Click here to read about some of the people we've helped.  We're here to help you, too. Get four essential health reports when you join our e-news community.

FREE REPORT. Your key pointers to a life-transforming diet

Find out the best diet for you in one of four free reports we'll give you when you join the WDDTY community. We'll also send you up-to-the-moment health news and advice twice a week, packed full of insights that may well transform your own health.

First Name:Email:


Alzheimer’s: The one tell-tale sign in middle-age

If your levels of the ‘good’ HDL cholesterol are too low, you increase your chances of a poor memory – and it may eventually lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers have discovered that HDL cholesterol can slow the laying down of beta-amyloid plaques that are characteristic of Alzheimer’s.

And an early tell-tale sign is a poor memory in middle age, as researchers discovered when they assessed the mental acuity and HDL cholesterol levels of 3,673 civil servants.

They discovered that people with low levels of HDL cholesterol were 53 per cent more likely to suffer memory loss compared with those with the highest HDL levels.  And those with impaired memory have a much greater chance of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s in later life.

HDL levels can be raised by eating a diet rich in healthy fats such as olive oil.

(Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2008; June 30, 2008; doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.163998).


WDDTY Blog Speak

Memory loss - Q My husband and I are beginning to show signs of memory loss, which no doubt will get worse with time. We visited a very qualified neurologist,

Short-term memory loss - A reader is keen for any thoughts and suggestions for her husband, who is suffering from short-term memory loss. He has had several appointments over...

Is memory loss inevitable? - No, memory loss is not inevitable as we age, but we’d be very fortunate to avoid it happening. Memory starts to decline imperceptibly in early adultho...

Bugbears of female middle age - Before or around the time of menopause, many women complain of a number of symptoms vaginal dryness, loss of libido, loss of urinary control that seem...

Mental Acuity: Eat more vegetables to stay sharp - Most of us worry that we might lose some of our mental sharpness as we get older. But instead of resorting to crossword puzzles, sudoku challenges an...

The best alternative treatment for alzheimer’s disease - As every other unruly or spirited child is today labelled as having ‘ADHD’ (attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder), so many older people who start to...

Memory loss may not be part of menopause - Does menopause make you lose your memory or is this just a myth after all? Tests carried out on 16 young women during their menstrual cycle showed tha...

Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms and Risk - In its early stages, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be difficult to distinguish from the usual memory loss, the ‘mild cognitive impairment’ that often a...