Sciencesciencealert.comTwo Remote Amazon Communities Have Strikingly Low Dementia Rates: Shorter survival isn't the only explanation. Compared to these remote communities, dementia prevalence in the US and Europe remains three to four times higher. A subsistence lifestyle may plausibly be protective against dementia.
A new study found fewer than 2% of older adults in two remote Bolivian Amazon communities developed dementia, a rate three to four times lower than in the US and Europe.
Two remote Indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon are said to have some of the lowest rates of dementia in the world.
A five-year study of 730 older adults in two remote Bolivian Indigenous communities found dementia rates strikingly lower than in the US or Europe.
Only 22 of the 730 participants developed dementia over five years, a rate researchers describe as far below what US and European studies typically record.
Scientists believe a physically demanding subsistence lifestyle with low vascular risk factors, not just shorter survival, is protecting these communities from cognitive decline.
Researchers say a physically active subsistence lifestyle with low vascular risk factors may be key, so staying active and eating less processed food could matter for your brain health, your GP can…
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