There is no choice but to decrease in memory and judgment associated with aging. Did you give up like that?In fact, it has been found that the decrease in "cognitive function", such as memory and judgment, can be stopped to some extent by improving lifestyle and improving meals.And the topic of "intestinal", which has been a hot topic, reports that some of the bifidobacteria have helped to maintain cognitive function.I will introduce the relationship between the "brain" health and the intestine in detail.
Japan is now a super -aging society where the aging rate of aging is over 25 % in the percentage of population 65 years or older.The average life expectancy in 2020 is about 87 years old for women and about 81 for men, with more than 80,000 hundreds of life over 100 years old.
It is great that the average life expectancy extends.However, "If you live long, everyone wants to be healthy and fun," said Dr. Michiya Iga, director of the anti -aging medical care center at Ehime University Hospital.
"In the recent" healthy life expectancy ", in the 2016 survey, women were about 74 years old and men were about 72 years old. Healthy life expectancy is to eat, take a bath, and use a toilet.It is a period where you can live a life that does not require any help in your daily life. Given the difference between average life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, there is still a period of nursing care and assistance for family members in 9 to 13 years.That is, it is important not only to extend the average life expectancy, but also to extend healthy life expectancy for a long time. "
Dementia is the most common factor that hinders the extension of healthy life expectancy."The cognitive function decreases by aging. In normal cases, it is said that cognitive function declines to the extent that dementia is diagnosed when you are 100 years old.It is called "disease". However, many people are not necessarily so, and some people, such as 40 and 50, have a rapid recognition function at a very young age. How to stop such a decrease in cognitive decline.Finding is an issue not only in Japan but also in the world.
It is said that in 2025, one in four of the people will be elderly aged 75 and over, and one in five will have dementia.I need an immediate response (Igase -sensei).
要介護になる原因の第1位は認知症2019年6月に、全国から無作為に抽出した要介護者および要支援者約7000人を対象に行った調査。介護が必要になった主な原因の構成割合を示したもの。最も多かったのは認知症で、脳血管疾患、骨折・転倒と続く。（データ：2019年国民生活基礎調査より）So what should we do?
"What you can do now is to find a state of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as soon as possible and respond early. MCI has a decrease in cognitive functions that do not have any problems in daily life.It is said that even if there is no problem in everyday life, it is said that 10 to 15 % of people will progress to dementia per year.Expectations have begun to be raised that taking appropriate measures will make it difficult to proceed to dementia beyond that, and expectations are growing. "