Can cycling prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
Cycling is a systemic activity.
When people get old, they will face the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, which will have a certain impact on people’s memory and cognitive ability.
How to prevent Alzheimer’s disease is an academic problem that is being discussed in clinical practice.
So, can regular cycling prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Research shows that middle-aged people who exercise twice a week have a 60% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease than those who don’t like exercise, which proves that middle-aged people who keep exercising can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
In order to further understand the effect of physical exercise on the brain, the researchers examined the changes in brain metabolism and memory of 60 volunteers after routine exercise.
These participants were aged 65-85.
The results show that routine sports can not only enhance physical fitness, but also effectively promote the metabolic activities of the brain.
Among these sports, researchers found that walking and cycling had significant effects.
Netease News once reported that an 87 year old Mr.
Song Guoxian in Qingdao not only rode outdoors twice a week, but also recorded what he saw and heard that day after each ride.
For more than a decade, he has filled nearly six notebooks.
“Happy mood and full life” is his description of his later life.
His relatives and friends were full of praise and envy for song Lao’s old life.
“Life lies in sports.
People who like cycling often look young, while old song is very energetic and healthy.” In fact, cycling is beneficial to the middle-aged and the elderly in preventing and treating diseases.
On the way of cycling, you need to concentrate, observe the road conditions before and after, avoid pedestrians and vehicles, and sometimes deal with various complex road conditions, so cycling can effectively improve the brain’s judgment and response ability.
In addition, the turning and pedaling of the left and right feet affect the relevant left and right brain nerves, which can promote the balance of the functions of the two hemispheres of the brain, so as to enhance intelligence and prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
Cycling can affect the muscle activities of the whole body.
It can not only prevent and treat lumbar arthritis, enhance the strength of lumbar muscles and ligaments, improve the flexibility of lumbar bones, prevent and treat lumbar acid and low back pain, but also improve the lightness and fitness of both legs, and greatly delay the aging process of people…