Eating kebabs and boozing can trigger dementia decades later, experts say

EATING kebabs and boozing can trigger dementia decades later, experts say.

A study found blood fats and sugars from bad diets can cause brain damage in your 30s.

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High triglycerides, driven up by fatty food, heavy drinking and lazy lifestyles, could be damaging from the age of 35.

And high blood sugars were dangerous from 50.

Dementia is the UK’s top cause of death and two thirds of Brits are overweight, with medics warning they are linked.

Dr Lindsey Farrer, of Boston University, US, said: “We have shown for the first time that these associations extend much earlier in life than previously thought.”

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The number of Britons with early signs of dementia has nearly trebled in a decade.

The number of patients with cognitive decline — loss of brain power that comes with age — rose from 1.3 per 1,000 people in 2009 to 3.5 in 2018.

Analysis of 1.3 million NHS patients found cognitive decline was highest in over-80s, women and poor areas.

Around half of cases turn into dementia within three years.

Brendan Hallam, of University College London, said: “This sheds new light on how prevalent memory concerns are among the older generation.”

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