Good morning, Broncos Country.

A few days ago, Denver Broncos Head Coach Vance Joseph named Trevor Siemian the starting quarterback for their first preseason game against the Chicago Bears on Thursday night. He also mentioned that second-year pro Paxton Lynch would receive the start the following week against the San Francisco 49ers.

Despite camp reports and a flurry of Tweets from the local media, if you think that the Broncos quarterback position is settled its not. Far from it and the upcoming preseason games will undoubtedly have the biggest impact on the teams decision for naming a starter for the 2017 season. Coach Joseph addressed the media yesterday and spoke about the playing time Siemian and Lynch will receive against the Bears.

Were going to play those guys, the quarterbacks, probably a quarter or a quarter and a half, max. Each get a quarter and a halfno more than a quarter and a halfprobably a quarter, stated Joseph. It depends on how the game is going. The average plays per quarters in preseason are 15-16 plays. We want to get those guys probably a little bit more than that so we can have a fair evaluation there.

And though Lynch will be coming off the bench to see his first playing action of the preseason, he is excited to take charge of the offense and show the coaches how much he has grown from his first season, additionally that he can lead an offense with efficacy and move the chains and put points up on the board.

Ive always expected the games to kind of be the opportunity to show what youve learned out here in practice, said Lynch. Also, I think itll be good for our group as a wholethe offenseto go out there against somebody other than our defense that weve been going up against every day. I think everybody is excited about it and ready to go, Lynch added.

However, it isnt his own personal performance that matters most. Lynch wants to see the entire group he is on the field with succeeding and performing at an acceptable level for the coaching staff, who will undoubtedly be watching closely and scrutinizing every move that is made in order to evaluate the roster with diligence.

The big thing for me is just moving the ball up and down the field when Im in, executing the plays and not just worrying about myself doing good but as an offense, working good as a group, mentioned Lynch.

Its that sort of team first mentality that shows maturity and poise as he prepares for Thursdays game. Rather than making it about himself and worrying solely about his performance, Lynch wants to do whatever its possible to ensure the players he is paired with succeed.

I dont want to make it about me going out there making sure I play good and thats all Im worried about. Im more worried about the offense going out there and succeeding as a group.

Heres to hoping that all the players succeed and perform well tomorrow evening against the Bears, and if you are interested, that we see an explosive offensive attack compared to last seasons, regardless of who is lined up behind the center.

As always, thank you for reading and here is todays offering of Horse Tracks.

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The Blue Man Group performs in Tel Aviv.(photo credit:SIVAN FARAG)

Growing up in New York City in the late 1980s and early 90s, its hard to forget childhood memories of riding in subway cars plastered in ads featuring extreme close- up mugshots of strange looking, bug-eyed men covered in shiny cobalt face paint staring at me and my fellow passengers, accompanied by the bold text: BLUE MAN GROUP TUBES. That was my first encounter with these pecu- liar blue men and up until last night, we managed to keep a safe distance from each other.

What was once considered a local avant-garde performance art trio, the group has clearly had enough time to hone their act to appeal to a wider audience, as was reflected in the all-ages crowd that came to the opening night that kicked off the Tel Aviv leg of their world tour at the Bronfman Auditorium on Monday night.

For some 90 minutes, the Blue Man Group wordlessly and thoroughly entertained the audience with booming percussion, audience participation and plenty of digital animation from the large LED screens behind the shiny blue faced men clad in all black.

As the show began, the lights went black in the auditorium, followed by an array of fast-flashing colorful lights around the center of the stage as the four-piece band, somewhat inconspicuously perched over the stage in a cage-like contraption, provided the booming soundtrack that would eventually introduce the trio of blue-painted performers. These blue showmen each had a set of drums, on a plat- form suspended over the stage. As the blue men struck the drums, colorful liquid poured onto said drums resulting in pleasant and mesmerizing splashes of color that accentuated the percussion blasts. The audience joyfully clapped along.

The performance is fun mix of mime, percussion and Capn Crunch. Seriously. They did a five-minute bit that involved them standing in front of the audience each holding oversized boxes of the sugary cereal while using the boxes and the sound of their chewing as a freestyle percussion performance. The audience ate it up.

Part of the groups charm is their interactions with the audience. Throughout the show, the group would come down to the audience with portable cameras and project videos of the crowd back onto the stage as well as bringing up random audience members to participate in other bits of the show.

Another highlight was when the group showed off their creative percussion skills by working together on a self-made plastic pipe/ xylophone contraption that they used to play free-form sounds as well as popular tunes, including Hava Nagila do I really need to add how the audience reacted to that one? The finale was a booming crescendo complete with an upbeat soundtrack, colorful flashing lights and animation from the LED screens behind the performers. The audience was then blanketed with colored streamers, smoke from smoke machines and several giant inflatable balls that were bounced around the generally austere performance hall.

These peculiar looking men, who were once local experimental performance artists on off- off Broadway venues, made it on a global scale, traversing not only geography but all cultural boundaries. The audience they had just finished entertaining proved that while they bounced the giant inflatable balls toward the stage and waded through layers of colored streamers as they exited the auditorium.

For the next three weeks, Israelis can get up close and personal with this beloved performance group.

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There is perhaps nothing more unifying in human life than music. Its appeal transcends every division between uspolitical, religious, racial, sexual, etc. It brings people together.

Until now. The last few years, it has become apparent to most reasonable people that a new age has dawned on the Left. A cleavage has occurred between liberals and leftists. Let me explain. A liberal has his views, and is content to let you have yours. A leftist, on the other hand, has his views, and wont be content until no one else has yours (at least in public).

And the leftist wing of the Left seems to be winning. Weve seen it time and again on our streets with riots and the destruction of lives and property. We are seeing it more and more on our universities, where conservative speakers have been disinvited, physically attacked, and riots have broken out in protest at them even being invited. In some cases, leftists are even attacking professors that agree with them on virtually everything but refuse to give in to their more repressive instincts. See, for example, professor Bret Weinstein at Evergreen College.

Fortunately, a growing number of liberalspeople who believe in same-sex marriage, legal abortion, and the welfare stateare beginning to recognize the danger of the leftist ideology in their midst.

That gets me back to music. Recently, conservative public intellectual Dennis Prager was invited to guest-conduct the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra. Dennis is a lifelong lover of classical music, and while an amateur, has conducted various symphonies throughout his life, including the august Los Angeles Philharmonic. His favorite composer is the great Franz Joseph Haydn, whose 51st Symphony he will conduct on August 16 at the world-famous Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Unless, of course, the leftists get their way. A campaign including the mayor of Santa Monica, some of its city council members, and various LA-area professors aims to boycott the concert. Why? Because he is a right-wing radio host who promotes horribly bigoted positions. According to them, having Dennis conduct will normalize bigotry in our community.

This begs the question: how? Leaving aside the debate over what constitutes bigotry and whether Dennis is a bigot (which he most certainly is not), how exactly will this normalize anything other than the performance of good music? There is absolutely nothing political about the event.

So there are two potential answers to this questionone ignorant, the other sinister.

The ignorant answer is that performing Haydn normalizes bigotry. While such an answer doesnt seem beyond the pale for many leftists (after all, Haydn was a white, cis-gendered, heterosexual male), they never objected to Haydn, and this seems too absurd for even them.

But the sinister, and indeed unavoidable answer is this: that by virtue of his conservative political opinions, the very person of Prager is tainted, and is itself a normalizer of bigotry. If the music isnt doing it, and words wont be, then the only alternative is that the very person, the very presence of Dennis is doing it.

One of the mantras Dennis frequently employs on his show is I prefer clarity to agreement. Indeed, that is precisely what this event has doneit has clarified.

It has clarified that leftists find conservative participation in music-making, an otherwise unifying, apolitical, and community-building activity for all, unacceptable. It has clarified that leftists only tolerate the civic and cultural participation of those who share their political beliefs.

It has clarified that leftists insist on excludingdare I say segregatingthose upon whom theyve pinned the scarlet letter of political heresy. It has clarified that leftists insist on injecting politics into absolutely every area of our lives, even the issue of who conducts Haydn symphonies! It has clarified that tolerance is merely a weasel word. It has clarified that bigotry is acceptable so long as non-leftists are its victims. It has clarified that for leftists, it is politics ber allesall other ties of humanity be d-mned.

This is all the more incredible given how Dennis conducts himself personally and professionally. Dennisa religious Jew and political conservativehas conducted thousands of interviews with those who disagree with him. Atheists, Muslims, Jews, gays, straights, Christians, Democrats, Republicans, you name it. Dennis not only hosts them, but gives them a platform to articulate what they believe to millions of people. Unlike most commentators, he actually lets them speak! He has his views, but he is entirely fine with you having yours.

We are supposed to believe that it is this mannot those trying to exclude him from merely conducting a symphony because of his politicswho is normalizing bigotry? What reasonable person could believe such overt, ostentatious, incoherent nonsense? A psychologist might call it projection. I call it what it is: bigotry.

On a personal level, Dennis is a friend. I have spent many hours with him and his family, often over weekends celebrating Shabbat (the Sabbath). He is quite simply one of the finest men I know. On top of that, Ive rarely met someone whose love of classical music meets or even exceeds my own. Every time we are together, we listen to it with great joy. This usually involves us waving our hands, humming, and singing along. Ive rarely seen someone tear up as easily as Dennis over great music. It touches his soul in a powerful way, as does sharing it with others. He makes everyone around him feel welcome and at homeregardless of their politics.

In short, leftists praise tolerance with their words, while Dennis does so with his life. As Samuel Adams observed, How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! I leave it to fair-minded people everywhere to decide who is actually normalizing bigotry.

Joshua is an historian, speaker, and author. He is currently a writer and researcher at the Museum of the Bible, which opens in Washington DC in November, 2017. He is also the co-author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book "The Original Argument" and author of the recent bestseller "Libertys Secrets: The Lost Wisdom of Americas Founders." Joshua is a concert pianist, holds an MA in Government, and a law degree.

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The key to healthy, lasting weight loss is finding a balance between diet and exercise. A healthy diet provides your body with plenty of nutrients and protein, and limits sugar, fat, and cholesterol. It will give you the necessary fuel to maintain a regular and comprehensive exercise regimen for total fitness. Here are some tips for how to balance diet and exercise.

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Avoid junk food, sweets, and sodas except on a once-a-week "cheat day," but even then, be sure to limit portions. Eat mostly fruit, vegetables, and lean protein such as chicken or fish.

I am a 25-year-old boy, but I look like an 18-year-old boy, and my body isn't developing properly. What can I do?

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You should stop referring to yourself as a "boy" for starters. At 25 years old, you are a man. Although you have probably stopped growing, you may want to see a doctor and have your testosterone levels checked if you are concerned about your development.

I am not so healthy, so what type of food should I take?

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Sharing before and after transformation pictures to Reddit, user EdmontonAB83 revealed she started at 210lbs (15stone) and is now 138lbs (9.8stone), a weight she achieved over the course of 12 months.

Her goal weight is 125llbs (8.9stone), so she has another nine pounds to go.

Her photos quickly received over 2000 likes, and many comments asking how she did it and what tips she could share.

Explaining her plan, EdmontonAB83 said: My routine was very simple; got a Fitbit and started getting 10k-16k steps a day.

My diet was focused on CICO using my fitness pal app (free) and I went to my community drop in clinic because they have a free dietician once a week who answers any questions.

Majority of the meals I made were from skinnytaste.com AMAZING recipes.

Revealing her calorie goal, she told one commenter: I'm on a 1200 cal daily diet, and I intermittent fast to allow my lunch and dinner to be a bit more satisfying for me.

I enjoy cooking so I found this worked best and I didn't have any difficulties with it.

I weigh all my food, that's the only way to have an accurate account of what you are taking in.

I stopped buying lunches or snacks out, packed my meals and took with me every chance I got, even to football games.

Gentle exercise was also a part of EdmontonAB83s routine, and she said: I too do yoga, I found it really helped my back pain.

Get moving! I started walking, walking absolutely everywhere! I mainly did this because I was so out of shape but I think it can't hurt either.

Plus hey if it gives more of a caloric deficit that again bad either! Just try not to justify exercising by eating more.

My calories burned I never eat back, unless it's a very special occasion. (sic)

The final piece of advice EdmontonAB83 had was to avoid negative people, and she explained: Remember don't let anyone sabotage you, learn to say no to things that will derail you.

Stay focused on your goals. We all have it in us to do this and ultimately do it for your health, that's the most important thing we have.

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Abs are made in the kitchen, but exercise might help you avoid the kitchen altogether.

At least according to small study conducted by researchers at Loughborough University in Britain. For the study, researchers recruited 16 fit men and separated them into two groups: one that completed intense bouts of exercise (until they burned 600 calories) and one that completed longer workouts (one for 45 minutes and one for 90 minutes). Afterward, they asked the men how hungry they were, plus gave them a blood test to measure their hunger hormone, ghrelin.

The results reveal that exercise does have an impact on appetite and hunger hormones in men , but only if the workouts are intense or long.

Of course, this was a small study of men only another study found that hunger actually spikes when women run, so walking is a better choice for ladies looking to keep their appetites in control while still getting some exercise.

So, the question remains: diet vs exercise, which should be your priority when trying to lose weight?

In very simple terms, when you eat more calories than you burn in a day, you gain weight. Of course, its not always that simple since our genetics, hormones and environmental factors do play a role, but if you consistently burn more calories than you eat (within reason), you will lose weight.

Exercise is a good tool for overall health, but were notorious for overestimating how many calories we burn during a workout and activity trackers and calorie counters on machines are often wildly inaccurate.

Its estimated that 8090 percent of weight loss is rooted in our dietary choices, Frank Lipman, M.D., wrote in an essay for Well + Good. The type of nutrition youre consuming makes a difference. No matter how much youre burning off in boot camp, what youre eating will affect the way your body either loses or retains weight.

So, a calorie is a calorie, but the food containing these calories will have an impact on how soon youre hungry again which is why youll hear so many people argue that a calorie from one food is different from a calorie from another.

All calories are not created equal, after all, wrote Dr. Lipman. Eating the same amount of broccoli compared to cookies, for instance, is going to have a vastly different effect on your metabolism. With broccoli, youre getting a nutrient-dense food (and lots of fiber, one of the keys to gut health), while cookies have very few of the vitamins and minerals your body craves. They will, however, give you a sugar high, followed by a crashand youll be ravenous again in no time.

And keeping a high-stress lifestyle can have an impact on your weight not directly, but in influencing how hungry you are during the day.

Despite great efforts in the kitchen, you can derail your weight loss simply by leading a high-anxiety lifestylewhich can result in inflammation, higher cravings for sugar (and potentially a blood sugar imbalance), and sluggish digestion, said Dr. Lipman.

Exercise can increase the number of calories you burn a day, so as long as you dont eat the calories back youll, in theory, lose weight. However, it shouldnt be your first weapon in the fight against body fat.

There are so many other reasons, irrespective of the effects on appetite, why exercise benefits health, study lead David Stensel, a professor of exercise metabolism at Loughborough University, told The New York Times.

Both resistance training and aerobic workouts are shown to help decrease risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes and regular resistance training helps the body build muscle mass that both improves body composition and impacts metabolism.

How much exercise you need is constantly up for debate, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommend at least 2.5 hours a week of aerobic activity, or 1.25 hours of strenuous exercise (running, swimming).

And, as the Loughborough University study shows, exercise may help keep hunger at bay for awhile, but you still have to pay attention to what you eat.

Theres an ideal way of eating for everyone, Dr. Lipman wrote, adding that he recommends the Paleo diet, but that it might not be the best choice for everyone.

Its up to you to try some [different diet] techniques and fine-tune your food choices, he added. I promise that the effort is well worth it getting to know how your body reacts to different foods and stressors is crucial to keeping it healthy.

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Over the past several years, Tom Brady has become notorious for an unusual and highly specific diet that has not only become the lifeblood for how he trains, but has actually become a profitable little side hustle.

Brady has a new book coming out, "The TB12 Method,"that is already a bestseller. (See the cover art here.) That's in addition to his $200 cookbook that is routinely sold out and his TB12 delivery meal service. It feels like this all sort of popped up very recently, but Brady actually revealed in an interview with Willie McGinest on NFL Network that he started to head in this direction well over a decade ago.

And, in fact, it was apparently McGinest who approached Brady before the 2004 season, with Brady already a two-time Super Bowl champion, and told him that if he didn't change his diet and training regimen, he would struggle to stay healthy throughout his career.

"I love playing and I think all of the work that I've been able to do has really set me up for this. I've been working hard for a long time. Because of you," Brady told McGinest. "When I was out here in 2004 and couldn't go through a training camp practice without being hurt. You said, 'Listen, this is what you've got to do, you've got to go work with Alex [Guerrero]. You've got to start preventing these injuries, because it's no good if you're sitting on the sideline.' From that day, my elbow hasn't hurt, my shoulder hasn't hurt.

"And you just incorporate those continuing treatments with the right diet, the right nutrition, you keep doing it. That's what I love talking about, because I love football and I want to keep doing it for a long time."

Brady has long said that he wants to play until he's 45 years old. It sure does feel like an impossible feat, but he is already 40 and he is playing at a high level, having just completed an MVP-caliber season (if he had played all 16 games he might have won it) that culminated in the greatest Super Bowl comeback ever and another Super Bowl MVP award.

It's something that apparently has been in the works for a long time. It would be easy to assume that around the age of 35 Brady started to change his diet and incorporate new and different technology, dietary habits and exercise activities into his day-to-day routine. But it turns out it actually happened way back in 2004, when Brady was just a young (well, 27, but still) quarterback who was already feeling the wear and tear of the NFL growing on his body.

Now Brady feels better than he did a decade ago, and has shown no signs of slowing down as he gets older.

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In October 2015, I was in Dr Keith Smiths chiropractic office for an adjustment. One of his comely daughters ushered me into Room 2 while he was working on a patient in Room 1. Usually, when Keith comes through the door, hes all smiles and says something like, Boy, am I glad to see you! Ive got a kink in my neck, and I thought I was going to have to beg you to come down off the mountain to trade adjustments. But this time Keith was subdued and a bit gloomy. Small wonder: He was on two diabetes drugs, Metformin and Glucophage, was strictly following the American Diabetes Association diet, his blood sugar was continuing to climb, and the latest measurement was 135. Since normal is around 90, that was seriously bad news. It meant he was tracking to die about 10 years early, just like his father had. Usually, people dont actually die of diabetes, but diabetes causes heart attacks, cancer and kidney failure, all of which are frequently fatal. Keiths father had died in his sleep of a heart attack at 69; not a bad way to go, but not nearly as good as living another 10 years. I mentally took a deep breath, as I often do in situations like this, and told him that the American Diabetes Association exercise and weight control advice was good, but the ADA diet was wrong. Avoiding carbohydrate foods and eating high fat and protein, so as not to overwhelm his bodys very weak ability to process the carbs that the body turns into blood sugar, makes logical sense and generally works in the short run. But in the long run the ADA diet often makes diabetes worse. I explained that when insulin in the blood locks into the insulin receptors on the cell membranes, the insulin receptors send messages to the glucose receptors, telling them to open up and let the glucose sugar come in out of the blood. But fat dissolved in the cellular fluid impedes the insulin receptors messages from getting through to the glucose receptors. Since the amount of fat dissolved in the cellular fluid mirrors the amount of fat in the diet, a high-fat diet like the ADA recommends prevents the sugar from coming into the cell, so the sugar stays in the blood and keeps going higher, damaging the heart and kidneys, and feeding cancer. The ADA diet sometimes works for seriously overweight people who get lean and exercise a lot. But Keith was only slightly over ideal weight. Hes active but not an exercise addict, and the ADA program obviously wasnt working for him. So I told Keith: Look, just get a copy of Dr. Neal Barnards Program for Reversing Diabetes, follow his advice, and youll be fine. He explains it better than I do, he has a whole bunch of tasty recipes in the back, and hes the world authority on the subject. People often dont follow my advice, and Ive just learned to get used to that fact. Why would Keith listen to me, a chiropractor, on a medical problem, when the American Diabetic Association is telling him that Metformin, Glucophage and the ADA diet are the best way to treat diabetes? So I just gave Keith my advice and mentally washed my hands of the outcome. However, Keith, being a chiropractor, has had first-hand experience with how willing the medical establishment is to mislead the public on issues like using chiropractors where large amounts of drug company money are at risk. So my advice may have weighed a bit more than usual with Keith. Nevertheless, I was surprised four months later when Keith thanked me for recommending Barnards book, and told me he had been able to quit taking Glucophage, his blood sugar was down to 110, he had his energy back, and he was recommending Barnards book to his diabetic patients. A year later, 16 months after starting Barnards program, his blood sugar was in the 90s and he wasnt taking any diabetic drugs. Keith still has the genetic weakness, so he has to stay on Dr. Barnards diet and exercise plan for the rest of his life. But he no longer has diabetes and now has a full and vigorous life span ahead of him. Dr. Barnards diet consists of eating only whole foods, avoiding all animal products, and avoiding fatty plant products like nuts, avocados and olives. Many people would say that they would rather die than give up their steaks and swordfish and Swiss cheese, but really, it isnt all that bad. I eat that way by choice a lot of the time. One of my favorite quick meals is to lay a banana on a slice of whole grain bread, sprinkle on some raisins, roll it up like a taco, and start at one end. It just gets down to how much you love life. Do you live to eat or eat to live? If you truly love life, you will do what it takes to stay healthy so you can continue enjoying being here.

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MODIUS is a new gadget that helps you reduce body fat and gives you a leaner body while sitting down. It comes from a Northern Irishhealth start up called Neurovalens.

The headset device was developed by neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Its non-invasive and does not rely on drugs of any kind. It works insteadby sending a signal to the part of the brain that controls fat storage, shifting your metabolism to burn more fat.

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The Star Trek style gadget uses low-power electrical pulses to stimulate a system in your body called the vestibular system. This is the part of the brain that controls balance and spatial awareness.

In a sense, MODIUS tricks your brain into thinking you are engaged in physical activity, speeds up metabolismand suppresses your appetite. This in turn triggers your body into burning more fat which results in an increase in lean muscle mass percentage.

All you need to do is put the headset on, attach the sticky pads behind your ears and turn it on. Modus actually advises that you sit or lie downwhilst you have it strapped to your head.The device should be worn for 45 minutes a day, which less time than you would spend in the gym. To get noticeable results, it is suggested you wear itfive days a week for a space of four months.

The big question is, does it really work? Neurovalens says, a clinical study involving 18 people suggests users have lost up to 16% of body fat in four months, with 8-10% being the average.Inventor Dr Jason McKeown claims it reduced his body fat by a massive 44%.

Weight gain and weight loss are controlled by your brain, which controls your appetite, your hormones, your metabolic rate, how much fat you store, and more,McKeown said.

Modius resolves this issue by stimulating the vestibular nerve and activating the epicenter of it all, your hypothalamus.Through advanced technological and neurological research, weve discovered the vestibular system has a strong effect over peoples ability to lose and maintain weight.

Having secured almost 1.5 million fromInvest Northern IrelandandTechStartNorthern Ireland, the headset has launched today on Indiegogo.MODUS is looking at an official worldwide release in the autumn and will retail for 190.

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Scientists discovered that people who suffer from diabetes or high blood pressure in mid-life are more likely to develop the debilitating brain condition as they age.

But those who lead healthier lifestyles are less likely to suffer from dementia, they said.

The wide-ranging study, funded by Americas National Institutes of Health, looked at more than 15,000 people over 25 years.

It found that of 1,516 participants who went on to be diagnosed with dementia, a high proportion had suffered from either diabetes or high blood pressure.

Dr Walter Koroshetz, director of the NIHs Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said: This study supports the importance of controlling vascular risk factors like high blood pressure early in life in an effort to prevent dementia as we age. Whats good for the heart is good for the brain.

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Around 820,000 people suffer from dementia in Britain, costing some 26billion a year.

The figures are also rising rapidly as the population ages.

Last night research bodies in the UK welcomed the study, led by Dr Rebecca Gottesman.

Dr David Reynolds, chief scientific officer at Alzheimers Research UK, said: We often hear the old adage that what is good for the heart is good for the head, and this is backed up by a growing body of evidence.

By following a diverse group of Americans over a long period, these researchers have highlighted factors in mid-life that may contribute to the risk of dementia in later life, although observational studies such as this do not tell us about cause and effect.

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Dr Reynolds added: As our knowledge grows around the links between lifestyle factors and dementia risk, it is important we understand how best to support people in making and maintaining positive lifestyle changes.

Alzheimers Research UK is investing over 2million in a Prevention and Risk Reduction Fund, supporting studies that will help pinpoint the most effective strategies for reducing dementia risk.

While we know there are positive lifestyle changes that can impact dementia risk, its important to remember that dementia is caused by complex brain diseases influenced by age, lifestyle and genetics.

But he warned: Although adopting a healthy lifestyle may make our brains more resilient, we currently cannot prevent the onset of dementia.

Scientists conducting the new study initially found the chances of dementia increased most strongly with age and the second most common influence was the presence of APOE4 a gene associated with Alzheimers.

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An analysis of vascular risk factors then revealed participants who had diabetes or high blood pressure, also called hypertension, had a higher chance of developing dementia.

The researchers found diabetes was almost as strong a predictor of dementia as the presence of the APOE4 gene.

They also discovered a link between dementia and prehypertension, a condition in which blood pressure levels are higher than normal but lower than hypertension. They said vascular diseases increased the risk in both white and black participants, while smoking exclusively increased the chances of dementia for white people.

Dr Gottesman explained: Our results contribute to a growing body of evidence linking mid-life vascular health to dementia. These are modifiable risk factors. Our hope is that by addressing these types of factors early, people can reduce the chances that they will suffer from dementia later in life.

The scientists then answered the question of whether having a stroke, which is also associated with the presence of vascular risk factors, may be the reason for the results.

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But they found diabetes, hypertension, prehypertension and smoking increased the risk of dementia for both stroke-free participants and those who had a stroke.

Dr Jacqueline Wright, director at the NIHs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, said the study called Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) is a powerful source of information for medical research because it spans many years of data from a large and diverse population.

She added: This epidemiologic study aimed to improve our understanding of atherosclerosis and heart disease and, through the investigators efforts.

It has become a great resource for research on dementia and other diseases of ageing.

The investments in longitudinal cohort studies like ARIC will benefit all of us for many years to come.

Dr Gottesman said she and her team now plan to investigate ways in which undiagnosed vascular problems may influence the brain and why race is associated with dementia.

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