Remember to drink your cup of coffee

Maintaining high cholesterol boosts Alzheimer's risk, according to past studies. One way to keep this risk level at bay -- apart from lowering LDL cholesterol, of course -- is to drink coffee or other caffeinated drinks.

A study published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation reveals that caffeine may "block some of the disruptive effects of cholesterol that make the blood-brain barrier leaky," says a lead researcher in a recent Men's Health article.

Since caffeine obviously does not require a prescription, drinking a daily cup of coffee is an easy way for someone with high cholesterol to safely begin their therapy against this neurological disorder.