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You might be aware that exercise is generally good for staving off Alzheimer’s disease, but this new study from South Korea unveils the exact amount of physical activity that one needs to start seeing an improvement in cognitive health – and it’s not as much as you’d think.
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Exercise has long been a focus of doctors, wellness practitioners, and those looking to modify their lifestyles to maintain and elongate their healthy years. But you’ve probably heard this song before, and society’s fixation on the benefits of exercise can result in feeling scolded or reprimanded for not working out enough.
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However, this new study on Alzheimer’s suggests that even 10 minutes of light to moderate exercise as little as three times a week can help your strength, cognition, and more. So don’t think of it as going out of your way to exercise – you could very well be doing these activities already, and you may not even realize it.
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Conducted at the Yonsei University College of Medicine, this study measured 250,000 patients who reported having mild cognitive impairments (MCI), which results in symptoms such as forgetting things like appointments or events, losing your train of thought, feeling overwhelmed by understanding things, increased impulsivity, or inability to navigate new environments. These patients were sampled because those with MCI are over 10 times as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease
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Experts have been looking for ways to prevent all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Currently, there is no cure.
Experts have been looking for ways to prevent all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Currently, there is no cure.
One in three seniors dies from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, and it kills more people than breast and prostate cancers combined. More than 6 million people over the age of 65 in the United States live with Alzheimer’s disease, a figure that is expected to balloon to almost 13 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Researchers found that vigorous exercise was associated with a host of benefits for people with mild cognitive impairment. They not only improved their cerebral blood flow regulation and cardiorespiratory fitness, but they also their memory and executive function.
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While we don’t have any effective treatment yet for Alzheimer’s yet, prevention is the most important key” at this time, said Tomoto. “We are focused on mild cognitive dysfunction. There is some research that suggests that if you do intervention, you could have some hope in reducing Alzheimer’s. That’s why we focused on this population. If you could exercise, it could improve vascular function and may lead to cognitive improvement.”
Exercise has many beneficial effects, but among the most relevant with Alzheimer’s disease is that it drastically improves insulin sensitivity, allowing insulin to work better in the body and allow more glucose to feed the hungry brain,” Bikman explained. “While we should certainly [do] mental exercises to keep our brain sharp, such as studying a new language and learning a new instrument, this shouldn’t replace whole-body exercise, which helps the myriad metabolic functions in the body, including the brain, run optimally.
