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• Diet and exercise are very important lifestyle factors that influence the difference between all aspects of health and disease, including Alzheimer's. Low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diet rich in fruits and vegetables are what you are really after. These are natural sources of free radical scavengers, particularly beta-carotene, vitamin C, and other nutritional elements. Researchers have compared the brain functions of sedentary seniors to those who started exercising simply by brisk walking for 20 to 40 minutes, three or four times a week. The exercisers consistently score higher than members of the unfit group on cognitive tests designed to measure reaction time, visual organization, memory, and mental flexibility. Be sure to exercise your brain. We all know that we need to exercise our muscles to keep them toned and healthy. When it comes to improving brain function, however, we completely overlook the value of exercise. Brain power can be improved with usage. Exercising or using your brain is a valuable technique that can improve your mind and memory. When you use your brain, you build nerve circuits made up of nerve cells, or neurons, with axons and dendrites. The more circuits you have, the less memory loss you will likely experience. Play games that make you think such as scrabble, chess, poker or bridge. Do puzzles, word and number games, and brain teasers. Read books that challenge you and listen to music. Study a new language, take a class, learn a musical instrument, take up ballroom or square dancing. The more you use your brain to perform a skill, the easier it becomes.

• Chelation therapy is an unconventional but effective approach. There have been good results treating patients with early signs of Alzheimer's with chelation therapy. Chelation is an intravenous infusion performed in a doctor's office. Over a period of three to four hours, a synthetic amino acid called ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) is slowly dripped into a patient's veins. This acid acts on your body like Drano works on pipes, by clearing arteries clogged with plaque and thus restoring blood flow. One of EDTA's proven effects is to remove heavy toxic metals, such as lead, mercury, and aluminum from the body through urination.