5. Prevent Cognitive Disease
Nearly 6-million Americans live with some form of dementia, a cognitive disease that leaves the patient a husk of their former self. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, with seniors being the high-risk group for developing this cognitive disease.
Alzheimer’s causes problems with memory recall, as well as new memory formation. The disease interrupts the normal electrical function of the brain, resulting in numerous cognitive disorders involving thinking and awareness.
As a result, seniors in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease may not remember their loved ones, or they may continuously babble on about things that no-one understands. It is a genuinely tragic deterioration of the mind.
While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, the patient can use strategies to prevent the onset and development of the condition. Bacopa shows promise in helping slow the progression of the disease. The antioxidants found in bacopa help to clear neural pathways of free radicals that result in oxidative damage to brain cells.