An investigation with which they sought to clarify the relationship that the habit of physical exercise with memory and brain health, made it possible to demonstrate that physical activity it is key to maintaining insulin levels and body mass index, so it could have a protective effect on brain volume.
Géraldine Poisnet, from the National Institute for Health and Medicine Research in France, was the author of the study that made it possible to identify the people who perform the greatest amount of physical exercise had more volume of gray matter in the brain compared to less active people.
To carry out this research, 134 people with an average age of 69 years were studied, in which it was discovered that people with a physical activity most important had a higher mean rate of metabolism of glucose in the brain.
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In this way, they found that maintaining a lower BMI throughout the physical exercisemay help prevent impaired insulin metabolism often seen in aging, thus promoting brain health and lowering the likelihood of dementia.
The study that was published magazine ‘Neurology‘, suggests that in addition to helping with the brain, physical exercise helps level the cholesterol, blood pressure and the sugar.