India, March 19 -- Lifestyle choices strongly influence brain ageing. Eating certain foods, like processed meats, having low levels of vitamin D, and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol can raise your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. Recent research shows that body composition, which determines the balance of fat versus lean mass, can also affect cognitive diseases. A study from the American Academy of Neurology found that where you store fat can make you more likely to develop Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. On the other hand, people with more strength are less likely to face these conditions.

What fat is associated with Alzheimer's? In this study, researchers tracked 412,690 participants from the UK Biobank. Most of the parti...