Parkinson's disease is currently the second-ranked neurodegenerative disease, second only to Alzheimer's disease. As our country's aging intensifies, the number of Parkinson's disease patients in our country has reached 300,000, and it is rising year by year.

Parkinson's disease is currently the second-ranked neurodegenerative disease, second only to Alzheimer's disease . As our country's aging intensifies, the number of Parkinson's disease patients in our country has reached 300,000, and it is rising year by year. I remember many years ago, at the Atlanta Olympics, boxing champion Ali slowly and hard to raise the flame with his trembling hands. The moment he lit the flame was deeply impressed and moved by it, but few people at that time knew Parkinson.

Parkinson's disease mainly causes patients to slow movement, tremor, and muscle stiffness, which deeply affects physiological functions and brings huge economic, physiological and psychological burdens to patients and their families. Therefore, many people are also wondering whether Parkinson's disease can be prevented and how to prevent it?

In fact, Parkinson's disease has some risk factors and some protective factors. What we can do is of course avoid risk factors as much as possible and increase protective factors more. Among the risk factors, it includes uncontrollable risk factors and controllable risk factors. Uncontrollable risk factors such as gender, Parkinson's disease is a disease favored by male elderly patients and cannot be changed or intervened manually; secondly, age. As we grow older, the incidence rate of Parkinson's disease gradually increases, with the incidence rate of about 1.5% in people over 65 years old, and the proportion of over 75 years old will double, and age is obviously something we cannot control.

In addition, the gene is given by parents. If we carry some susceptible genes for Parkinson's disease, the prevalence may be much higher than that of other people. Some pollution in the current environment, especially the excess of some heavy metals and the increase in poisonous pesticides, will lead to an increase in the risk of Parkinson's disease, which we cannot completely avoid.

However, there are still some controllable risk factors, and it is recommended that you avoid them as much as possible. Among these factors, the first ones are drugs and poisons. The most common poisons are herbicides among pesticides. There are various drugs, such as some eliminated blood pressure-lowering components resepine , which can cause irreversible movement disorders. There are also some special antipsychotic drugs. The second is alcohol intake. High concentrations of alcohol will significantly increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, especially in some cold areas, such as the Northeast region of our country or Russia. Many people eventually lead to Parkinson's disease due to alcoholism. Some multi-system diseases or excessive intake of dairy products also have certain risks. What are the protective factors of

? The first place is coffee. The intake of coffee can significantly reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease, but it does not mean that the more you drink, the better. Drinking too much will affect our sleep, and the protective factors will no longer increase. The recommended dose is 1-3 cups per day.

followed by green vegetables. Some studies have found that the prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Mediterranean areas like Italy has decreased because their diet contains a large amount of fresh vegetables. The intake of high-quality protein is also relatively small, while the intake of staple food is relatively small. The various vitamins and antioxidants in vegetables can prevent the occurrence of Parkinson's disease.

Another protective factor is smoking, but the harm brought to us is far greater than its benefits. It not only easily increases the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases , as well as various tumors, so smoking is not recommended. Exercise is a very good protective factor, which can increase antioxidant components, and can consolidate our exercise ability and have significant effects in preventing Parkinson's disease.

There is another protective factor related to most of us Chinese, that is, drinking tea. The polyphenol substances in black and green tea also have certain antioxidant effects, which can reduce the occurrence of Parkinson's disease. Therefore, to sum up, we can drink some coffee, green tea, and black tea in our daily life, increase the intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, and increase exercise, which are all beneficial to us.