According to experts, staying slim, controlling blood pressure and reducing cholesterol can all lower the risk of developing Alzheimer disease.

In the article that came out in British Medical Journal (BMJ), they say that a recent jury of experts estimated that the risk could be cut short by between 15 and 20%.

In the journal, Dr. Tom Russ and Professor John Starr, both specialists in health and ageing at the University of Edinburgh, said, “Modification of these risk factors … is everybody’s business and healthcare professionals, health promotion bodies, the voluntary sector and even employers will have to play a role for a national reduction in dementia incidence to occur”.

Rebecca Wood, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, said that right diet and lifestyle surely plays a vital part in every person’s Alzheimer’s risk.

“These factors remain a magnet for research because they could offer relatively inexpensive ways to fight a disease that ruins countless lives”.

She added that by doing regular exercise and having a healthy diet, particularly in middle-age, we might help lower our risk of acquiring dementia in addition to harvesting several other benefits from living a healthy lifestyle. It is calculated that approximately 820,000 people in Britain are believed to suffer from dementia, of which Alzheimer’s is the most ordinary form.