It has been a well-known fact for quite some time that both type 2 diabetes and an unhealthy lifestyle increase the risk of dementia. Driving the point home, new research says people with type 2 diabetes may be less likely to develop dementia if they lead a healthy lifestyle. Research from hundreds of thousands of people in the UK at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Stockholm, Sweden, suggests that people with type 2 diabetes diabetes As long as they lead a healthy lifestyle, they are less likely to develop dementia.
According to study, people with type 2 diabetes who lead a poor lifestyle are significantly more likely to experience Madness Compared to people who live a very good lifestyle and don’t have the condition. Interestingly, the lifestyle effect appears to be significant as it has been said that living a healthy lifestyle can cut the risk of dementia in half for people with type 2 diabetes.
Effect of unhealthy lifestyle on type 2 diabetes:
It is well known that both T2D and an unhealthy lifestyle increase the risk of dementia, however, it is not clear whether leading a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of dementia in people with T2D.
Jirapicha Boonpour, Dr Carlos Salis-Morales of the University of Glasgow, and colleagues monitored more than 450,000 participants in the UK Biobank study for the onset of dementia in an effort to learn more.
The 445,364 participants (of whom 54.6% were female) had a mean age of 55.6 years, and were followed for an average of 9.1 years. All were free of dementia at the start of this period. 25,535 people (24,735) said they had T2D at the start of the study.
Participants answered a questionnaire that inquired about their habits in relation to television viewing, getting enough sleep, exercising, drinking alcohol, smoking and eating processed and red meats, fruits, vegetables and oily fish. They were divided into three categories based on their responses: most healthy, fairly healthy and least healthy.
The risk of dementia increased in association with both T2D and an unhealthy lifestyle. People with T2D were 33% more likely to develop dementia than those without T2D. Dementia was significantly more closely linked to an unhealthy lifestyle. Participants with the least healthy lifestyles were 65% more likely to develop dementia than those with the healthiest lifestyles.
According to further studies, a healthy lifestyle reduces the risk of dementia in people with T2D. Diabetics with the healthiest lifestyles had a 45% lower risk of dementia than diabetics with unhealthy lifestyles. The study authors came to the conclusion that a healthy lifestyle may reduce the effect of T2D on dementia risk.
According to Selis-Morales, following current food, exercise, and sleep recommendations is essential for optimal health and may help reduce the incidence of dementia in diabetics. We have demonstrated that following these healthy lifestyle recommendations also dramatically reduces the increased risk of dementia in people with diabetes. Since there is no known cure for dementia yet, Ms Boonpour continues, prevention is key.
(with inputs from ANI)
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