Just 6 months of walking may reverse cognitive decline, study says

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/health/reverse-cognitive-aging-exercise-diet-study/index.html

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Updated 6:32 PM ET, Wed December 19, 2018

Worried about your aging brain? Getting your heart pumping with something as simple as walking or cycling just three times a week seems to improve thinking skills, new research says. Add a heart-healthy diet, and you maximize the benefits, possibly shaving years off your brain's functional age, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.

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it was the group who combined exercise and the DASH diet who saw the greatest benefit. This group averaged nearly 47 points on the overall tests of executive thinking skills, compared with 42 points for those who only exercised and about 38 points for those who were told not to change their diet and exercise habits.

In fact, the group that both dieted and exercised reversed their brain's aging by nine years.

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