If your New Year's Resolution was to walk more and eat less, you could be smarter at this time next year.
Auriel Willette and Brandon Klinedinst of Iowa State University discovered people mostly in their 40s and 50s who had higher amounts of fat in their mid-section had worse fluid intelligence as they got older. Greater muscle mass, by contrast, appeared to be a protective factor. These relationships stayed the same even after taking into account chronological age, level of education, and socioeconomic status.
Highlights https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159119306531
- • Adiposity exacerbated cognitive aging.
- • Greater muscle mass was protective against cognitive aging.
- • The effect of muscle on cognition was more than adiposity.
- • Lymphocytes, eosinophils, and basophils may link adiposity to cognitive outcomes.
- • Sex-specific mechanisms of action were noted among eosinophils and basophils.
Also, Intermittent fasting could be added to medical school curricula alongside standard advice about healthy diets and exercise.
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