Smart-kit.com, Authored by Board Certified Neurologist, Offers Tips to Help Keep the Mind Sharp and Lower the Risk of Mental Disease, Alzheimer’s

Boynton Beach, FL — April 20, 2007 — www.smart-kit.com — Smartkit, the leading brain enhancement website, is offering tips to readers to help sharpen the mind and prevent the development of Alzheimer’s.

Smart-kit.com, led by board certified neurologist, Dr. R.L. Kaplan, explains that people should pay attention to those habits in their day to day routine that may negatively impact their mental capacity as they age.

“Currently, there are now more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. R.L. Kaplan, author of Smart-kit.com. “By mid-century, the number of people with Alzheimer’s is expected to grow to as high as 16 million, which is more than the current population of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston combined.”

Dr. R. L. Kaplan provides the following suggestions to help decrease the chances of developing the debilitating disease:

• Socialize! Recent research indicates that loneliness in the form of emotional isolation is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.
• Exercise aerobically. This leads to the creation of new brain cells in the memory engine of the brain: the hippocampus. A recent study showed that seniors who exercised three or more times per week were 60 percent less likely to develop dementia.
• Make raw vegetables and fruits a large part of your diet. A recent study showed that those who drank three or more glasses of fruit or vegetable juice per week were 76% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
• Consume cold water, fatty fish, which is rich in DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid). Data from the Framingham Heart Study showed that people whose blood level of DHA was in the top quartile had a 47% reduction in the risk of developing dementia.
• Avoid chronically high levels of stress. Stress produces a special class of hormones called glucocorticoids which are extremely toxic to the memory areas of the brain.
• Several neuroscientific studies indicate that calorie restriction mainly via a low carbohydrate diet may be able to not only protect against Alzheimer’s disease but potentially reverse some of the pathologic changes.
• Curcumin, one of the beneficial chemicals in curry, has been found to inhibit and break up the accumulation of amyloid plaques typically seen with Alzheimer’s disease.

“Alzheimer’s is a disease that causes great pain both for the patient and his/her family,” said Kaplan. “Smartkit’s goal is to teach its readers simple tweaks they can make in everyday life to reduce the likelihood that they will develop Alzheimer’s.”

About Smartkit
The SmartKit Guidebook is a soon to be published book written by Board Certified neurologist Dr. R.L. Kaplan. It provides learning strategies for students of all ages, as well as hundreds of tips and techniques to improve brain power.

The SmartKit website and its contents are owned and published by Synaptic Blue, LLC.