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Movement is not only a great way to defend itself against sarcopenia (age -related muscle loss), but was also associated with a reduced risk of dementia.
A paper from 2022 showed, for example, that only 3,800 steps a day can reduce their probability of developing dementia by 25%, with increasing advantage of up to 9,800 steps.
It has been shown that strength training also contributes to protecting the parts of the brain, which are also particularly susceptible to Alzheimer’s.
In 2018, a 44-year study published in the Nature magazine showed a connection between cardiovascular fitness, measured by a cycling test and a lower incidence of dementia in women.
What did the study show about cardio and dementia?
The researchers persecuted over 1,400 women aged 38 to 60 for 44 years (from 1968).
Of these participants, 191 women have completed a cardiovascular fitness test on a stationary bike using intervals (periods of intensive workouts with some easier breaks).
In 191, 191, 1980, 2000, 2005 and 2009 were tested on dementia.
Of the women who had a high cardiovascular fitness after the cycling test at the beginning of the study, 5% demented developed with 32% of those with moderate cardiovascular fitness levels.
High cardiovascular fitness participants were also 88% less of dementia. And the start of dementia almost 10 years later was among the high cardiovascular fitness women.
A separate study showed that people who regularly cycled were 19% less likely to develop dementia.
However you can achieve it, it seems that cardiovascular fitness is decisive to reduce your probability of experiencing dementia.
Why could Cardio reduce your risk of dementia?
Well, the researchers point out that this showed only a connection and no causal relationship.
For example, women with high cardiovascular fitness levels in their study more often had their own income and tended to tend to be less high blood pressure.
However, the scientists speculated that the connection through “indirect effects [of exercise] such as influence on hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, obesity and diabetes mellitus and direct effects on the brain, for example an improvement in neuronal structures, neurotransmitter synthesis and growth factors. “
Although we do not yet fully understand the connection between dementia and movement, this is one of many papers that have found a connection between movement and a lower risk of developing the disease.
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