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This is a Discussion about strategies for keeping memory alive
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IMPORTANT ITEM:
Elderly people who exercise at least once a week, have at least a high school education and a ninth grade literacy level, are not smokers and are more socially active are more likely to maintain their cognitive skills through their 70s and 80s, according to research published in the June 9, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study followed 2,500 people age 70 to 79 for eight years, testing their cognitive skills several times over the years. 53% of the participants showed normal age-related decline and 16% showed major cognitive decline. 30% had no change or improved on the tests over the years.
The researchers then examined what factors made the people whose cognition stayed sharp different from those who lost some of their abilities over eight years.
people who maintain cognitive function from people who show age-related decline: people who exercise moderately to vigorously at least once a week are 30 percent more likely to maintain their cognitive function than those who do not exercise that often.
Those who have at least a high school education are nearly three times as likely to stay sharp as those who have less education.
Non-smokers are nearly twice as likely to stay sharp as those who smoke.
people working/volunteering are 24% more likely to maintain memory.
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I don’t think that a lot of people realize that excercise can be linked to a healthy brain. When I think of excercise, I automatically think about physical benefits. Once I started thinking about how good exercising makes me feel and how I can think clearer after I’ve ran or done some form or excercise, it makes sense that having an active lifestyle can also contribute to having an active and healthy brain.
Great thoughts Karen, exercise is important and shouldn’t be underestimated, even if it is modest. I think the human body was not made to be sedentary.