A recent study has found that gardening activities can reduce the risk of dementia.
Activities like gardening reduce dementia risk by up to 20 percent
A joint effort by the University of Sichuan in China and the UK Biobank, may reduce the risk of dementia as the movements made during gardening can keep the brain healthy.
More than half a million people in the UK were asked about their level of physical activity and were followed for an average of almost 11 years.
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According to the news in the Daily Mail, those who did frequent gardening jobs such as watering, mowing, digging and weeding the lawn were 21 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who did less.
Those who regularly swim, bike, or walk for pleasure were 35 percent less likely to develop dementia.
Participants were between the ages of 40 and 69. The study, published in the journal Neurology, also took into account factors such as age and alcohol consumption.
Working on Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. “The study adds to the evidence that finding something you can stick with, that keeps you physically and socially active, will have the greatest benefit to your health, rather than activity,” said Sara Imarisio.
