Elderly people practice yoga three times a week to prevent Alzheimer's disease

 　　According to the British "Daily Mail" report on August 18, the Department of Kinesiology and Community at the University of Illinois in the United States healthy Scholars found: elderly Practicing yoga three times a week can improve memory.

　　The researchers selected 108 adults aged 55 to 79, of whom 61 participated in yoga training classes and the remainder participated in the same number and duration of stretching and strengthening exercises. After 8 weeks, the group of elderly people who practiced yoga showed faster reaction speed and higher accuracy in tests of memory, flexible thinking, and task switching. The performance of the other two groups of elderly people in terms of cognitive function did not change significantly. Researchers believe that these differences are not caused by factors such as age, gender, social status, etc., but are related to the fact that yoga requires practitioners to focus on the body, mind and breathing, thus helping to maintain attention, improve memory, relieve stress and anxiety, etc.