“The idea that Alzheimer’s is entirely genetic and unpreventable is perhaps the greatest misconception about the disease,” says Gary Small, M.D., director of the UCLA Center on Aging.

Mountains of research reveals that simple things you do every day might cut the odds of losing your mind to Alzheimer’s. Last year Jean Carper used these results to write the book “100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Memory Loss“. These are some of the most surprising strategies:

1. Have coffee. A large European study showed that drinking three to five cups of coffee a day in midlife cut the risk of Alzheimer’s by 65% in late life.

2. Floss. Oddly, the health of your teeth and gums can help predict dementia. University of Southern California research found that having periodontal disease before the age of 35 quadrupled the odds of dementia years later.

3. Google. Doing an online search can stimulate your aging brain even more than reading a book, says UCLA’s Gary Small, who used brain MRIs to prove it. The biggest surprise: novice internet surfers, aged 55 to 78, activated key memory and learning centres in the brain after only a week of web surfing for an hour a day.

4. Grow new brain cells. Impossible, scientists used to say. Now it’s believed that thousands of brain cells are born daily. The trick is to keep the newborns alive. What works: aerobic exercise (such as a brisk 30-minute walk every day), strenuous mental activity, eating salmon and other fatty fish, avoiding obesity, chronic stress, sleep deprivation, heavy drinking and vitamin B deficiency.

5. Drink apple juice. Apple juice can push production of the “memory chemical” acetylcholine; that’s the way the popular Alzheimer’s drug Aricept works, says Thomas Shea, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts.

6. Meditate. Brain scans show that people who meditate regularly have less cognitive decline and brain shrinkage – a classic sign of Alzheimer’s – as they age. Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says yoga meditation for 12 minutes a day for two months improves blood flow and cognitive functioning in seniors with memory problems.

7. Improve language skills: a teenage girl who is a superior writer is eight times more likely to escape Alzheimer’s in late life than a teen with poor linguistic skills. Teaching young children to be fluent in two or more languages makes them less vulnerable to Alzheimer’s.

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1. Even though many Hong Kong Chinese people can speak simple or fluent English and Mandarin, many feel embarrassed to communicate in such a way in the presence of another Chinese person as they are conscious of being criticised or gossiped about.
2. Holding chopsticks with the left hand to eat can sometimes cause the inconvenience to the person next to you, especially if he/she is right-handed.
3. The social pressure of “staying young”, “freckle-less”, and having a “fairer skintone” is extremely high.
4. Women of all ages like to be praised for looking younger than their actual age. Some may be highly offended if being commented on as mature.
5. Instead of “keeping fit” or “slim fast”, the word “slenderizations” is a term that is used in Chinese media.
6. The wealth gap is growing at a fearsome rate. Research shows a growing concern over the increase in people now living in poverty and poor conditions in Hong Kong.
7. “Chopped room” or “corpse home” are recently coined terms to describe the cramped living conditions in Hong Kong. According to nextmedia.com, a corpse home in the poor area has been valued at the highest price by the square metre in Hong Kong.
8. Chinese female professionals now share the same success as males. The price; being highly committed and working long hours has caused many to reveal that it’s a challenge to find their Mr Right after reaching the age of 30. Society is also putting on unnecessary pressure by labelling them as the “remaining girls” and “defeated dogs”, stereotyping them as having “high qualifications”, a “high income” and “high in age”.
9. With the one-child policy in Mainland China and cross-border marriages between the mainland and Hong Kong, many mainland Chinese are desperate to pay a premium to give birth in Hong Kong to gain an extra status for their child. Prices start from £4000 for a natural delivery but a willingness to pay doesn’t necessary mean
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