In the recent time, exercises has been recommended to people as a way to keep the body and it various part healthy and agile.
Aside the physical fitness activities attributed to exercises, hardly does anyone know the impacts and protection exercises have on the functionality of the brain.
Recent studies have shown that every activities done to improve your physique also affect your brain.
"We all know that physical exercise, and aerobic exercise in particular, is very beneficial for maintaining brain health, even in the people who are at risk for developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD)," says neuropsychologist Aaron Bonner-Jackson, PhD.
"You can make a major difference in term of how your body is functioning and, as a result, how your brain.
So in maintaining you cognitive health,you need to do some workout in keeping your physical and emotional wellbeing intact.
Also, in a study which involve 454 older adults.
All the 454 adults went through a yearly physical exams and cognitive test for 20 years and agreed to donate their brain for research when they died. The participants were given accelerometers, which tracked their movement and physical activity around the clock.
Those who moved more scored better on the memory and thinking tests, and every increase in physical activity by one standard deviation was associated with a 31% lower risk of dementia, the researchers reported.
The association between physical activity and cognitive function remained consistent even after the study authors accounted for the participants’ brain pathology and whether or not they had dementia, according to the study.
In another recent study, 160 sedentary older people with mild cognitive impairment were assigned to take part in several options. They could do aerobic exercise (three times a week for 45 minutes per session), eat a heart-healthy
Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet combine aerobic exercise with the DASH diet, or receive health education.
During the six-month study, those who followed the DASH diet alone did not improve on assessments of executive function (responsible for tasks like planning, problem-solving and multitasking), while the health-education group’s function worsened, according to the study.
However, those who exercised showed improvements in thinking and memory, and those who combined exercise and the DASH diet improved even more, the researchers reported.
How you can go about it
Dr. Bonner-Jackson suggests the following:
The association between physical activity and cognitive function remained consistent even after the study authors accounted for the participants’ brain pathology and whether or not they had dementia, according to the study.
In another recent study, 160 sedentary older people with mild cognitive impairment were assigned to take part in several options. They could do aerobic exercise (three times a week for 45 minutes per session), eat a heart-healthy
Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet combine aerobic exercise with the DASH diet, or receive health education.
During the six-month study, those who followed the DASH diet alone did not improve on assessments of executive function (responsible for tasks like planning, problem-solving and multitasking), while the health-education group’s function worsened, according to the study.
However, those who exercised showed improvements in thinking and memory, and those who combined exercise and the DASH diet improved even more, the researchers reported.
How you can go about it
Dr. Bonner-Jackson suggests the following:
- Stay physical active. Try a good and moderate workout such as jogging,biking, walking or swimming for about 150 minutes.
- Engage in social activities: Mingle and hangout with friends , get yourself involve social organisation, or volunteer at your church, hospital or charitable group.
- Read new books,do new thing like learning new languages and songs.
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