June 2023 How Exercise Might Delay or Prevent Cognitive Decline Raise your hand if the thought of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) scares you as much as it does me. A Journal of Physiology (Jan. 2023) article reports that short bouts of intense exercise – what is popularly known as interval training (high energy outputs followed byRead More
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Calcium Supplements May Be Linked to Dementia in Women
Generally in America it is recommended that post-menopausal women take calcium supplements – up to 1200 mg/day – to prevent the ongoing loss of bone density that naturally occurs with age and changes in hormone status. But questions abound as to whether or not supplements really work or are perhaps detrimental in other areas ofRead More
Aug 17
Diet And Exercise May Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s
We have written and many have read here and in the mass media that exercise, and diet, may reduce your risk of dementia and maybe even Alzheimer’s disease (AD). But the big question is, HOW? Now, maybe they are getting close to figuring out how: perhaps both diet and exercise reduce the protein build-up ofRead More