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Click to hear, The Importance of Exercise
Staying
Sharp: Exercise keeps Alzheimer's at bay
If you want to keep mentally sharp into your later years, start walking or running. According
to the first ever study into the link between mental cognition and physical activity; researchers have discovered that regular
exercise in middle-age can help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's.
It’s enough
to walk for 50 minutes a day, three days a week to reduce your chances of mental decline, researchers have found.
They tested the theory
on a group of 170 individuals aged 50 or older, who were in reasonable health. Half were assigned to minimal activity over
a 24-week period, and the rest had to perform some physical activity that lasted for at least 50 minutes, and which they did
three times a week. Most in the activity group decided to walk for 50 minutes, although some included light strength-training
exercises.
During the six months,
those in the activity group improved their score on a cognitive test by 1.3 points compared with those who were inactive;
by comparison, people taking the anti-Alzheimer’s drug Aricept (donepezil) see an improvement of just 0.5 points when
they use the same test.
The benefits continued
for 18 months afterwards. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008; 300: 1027-37).
Eye Freshener
This simple
compress recipe helps soothe irritated eyes to provide relief from the eye strain that commonly occurs after long hours of
hitting the books.
1/2 cup calendula
1 cup boiling water
Add
calendula to boiling water. Let stand until cool, strain, and pour into sterile bottle. Cotton balls can be dampened with
the liquid and placed over strained eyes for 10-15 minutes as a compress.
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