Call for greater focus on nutrition in Alzheimer’s management

Leading members of the medical community have called for greater focus on nutrition within the diagnostic process after a UK opinion poll of people aged 50+ revealed that 86% want more advice about how lifestyle factors such as exercise and nutrition may help those living in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings of the survey identified that despite consuming a normal diet people living with the disease have lower levels of a range of nutrients that are essential for the formation of synapses in the brain. However, just 12% of the people questioned were aware of this nutritional