Reason # 34,857 that exercise is important : getting your heartbeat up when you ’re 25 can make for a well wit at 45 , according to a new published study out of the University of Minnesota , the first to examine how exercise in young adulthood regard cognition later in life .
Researchers led byDavid Jacobs , a professor at the university ’s School of Public Health examined information collected from 2,700 men and women over 25 years and found that teenagers and vernal adults who do well on treadmill tests be given to fare better on memory and problem solving tests in midway age – and that ’s after accounting for things like smoking , diabetes and high cholesterol . Their findings are published in the latest topic of the journal Neurology .
Jacobs and his colleagues are n’t certain what it is about cardiovascular exercise that help defend mastermind function , though they distrust that a healthy heart may be better at cede blood and oxygen to the brainpower . Which makes me wonder if Jacobs ’ team and the folks behindthis field of study – who late found the hearts of vet endurance contest - offset to be in tough shape than their non - marathon - running spouses – should get together and brainstorm on what precisely is going on here .
Are You An Endurance Athlete ? devise To Have Your Day Ruined .
[ NeurologyviaNPR ]
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