Monday, April 29, 2019
Another good example!
This is a case where good reporting is more important than the actual study.
Headline:
Light, Physical Activity Reduces Brain Aging
The comma shouldn't be there, but otherwise this is the BEST way to frame the recommendation.
Punctuational punctilio aside, the emphasis on light activity breaks out of an annoying pattern in these recommendations. Normally the article specifies with metric precision that you MUST spend 1.357 sidereal hours in an approved and registered Fitness Center every day lifting 936.1-kilogram weights exactly 0.313 megareps of Quality X.91 or else you're going to die right now.
Obviously I don't know the terminology of Outworking or Spin-Cycling or Press-ganging or whatever the fuck it's called. It's all GYM CLASS, and I'd rather DIE RIGHT NOW than get anywhere near GYM CLASS.
This article hits the right tone as well as the plain old factual reality. Fact, from my own experimentation: About a half hour of fast walking EVERY DAY makes all the difference. The EVERYDAYNESS matters more than the exact amount of walking.
Their measurement of brain aging keys into another set of recent findings. This study was based on brain weight rather than IQ tests. More exercise keeps the brain from shrinking. In other words, every step makes new neurons.
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