Alzheimer’s, Exercise, and Vitamin D

Researchers, analyzing information gathered from over 1,200 people in their 70s in the town of Framingham, MA, suggested that those who participated regularly in moderate to heavy physical activity reduced their risk of developing any type of dementia by about 40 percent.

A U.K. study of 3,325 people here in the United States ages 65 and older suggests that the risk of cognitive impairment was 42 percent higher in those who were vitamin D deficient and 394 percent higher in those with a severe vitamin D deficiency.

Does exercise and vitamin D eliminate the risk of developing Alzheimer’s or dementia?  No. 

Should we be exercising more and taking vitamins regularly?  It can’t hurt…

Source: HealthDay News, Sunday, July 11th