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Cognitive Decline Can Be Slowed with Regular Exercise

March 26, 2016 By Melissa Gansler Leave a Comment

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Aerobics or dancing is a good way to exercise while not putting too much strain on your body.

(Mirror Daily, United States) – According to a Mayo Clinic study, cognitive decline can be slowed with regular exercise. So if you want to keep your mind sharp you should also keep your body fit. And the only side effect is that people will think you are much younger than you really are.

According to the paper that was published in the Neurology journal, moderate or increased physical activity can prevent or control serious health disorders such as heart illnesses, osteoporosis and diabetes. Furthermore, the authors suggest that cognitive decline can be slowed with regular exercise.

A healthy session of exercising that makes you sweat a little and increases your heart rate does wonders to both the body and the brain. Moderately or intensely working out on a regular basis can also treat or prevent depression and boost cognitive function. In other words, physical exercise keeps your wits about you.

In order to test whether or not exercising helps the elderly keep their minds sharp, Mayo clinic conducted a study. The average of the participants was of 71. According to the lead author of the study, Clinton B. Wright of Miami University, 60 percent of volunteers were Latinos and 20 percent were African American.

The researchers tested the brain functions and capabilities of each participant at the beginning of the study. Then, the team constantly monitored health patient health readings for about five years. At the end, the volunteers were given the same tests as in the beginning.

After analyzing all of the data, the team discovered that cognitive decline can be slowed with regular exercise. From what Wright declared, the individuals who engaged in moderate or intense physical activity appeared to be ten years younger than their non-exercising or lightly exercising peers.

This means that the elderly participants who preferred spending their last decades sipping lemonade on the porch or taking long strolls were more likely to experience cognitive and health decline than those who took exercising seriously. With no sweat comes no benefits.

Dr. Wright advises all American citizens to exercise more. For the younger segment, regular exercise is beneficial because it helps the brain to develop harmoniously. Adults will improve their cognitive abilities when hitting the gym or going out for a jog, and the elderly will prevent any cognitive decline.

The Mayo Clinic attending also says that exercising is free and it is the only thing that doesn’t interact with any medication, but that increases the odds of living a long, healthy life.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cognitive decline, exercise, improved cognitive functions, physical activity, stay young

You Won’t Lose Weight Just By Exercising

January 29, 2016 By Matthew Slotkin Leave a Comment

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(Mirror Daily, United States) – It may not be news for some, but you won’t lose weight just by exercising, an observation underlined by a new study who focused on energy expenditure. It’s important to maintain balance, and focus on both regular workout sessions and a healthy diet. Just one of them separated won’t be of much help.

Lead author of the study, Herman Pontzer from the City University of New York made the observation when he was working among the Hazda. They are a population of hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania that are incredibly active. Each day, they walk long distances and do a lot of physically demanding work. However, he found that their daily expenditure of energy were not dissimilar to those with more sedentary lives in modern United States.

The researcher then conducted a study on 300 men and women, studying the amount of daily exercise along with the amount of burnt calories. They observed that more exercise does indeed burn more calories per day, but that’s only until a certain point. There’s a moment when the body hits its limit, and no matter the extra work, it won’t be spending the extra energy.

That means that the energy expenditure of people with moderate regular workouts was not that much different than those with excessive exercise. All the extra time spent exercising did not result in them actually burning off more calories. That is because their body then adapted to the activity and stopped spending as much energy as it did before for a workout session. So, in essence, moderation is still key.

According to Pontzer, his study doesn’t aim to change the notion that exercise is healthy for our body and minds. In fact, it strengthens it, but at the same time, it underlines the fact that there should also be a focus on diet. By simply exercising more and more each week, people won’t achieve their desired results. There are more factors that come into play.

People who start exercising and losing weight will notice after a few months that the rhythm of their weight loss has slowed. Their bodies have adapted to the new routine and were burning much fewer calories than they did before. After a certain point, the extra work is not worth it in terms of weight loss. However, accompanying that with a healthy diet will do the trick. So, if you think that having a pizza because you’re doing two extra laps around the park will balance itself out, it won’t.

There might be a so called “sweet spot” for physical activity to achieve the desired results. Too little and we’re unhealthy, but too much and our bodies adapt so it won’t result in continued weight loss. The trick is moderate exercise and a healthy food pallet to shed those extra pounds.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: diet, diet and exercise, exercise, exercise alone is ineffective, weight loss

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