Expert Says Exercise Helps Brains Beat Back Alzheimer’s
Posted by Jim Hanekamp | Posted in Alzheimer's, Dementia, Physical exercise | Posted on 31-05-2009
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Exercise results in a healthier brain, prevents cognitive decline and in some studies has cut the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in half, says an eminent Harvard University professor of psychiatry.
A big study in the early 1990s showed exercise was one of three major factors – with low caloric content and continuous learning – that prevented the onset of the progressive brain disease, said Dr. John J. Ratey.
“It threw a little wrench into thinking because no one could explain it,” he said in an interview. “It was by far the most powerful of preventive factors.”
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