Exercise everyday to keep your brain 'young'

In a new study, researchers have shown that endurance exercise may help prevent cognitive decline, keeping your brain working fully as you age. Read how Rregular exercise boosts oxygen, improving brain health in adults.

University of Texas researchers attempted to determine the correlation between a person's cardio fitness and cognitive function in middle-aged adults, and tested the participants by engaging them in moderate or strenuous aerobic exercise for at least four days or seven hours a week, while the sedentary subjects exercised less than one hour a week. Read: Aerobic fitness linked to long-term memory

The result? People who exercised also displayed better vascular function, or blood flow in the brain, than the sedentary individuals. Dr. Martha Pyron, a co-author of the study, said that the findings suggest that middle-aged runners not only have better cardiovascular function and health, but also enhanced cognitive performance particularly in the domains linked with age-related cognitive decline and impairment. Here's how cardio exercises slow down cognitive ageing.

The study concluded, Habitual aerobic exercise ameliorates vascular health, an effect which may further translate into improved cognitive performance. Read: Physical exercise can keep your brain active!

The study is published in the journal Medicine, and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Source: ANI

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