If Alzheimer’s Runs in Your Family, You Need to Do This

There are few things more horrible than watching a loved one die
of Alzheimer’s. Each day they lose more of themselves. 

Not only does the disease destroy their memory and intelligence,
but it wipes out their personality. It takes away the very essence of who they
are. 

Alzheimer’s can run in families. So while watching a blood
relative sink into the abyss of the disease, you can’t help but wonder if
you’re seeing your own future. 

What can you do to escape this terrible destiny? 

Mainstream medicine has no answers. 

Big Pharma’s Alzheimer’s drugs do nothing to prevent the disease.
In fact, they don’t change the course of the illness or even slow it down. All
they do is reduce some of the symptoms. And they are not even very good at
that.  

Doctors don’t even know what causes Alzheimer’s, much less how to
prevent it. 

But new research provides hope.

The study was published
in the journal Brain Plasticity.
Researchers looked at 23 adults with a family history of or a genetic risk for
developing Alzheimer’s. None of the subjects were active.[i]

Scientists randomly
assigned half of them to get information about maintaining an active lifestyle.
This was the control group. The other half ran on treadmills at moderate
intensity three times a week.  

All the participants took
fitness, brain, and cognitive tests at the start and end of the trial.

After 26 weeks, the
exercise group not only had better cardio fitness, but  they performed better on cognitive tests of “executive
function.” That’s the set of mental skills you need to plan and organize tasks.
Alzheimer’s often robs patients of executive function, making it impossible for
them to live independently.

Dr. Ozioma C. Okonkwo was
the lead investigator. He said the study shows that “regular aerobic exercise
can potentially enhance brain and cognitive functions” that are especially
sensitive to Alzheimer’s. And the findings are particularly relevant for people
with a family history of the disease.[ii]

The Best Kind of Aerobic Exercise

The good news is that aerobic
exercise doesn’t have to take long.

High-intensity interval
training (HIIT) is a great way to get a great workout in less than 20 minutes a
day.

HIIT works better than
steady-state cardio like jogging or biking to improve heart strength,
circulation, lung capacity, and overall fitness. And it takes just a fraction
of the time.

HIIT is adaptable to many
activities. You can run, cycle, swim, do calisthenics, or use a rowing, stair
climber, or elliptical machine.

Warm up for three to five
minutes doing your chosen form of exercise slowly.

Then do the exercise at
the highest intensity you can for the next minute.

Slow down for a minute or
two to catch your breath. Then go hard again for another minute.

Repeat this process five
to seven times. Afterward, do the activity slowly for at least two minutes to
cool down.

The idea is to push your
body for a brief burst, and then allow it to recover.

There are plenty of
reasons to exercise. Avoiding Alzheimer’s may be the most important one.

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[i]https://www.iospress.nl/journal/brain-plasticity/

[ii]https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/ip-aet020220.php