Can You Defeat Alzheimer’s Disease With Exercise?

Can You Defeat Alzheimer’s Disease With Exercise?
By Michael Pickering

No one knows the answer to this, but some very promising
research coming out of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
in La Jolla, CA sounds exciting.

Now this research was performed on mice and mice are not
humans. However, there are many similarities on the cellular
level of all of us in the animal kingdom.

And there have been many studies on mice that have helped the
development of research on understanding how the human body
works.

This study took older mice (the equivalent of 70 years old in
human life) and trained them to do an underwater task.

There was also a group of younger mice (about 20 years old in
human life) that was trained on the task as well.

Then they divided the older mice into two groups. One group did
exercise on a running wheel every day for 30 days. The other
group did no exercise.

The younger mice group also exercised every day for 30 days.

At the end of the 30 days the underwater task was repeated.

The older mice group that did not exercise flunked miserably.
None of them remembered how to do the task.

On the other hand all of the younger mice did very well.

The important part of the study was the fact that the older
mice that exercised performed the task just as well as the
younger mice.

On analysis the researchers found that the older mice that
exercised had significantly more new cells in the hypothalamus.
This is the part of the brain that helps with memory and the
ability to learn new tasks.

Now does this mean that exercise will help replace the cells in
the hypothalamus that Alzheimer’s and other brain destroying
diseases destroy?

Again, no one knows yet. However, this is exciting news.

So if you haven’t gotten out there and started exercising yet,
do so now. A new year is coming up and now here is another
reason to motivate you to get out there and do something.

Does it have to be jogging or lifting weights or going to the
gym? No, just start moving and do it every day.

However if you would like a simple 7 minute routine that will
keep you motivated and help build those brain cells, just check
out the web site below.

About the Author: Mike Pickering has been teaching health and
fitness for over 35 years. His newsletter and articles are
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