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Exercise For Mental Health

Exercise results in larger brain size and lowered dementia risk

Regular physical activity for older adults could lead to higher brain volumes and a reduced risk for developing dementia. It particularly affected the size of the hippocampus, which controls short-term memory, and its protective effect against dementia was strongest in people age 75 and older. Ref. Source 2q.

Health Mental Exercise

Exercise burns out the toxins from your body. Your brain also accumulates toxins that need to be removed so I can see this exercise = better mental health.

Exercise For Mental Health Health & Special Psychology

Older adults who have slower walking speeds may have increased risk for dementia. Because there's currently no cure for dementia, it's important to know about risk factors that may lead to developing it. For example, researchers have learned that older adults with slower walking speeds seem to have a greater risk than those with faster walking speeds. Recently, researchers have learned more about changes in walking speed, changes in the ability to think and make decisions, and dementia. Source 7l.

Health Mental Exercise

Make you want to get out there and start dong some serious fast walking or running. I don't actively think about it but dementia, senility or any other mental disorder when I become old is a concern for me.