CNEWS confluence news network reporter Chen Junkai / report from Taipei
Taiwan is about to enter a super-aged society in 2025, and according to the latest estimates from the Taiwan Dementia Association, one out of every four people over the age of 65 has cognitive decline, and the older the age, the higher the prevalence rate. Lin Yanan, attending physician of the Department of Family Medicine, Linkou Chang Gung Hospital, reminded that ordinary people tend to misunderstand dementia symptoms as a normal phenomenon of aging, and it is also common in clinical practice that people mistakenly think that supplementing ginkgo, fish oil, B group, etc. can slow down cognitive decline. In fact, the brain needs Nutrients are diverse, not just supplementing with a single nutrient can alleviate the problem.
According to research, with the increase of age, the cognitive function of the brain begins to degenerate at the age of 40 to 50. However, the current drug treatments that can improve cognitive impairment are limited, and the symptoms are easy to be ignored by the public, making it difficult to slow down the rate of deterioration.
In particular, Lin Yanan emphasized that clinically common people fall into the three major dementia myths, which instead delay the golden opportunity to slow down cognitive decline, including: feeling that they are far away from dementia, thinking that dementia is normal aging, and only supplementing single nutrients. To slow down cognitive decline, you need to take good care of your brain, and you must master the three keys to repair, such as complete nutritional intake, more social interaction, and more exercise.
Lin Yanan said that dementia is not an instant thing, but a process of gradual transformation. The brain is full of cranial nerves and cells. Different parts of the brain require different nutrients, and not a single nutrient can provide the needs of the entire brain. He described that the cognitive function of the brain is like a house, which is composed of functions such as memory, execution, discrimination, language and self-control, just like steel bars, cement and pipelines can form a house, and it will start to age and erode over time , The water pipe leaks, if it is not repaired as soon as possible, it may go from bad to worse.
Lin Yanan said that the decline in cognitive function of dementia patients is faster than that of people of the same age, and dementia in cognitive function degeneration is an irreversible brain degenerative disease. If memory, attention, language ability are mistakenly Symptoms such as decline are interpreted as simple normal aging, and I am afraid that I will miss the golden period of consultation and treatment in relevant outpatient clinics.
Lin Yanan pointed out that the cognitive function of the brain may decline at the age of 40 to 50. Although many nutrients have been shown to be beneficial to brain health, such as ginkgo, fish oil, B complex, DHA, etc., but because the brain The internal structure is complex and requires a variety of different nutrients. To prevent dementia, a single formula may not be able to meet the required complete nutrients.
Lin Yanan said that according to the latest research in the United States, supplementing with comprehensive vitamins is beneficial to cognition, memory, and behavioral execution ability, and can even slow down cognitive decline by 60%.
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