Health and movement: walking an effective weapon against the loss of memory and forgetting

Health and movement: walking an effective weapon against the loss of memory and forgetting

Walking constantly keep the mind in good health, if the exercise of walking and walking for a distance of ten kilometers at least a week keeps your brain on its size and greatly help in the prevention of memory loss and forgetfulness. These are the results of long study conducted by U.S. researchers with 299 participants volunteered in this study. The study was published in the Journal of Neurology, and this proof and that sport is an important result and the movement is not only healthy for the body, but also of the mind.

Especially in old age begins to shrink the size of the brain, which can cause memory problems, says Kirk Erickson of the University of Pittsburgh. He said also if they exercise regularly in middle age improves later in brain health, memory and thinking in life, it would be a cause of the reasons for regular exercise for all age groups to maintain public health.

Ericsson and his colleagues have interviewed 299 people, who have not shown signs of dementia, for which way they walk the distance with him. After nine years the same team of scientific planning of the brain the same participants to measure the size of the brain. After four more years by the scientific team examined and diagnosed the participants whether they have been showing signs of weakness in cognition or dementia.

People who walk and walk for a distance of about 10 to 15 kilometers a week, he found the scientific team after nine years at a stable measurement in the size of their brains than those who have to walk shorter distances or less.

After four more years for the observed weakness of simple or simple signs of dementia and cognitive intellectual development at 40 percent when participants, who have to walk to a lot of 10 kilometers per week. Stability in the size of the brain as well as physical activity reduces the risk of loss of memory and forgetting rate of 50 percent. These results the researchers hope to encourage in regular exercise, especially for the elderly instead of fighting the disease with drugs and medicines for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.