheimer's

There is no clear way of preventing Alzheimer’s disease, though there have been many studies, few have been conclusive and many have been contradictory. None of them have been proven to work, buy here are a few proposed methods of prevention:
 * Alzheimer's Disease Prevention**
 * The Mediterranean Diet with high amounts of fruit, vegetables, bread, wheat, and other cereals, olive oil, fish, and red wine may collectively or individually lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
 * Vitamins such as B12, B3, C, and Folic Acid have been shown to reduce the risks of Alzheimer’s disease. However other studies have been contradictory to this claim and may even have adverse effects
 * Curcumin from the curry spice turmeric has been shown to prevent the some of the brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s Disease in mice, but has not been tested on people.
 * Cardiovascular risk factor have also been associated with risk of Alzheimer’s disease such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking but drugs meant to address these risk factors have not been shown to prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
 * High levels of mental and social activity is though to delay the onset and reduce the severity of Alzheimer’s disease. Bilingual people have been shown to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
 * Studies have show that occupational risks such as exposure to magnetic fields, intake of metals (especially aluminum), and solvents are related to earlier onset of Alzheimer’s disease but these have not been conclusive

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What are some of the thigns you might be able to do? Have any of the above methods been probven? What other type of disease is assosciated with Alzheimer's Disease?
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