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From the NY Times:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/fitness-may-prevent-dementia/?_r=0
Being physically fit in midlife is associated with a lower risk of dementia in old age, a new study reports.
After adjusting for age, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol and other health factors, the researchers found that compared with those in the lowest 20 percent for fitness in midlife, those in the highest 20 percent had a 36 percent reduced risk of dementia.
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I guess I need to keep working on my fitness level. I see a bit of it in my mom and it scares the crap out of me.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/fitness-may-prevent-dementia/?_r=0
Being physically fit in midlife is associated with a lower risk of dementia in old age, a new study reports.
After adjusting for age, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol and other health factors, the researchers found that compared with those in the lowest 20 percent for fitness in midlife, those in the highest 20 percent had a 36 percent reduced risk of dementia.
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I guess I need to keep working on my fitness level. I see a bit of it in my mom and it scares the crap out of me.
But I can't live without them. For those who can, best to use them sparingly.
I was always fat as a kid, but in my late 20's I got into bicycle riding, but I was still a party animal. In my early 30's I would shoot cocaine all night, then go out and race mountain bicycles the next morning. I wasn't the fastest, but I was absolutely fearless on the downhills.
I got sober when I was 34 and started exercising like a madman. I competed in some low level races, and even worked in a gym for a while. I was in tremendous shape, my workouts included cycling, running and lifting weights.
But in my mid 40's, fatigue set in. I was always tired, and found it harder and harder to exercise until I quit altogether. I continued to eat like an athlete, and even more to deal with the fatigue and depression. Eventually I found myself to be almost clinically obese, although I still had quite a bit of the muscles from my sporadic weight lifting.
When I finished treatment at the end of July I couldn't walk around the block due to the anemia. I forced myself to start riding my bicycle again at an old man's pace. I ride almost every morning now for an hour, and still lift weights a bit. I've lost over 20 lbs and feel much better.
But the whole point of this is that my concentration has improved dramatically! I have to take a bunch of technical computer based training at work, and even before treatment I could barely sit through it. I'm doing much better now, and I give at least partial credit to my exercise program.
I tell myself every day: Just get up and move your ass!
I leave you with a cool bicycle song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgCqz3l33kU
Bob