Sunday 23/Feb/2025 – 03:18 AM
A recent study published in the Journal of Post -Serious and long -term Care Medicine revealed that exercising for only 5 minutes per day can reduce the risk of dementia in the elderly by 41%, which enhances the importance of physical activity even in its short periods.
Details of the study
According to the Hindistan Times newspaper, the researchers conducted an analysis that included 90,000 adults, as they were provided with acceleration measuring devices in the wrist to follow the levels of their physical activity.
The results found that the practice of 35 minutes of moderate exercises per week, an average of 5 minutes a day, can significantly reduce the risk of dementia, and these results challenged previous recommendations that were recommended to practice 150 minutes per week to maintain brain health.
The benefits of physical exercises
The main author of the study, Amal Wangonga, explained that increasing physical activity, even if it could have a significant positive effect on reducing the risk of dementia.
The study also revealed that the participants who practiced 36 to 70 minutes a week of exercises have decreased by the risk of dementia by 60%, while the risks decreased by 63% for those who practiced 71 to 140 minutes per week, while those who practiced more than 140 minutes per week, they have decreased infection rates Decolation with 69%.
Death and its healthy seriousness
Death is a nervous, nervous disorder associated with age, as it affects memory, language, and the ability to perform daily tasks, and is linked to the accumulation of harmful plaques in the brain, which makes it a progressive disease that has no chances of recovery, and due to the lack of effective treatment for it, the scientific community seeks to discover New ways to prevent it, and improve the quality of patients’ life through simple lifestyle adjustments such as practice Physical exercises.
Experts also stressed the importance of physical activity as a preventive tool against dementia, and supporting the concept that any movement, no matter how small, may make a difference in reducing health risks, especially among the elderly.
