Posted on 08/22/2022 7:33:16 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Adults aged 60 and older who sit for long periods watching TV or other such passive, sedentary behaviors may be at increased risk of developing dementia.
Their study showed the risk is lower for those who are active while sitting, such as when they read or use computers.
It also revealed that the link between sedentary behavior and dementia risk persisted even among participants who were physically active.
The results remained the same even after the scientists accounted for levels of physical activity. Even in individuals who are highly physically active, time spent watching TV was associated with increased risk of dementia, and leisure time spent using a computer was associated with a reduced risk of developing dementia.
"Although we know that physical activity is good for our brain health, many of us think that if we are just more physically active during the day, we can counter the negative effects of time spent sitting," said study author Gene Alexander, professor of psychology at the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona.
"Our findings suggest that the brain impacts of sitting during our leisure activities are really separate from how physically active we are," said Alexander, "and that being more mentally active, like when using computers, may be a key way to help counter the increased risk of dementia related to more passive sedentary behaviors, like watching TV."
Knowing how sedentary activities impact human health could lead to some improvements.
"What we do while we're sitting matters," Raichlen added. "This knowledge is critical when it comes to designing targeted public health interventions aimed at reducing the risk of neurodegenerative disease from sedentary activities through positive behavior change."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
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My music books are all paper. Clipped to the stand when I'm playing my trumpet. It would be strange to be reading music off a screen.
I'm turning 66 on Friday. My wife brought home a 6 week old dachshund puppy this afternoon. She will be my last puppy. The rest of the pack warmed up to her nicely through the evening.
All of my go-to reference is in bound form and that won’t change for me. I actually prefer bound books for everything because I just love books, but I’m running out of room, my bound favorites are getting dog-eared, and I have no one to lend them to or leave them to anyway because nobody I know reads. So I am gradually moving toward e-books for preserving my favorites and for new books. and, except for the few valued reference books, will probably end up donating them or tossing the rest and my library will cease to exist when I do.
If you want to think while sitting watch Russell Brand.
I have no idea how he avoids YT can cel lation.
Too cool to can cel? ;-)
LOL
“I actually prefer bound books for everything because I just love books”
Same here. I can’t imagine reading a book from a screen.
“I actually prefer bound books for everything because I just love books”
“Same here. I can’t imagine reading a book from a screen.”
I always loved bound books. However, now in my dotage, I love having access to e-books without having to store a bunch of hardbacks in a condo with no room for them. My last move I got rid of a whole bunch of books in order to not have to move them (heavy and occupy too much space).
Kept some for sentimental reasons or important reads or lots of pics (I love history and also keep cookbooks). But I feel greatly relieved to have uncluttered my life from so many books I would most likely never read again, and that I can always get on-line.
I love having access to books on-line at the drop of a hat. Books from everywhere in the world about everything in the world. Who could ask for anything more?
“My last move I got rid of a whole bunch of books in order to not have to move them (heavy and occupy too much space).”
Our last move we got rid of a ton of books — both mine and Hubby’s. He’s a physicist and had an extensive library for his career, many textbooks that haven’t been in print for decades. We have a place in town that will buy old books, either for cash or for credit in the store. We took the first load and walked out with over $1,000. I don’t know how they determine value on the very old books, but they do the research within a half hour.
I kept my Rush Limbaugh books, and several other that are important to me including cookbooks, but scaled down a lot. Reading used to be my favorite thing in the world, but now I spend more time quilting. Our hospital gift shop sells used books for $1, so I’ll buy and read them, then re-donate back to them.
Looking at moving again, I’m facing a monster of a fabric stash for quilting. Have GOT to pare it down!
Lately I’ve become re-addicted to jigsaw puzzles having done tons of them when younger. I work on them while listening to various podcasts (QuiteFrankly being my fav). Jigsaw puzzles are a huge industry. Found out they now have a world championship in Spain where they do puzzles amazingly fast..
who knew?...lol
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The amount of commercials on television in recent years has become obscene.
I can spend a lot of time looking for something to watch, and when I do find something, I land on a commercial. So, I start looking again for something else to watch, and land on another commercial.
I can do this all night. What a waste of time.
Yesterday on YouTube I watched a bunch of people eat Carolina Reapers, the hottest chili pepper known to man. It was entertaining for me to watch them make total fools of themselves while abusing their bodies in that manner.
I would be laughing at them jumping up and down screaming and crying,
“ Oh, why did I do this?”, and right in the middle of all of that- a commercial.
Anyway, it certainly keeps my mind active, along with 3D Mahjjong on my tablet.
I would love to do jigsaw puzzles, but we have cats…😼
I have some astronomy books that I bought New Years ago. I looked them up on EBay, and they are worth a lot more than I paid for them, being out of print.
I try to keep active by going for walks, too. It helps the body and the mind🙂
We have one cat. You can buy a big piece of foam board at Dollar General for a buck. I out one over my puzzle and one over my pieces when not working on them and so far so good...
HAHAHA you don’t know our Charlie! He would have foam board tore up and puzzle pieces scattered all over the place!
He can be destructive without meaning to be- he once chewed holes in a hose on the water softener and we had water all over the place.
We live in apartment, and can’t just close a door and keep the two of them out (except for the bedrooms).
They keep me active, I spend a lot of time playing with them as well as everything else…🙂
One thing I did 10 years ago was to keep my e-books on hard disk with Bluray backups. It's getting harder to find Bluray media to do that in recent years. It's very convenient to spin off 22 GB of PDF files to a secure copy.
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