This Exercise Type May Reduce Dementia Risk By 88%

Exercise is not only a great way to fight back against sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss), but it has also been linked to decreased dementia risk .

For instance, a 2022 paper found that just 3,800 steps a day may lower your likelihood of developing dementia by 25%, with increasing benefits up to 9,800 steps.

Strength training has been shown to help protect the parts of the brain especially vulnerable to Alzheimer’s, too.

And in 2018, a 44-year-long study published in the journal Nature showed a link between cardiovascular fitness, as measured by a cycling test, and an 88% lower incidence of dementia among women.

What did the study show about cardio and dementia?

The researchers followed over 1,400 women, aged 38-60, for 44 years (starting in 1968).

Of these participants,