Posted on 06/15/2021 12:19:21 PM PDT by Mariner
The not-so-great news: Scientists now believe that one in five Americans over age 65 experiences some form of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which may affect memory, decision-making, or reasoning skills. In many cases, MCI advances into more severe forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
The good news: Mounting scientific evidence proves that a lot of our risk for any form of cognitive impairment is in our own hands. Our lifestyle choices each and every day (including these 13 healthy habits) can drastically increase or decrease the likelihood that we'll be diagnosed with dementia.
Research just published in the Frontiers in Endocrinology suggests that one of those habits-exercise-and a specific form of it may be best for our brains. Individuals who performed moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise 3 times per week that increased in intensity over the course of the 6-month study experienced a boost in healthy brain biomarkers.
Previous studies have found that aerobic exercise (AKA any form of cardio, from walking to cycling to dancing) can boost the amount of gray and white matter in the brain, enhance blood flow to the brain and preserve or perhaps even improve memory.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
There is no good excuse to not move and take care of your brain and body.
It's spring and a lot of you have spent the last 16 months sitting on your ass eating bon bons and drinking beer.
Be better.
Excuse me I have a cloud to yell at.
Don’t bother. I chased it away hours ago.
I'm gonna have to lay down and think about this . . . after my nap.
Wait, this isn’t a “this one weird trick” thread?
Who you think you is, yelling at MY cloud?
Oh, nap time...
Yeah, I think I need a little snack, then a nap.... The good news is, I very rarely drink, and beer, almost never.
For example, "...exercise has become an important lifestyle factor that may prevent or delay onset of the disease."
Exercise won't prevent jack on its own. Yahoo severely misrepresents the highlights of the study, which - in conjunction with OTHER prior research - reinforces the fact that circulation is key (BIG duh).
But exercising while in a persistent state of inflammation is analogous to bailing a leaky boat...and doing nothing about the leak.
'Normally-intelligent' people once again justifying their grant money. /s
Sounds like exercise equipment sales must be down.
I’m finding that Rowing is the most efficient. I’m doing body pump and spinning, but my water rower, kicks my butt.
This sounds too much like the liberal trope, Build Back Better.
Try harder.
“Individuals who performed moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise 3 times per week that increased in intensity...”
I’m gonna need two more girlfriends...
Buy the kind you can hang clothes on so they’ll have some purpose.
Never retire.
Never stop working.
If you don`t start up your car every day,
it rusts to junk.
As a side note, I don’t know about bon bons but Aldis does have these delicious truffles. And of course a beer selection.
Does anyone even know what Build Back Better means? What are they building back and from what? Where did whatever go that went away and needs to be brought back? And what does better mean? How do we know whatever went away will be better when it comes back? Or did some Dem loon just like the BBB alliteration?
This study funded by Dick’s sporting goods?
Mick Jagger said it first.
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