{"id":3683,"date":"2019-06-14T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2019-06-14T20:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:01:17","slug":"get-active-to-protect-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/2019\/06\/14\/get-active-to-protect-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Active to Protect Your Brain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the National Institute on Aging, physical activity has been associated with a lower rate of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease as well as a slower rate of cognitive decline, including in those individuals who are already exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer&#8217;s. Scientists have discovered links between motor abilities and cognitive test performance, as well as between physical activity and cognitive functioning. To read more about these findings, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/news\/physical-activity-and-motor-ability-associated-better-cognition-older-adults-even-dementia\">this article about physical activity and motor ability<\/a> by the National Institute on Aging. And in recognition of Alzheimer&#8217;s Awareness Month, do what you can to protect your brain against Alzheimer&#8217;s disease!<\/p>\n<p>Source: National Institute on Aging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/news\/physical-activity-and-motor-ability-associated-better-cognition-older-adults-even-dementia\">https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/news\/physical-activity-and-motor-ability-associated-better-cognition-older-adults-even-dementia\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the National Institute on Aging, physical activity has been associated with a lower rate of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease as well as a slower rate of cognitive decline, including in those individuals who are already exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer&#8217;s. Scientists have discovered links between motor abilities and cognitive test performance, as well as between physical&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/2019\/06\/14\/get-active-to-protect-your-brain\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,70,105,106,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3687,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions\/3687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}