We know that the metabolic effects of training have a beneficial impact on the general health of the human being. What about Alzheimer's disease? What certainties do we have about it? Certainly few, but not negligible for this.
Let us immediately clarify that this is a "thorny" topic, to say the least, which certainties (scientifically demonstrable) are few and the studies are continuously being studied.
That is why it was decided to take a systematic review entitled "Physical Activity and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review", by Ruth Stephen, Kristiina Hongisto, Alina Solomon, Eija Lönnroos, and published in" l The Journals of Gerontology: Series A ", Volume 72, Issue 6, 1 June 2017, Pages 733–739.
Hoping to facilitate the understanding of what we will report in the dedicated paragraph, we now propose a summary on the generalities of Alzheimer's disease and, to follow, a hint of the importance of lifestyle in prevention and treatment.
over time it progressively loses mass and weight, consequently it reduces its activity, thus decreasing cognitive functions such as memory.
Alzheimer's disease is due to widespread destruction of neurons, mainly caused by the betamyloid protein.
This protein forms deposits that grow over time between the neurons themselves, forming plaques that are visible under the microscope in an advanced stage of disease; all this leads to the neurons to die.
The disease is accompanied by a sharp decrease in a particular neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, in the brain.
The consequence of these cerebral modifications is the impossibility for the neuron to transmit nerve impulses, therefore the reduction of its functionality until neuronal death is reached.
Alzheimer's disease - (AD) from Alzheimer Disease - is a neurodegenerative disease with onset more often slow but worsening and therefore (for the moment) irreversible.
Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60-70% of dementia cases - predominantly senile - and therefore of loss of self-sufficiency and death.
The disease is named after the German psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906.
Alzheimer's is there most expensive disease in the world which, in the United States alone, commits the health system for 200 billion dollars.
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