According to a recent Mayo Clinic Study, regular exercise may help protect against mild cognitive impairment. People with mild cognitive impairment can handle everyday activities but often have trouble remembering the details of conversations, upcoming appointments and events. The study found that a majority of the people with mild cognitive impairment experience a progressive decline in their cognitive abilities, which is usually caused by Alzheimer’s disease and or dementia.

The Mayo researchers randomly selected 868 people, aged 70 to 89, taking part in the ongoing Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. Of these people, 128 had mild cognitive impairment, and 740 were cognitively normal. The researchers conducted surveys to gather data on the participants’ levels of exercise between the ages of 50 and 65 and during the year prior to the survey.

Moderate physical exercise between the ages of 50 and 65 was associated with a reduced risk of cognitive impairment, but the same was not true of exercise during the year prior to the survey.

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