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20 minutes a week of sports help prevent Alzheimer's
How much exercise should be done per week?
It depends on what you want to achieve from your body.
According to a new study, 10 minutes of exercise, twice a week, is enough to protect you from Alzheimer's
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Monday, 12 July 2021, 07:22 Updated: 07:30
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Exercise is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself and your body.
But also to the brain.
A recent study found that exercising for just 10 minutes, at least twice a week, helps prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers in South Korea whose study was published in the journal Alzheimer's Research and Therapy examined the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease in nearly 250,000 patients with mild cognitive impairment - people with more memory and thinking problems than usual for a person their age.
The reason they were the research audience is that people with mild cognitive impairment are ten times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s, compared to the general population.
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The researchers found that those who exercised moderately for ten minutes more than once a week were 18 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's.
Among patients who exercised, those who exercised three to five times a week were 15 percent less likely to develop brain disease compared with those who exercised less.
Regular exercise is thought to increase molecules that support the growth and survival of neurons, or increase blood flow to the brain.
Exercise significantly reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's.
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The study examined records of people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in Korea between 2009 and 2015, with an average age of 64 to 69 years.
After a follow-up period, 8.7 percent of participants who did not exercise were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s - compared with 4.8 percent of those who exercised more than once a week.
Patients who began exercising after being diagnosed with a mild cognitive impairment were 11 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's.
Discontinuation of exercise after diagnosis has been linked to the same risk of developing the disease as not exercising before or after diagnosis.
Of those who started exercising after diagnosis, 6.3 percent developed Alzheimer’s, compared with 7.7 percent of people who stopped exercising after diagnosis.
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"Our findings suggest that regular exercise may protect against the conversion of a mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's disease. We recommend regular exercise for patients with mild cognitive impairment," says Dr. Hannah Cho, of the University of Yunsey College of Medicine. "If a person with a mild cognitive impairment did not exercise regularly before his diagnosis, our results suggest that if he starts exercising regularly after the diagnosis he can significantly reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's."
Disease without effective treatment
Dementia has become a real threat to many in the world in recent decades, and its prevalence is rising due to the rising age of the population.
To date no cure has been found for the disease and many studies are trying to find its causes as well as try to find effective treatments.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 36 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, most of them with Alzheimer's.
The figure is expected to double by 2030, if no effective treatment is found.
An estimated 130,000 Alzheimer's patients live in Israel.
Like other degenerative diseases, Alzheimer's begins years and even decades before the symptoms of the disease appear.
Therefore, understanding the factors that can be avoided and the actions we can take to reduce the risk of developing the disease, and also splitting the disease into subtypes is crucial.
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