Is Alzheimer's disease related to vegetarianism? Eating after 60 is important, remember 4 don'ts!

With the increase of age, many elderly people choose to start eating vegetarian. In their opinion, the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will increase greatly with age, and vegetarianism can undoubtedly solve such problems.

There are also many elderly people who believe that meat is a hairy food. If you eat a lot of meat when you are old, it will induce the formation of cancer.

So, is vegetarianism really harmful and has no benefits?

Of course not.

A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease followed up 5,934 respondents aged over 65 for 9.8 years to explore the relationship between dietary habits and the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

The results showed that people who insist on eating meat once a week for a long time have a 58% higher risk of Alzheimer's disease and a 67% higher risk of Alzheimer's disease than those who eat meat four times a week.

Seeing this, I believe many people will be very surprised. What! Long-term vegetarianism will increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but why?

Vegetarian food does contain nutrients, including trace elements, dietary fiber, vitamins, carbohydrates, etc., but vegetarian food often lacks high-quality protein. Although it is different from the nutrients contained in vegetarian food, meat contains a vital nutrient, that is, high-quality protein.

The source of protein is crucial to the health of the brain because protein plays an important role in maintaining brain function and slowing down cognitive decline.

For people who have been pure vegetarians for a long time, the most vulnerable thing in their bodies is high-quality protein. Over time, not only are brain problems prone, but also malnutrition and decreased immunity are prone to occur.

Many people think that pure vegetarian food will not increase blood lipids, but this is actually wrong. Pure vegetarians are not only prone to high blood lipids, but also fatty liver.

I want to remind everyone that for the elderly, eating after the age of 60 is very particular, remember 4 don'ts.

1. After 60, the elderly should remember not to drink

A long-term study shows that alcoholics who quit drinking in middle age and those who drink more than seven glasses of alcohol per week are more likely to suffer from dementia in old age than light drinkers.

Severine Sabia, chief researcher at Paris Saclay University and University College London, said that after drinking a lot of alcohol, dementia may be directly caused by malnutrition and the toxic effects of alcohol in the brain, or indirectly caused by diabetes, hypertension and stroke, which are common diseases of alcoholics.

For the elderly, it is very important to quit drinking. Many elderly people believe that a little wine is good for the mood, but a lot of wine is harmful to the body, so drinking a little wine is harmless. However, even drinking a little wine can cause damage to health. Long-term drinking of a little wine can easily damage the health of cerebral blood vessels, easily lead to hypertension and stroke, and over time, it is also easy to induce Alzheimer's disease.

2. After 60, the elderly should remember not to eat junk food

When the elderly are old, they must choose healthy food, otherwise the risk of Alzheimer's disease will also be high over time.

Foods like pickled food, smoked food, fried food, barbecue, carbonated drinks, etc., often contain high levels of salt, fat and sugar. Long-term consumption can easily lead to cerebral atherosclerosis. Many elderly people suffer from Alzheimer's disease because of cerebral atherosclerosis.

3. After the age of 60, the elderly should remember not to be purely vegetarian

The food that the elderly need most is fresh, rich and healthy food, not a single food. Pure vegetarian means rejecting almost all foods rich in high-quality protein, including lean meat, dairy products and eggs. Over time, it is easy to have protein deficiency, which is very bad for health.

4. After the age of 60, the elderly should remember not to overeat

When they are old, the elderly must remember that they should not overeat when eating, and of course they should not be hungry or full. Many elderly people overeat, which can easily lead to obesity, and being hungry or full is also very bad for the cerebral blood vessels. Over time, it will lead to vascular dementia.