How to measure and improve brain health as the pandemic had 'lasting impact' on those over 50
Pandemic restrictions including lockdown have had a “real lasting impact” on the brain of those over 50 whether or not they had Covid-19, studies have found.
Researchers said this could be a result of not exercising enough, drinking too much alcohol, loneliness and depression - issues which were all exacerbated by the pandemic.
Findings showed the cognitive decline was especially rapid in the first year of the pandemic. It was also higher among those who had already shown signs of mild cognitive decline before the pandemic.
Cognitive decline? The simple answer to that was don't watch television or pay attention to mainstream media. On the whole I think the pandemic has helped a significant number of people towards much more healthy and cognitively alert levels of cynicism.
What we need now is a few power cuts due to Net Zero and levels of public cynicism could become healthier still, possibly even sustainably healthy.
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We will never have power cuts due to Net Zero, though. They will be due to Brexit-deranged Tories failing to plan ahead for Net Zero.
Sam - good point, it will be the fault of Brexit-deranged Tories wanting houses and roads instead of more wind turbines.
Since it was clear from the start that an unhealthy lifestyle could lead to more severe consequences from Covid the pandemic prompted me to lose weight and do more exercise.
Vatsmith - we find walking is good, preferably at least a few miles every day and a hill climb every now and then. I weigh myself every morning and I'm aware of approximate calories in the foods we eat. No diet, just a general awareness seems to work well enough. The only food I'm wary of is bread.
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