Eating healthy, exercising regularly, having a developed social life… researchers from the National Center for Neurological Disorders in Beijing, China, have published a decade-long study on cognitive decline in the British scientific journal BMJ.
By analyzing the lifestyles of 29,000 adults over the age of 60 with normal cognitive function, the scientists found that six “healthy” behaviors were associated with slower-than-average cognitive decline over 10 years, The Guardian reports.
Multiplying these behaviors is beneficial
Healthy eating ranks high ahead of stimulating activities like reading, writing, playing cards, etc.
The other “healthy” behaviors refer to the relationship with addictions (smoking, drinking alcohol), physical exercise or even social life. In fact, seeing loved ones, going to parties at least twice a week would help to keep the memory.
According to the study – whose methodology has been praised by the UK’s Alzheimer’s Research Centre – people who matched four to six “healthy” behaviors were 90% less likely to develop dementia or cognitive impairment.
Source: BFM TV
