Some types of 'hard work' actually increase dementia risk, study says

[Judi Lynn]

NOV. 3, 2020 / 1:29 AM
ByHealthDay News



Physical activity is known to help prevent dementia and disease, but it's possible that the kind you do makes a difference.

A new study found that hard physical work not only doesn't lower the risk of dementia, it increases the risk of developing the disease.

Researchers found that people who do hard physical work have a 55 percent higher risk of developing dementia than those doing sedentary work.

"The WHO [World Health Organization] guide to preventing dementia and disease on the whole mentions physical activity as an important factor. But our study suggests that it must be a 'good' form of physical activity, which hard physical work is not," said researcher Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen.

More:
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/11/03/Some-types-of-hard-work-actually-increase-dementia-risk-study-says/2581604359243/?ur3=1

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Makes sense to me.

With all due respect to all those who engage in hard physical work, the problem is that the brain and intellectual functions are not involved, which is what's needed to slow down dementia.

So the kinds of things we call "thinking" really do matter.

That's why things like solving crossword puzzles really help here.

[enough]

2. If you think brain and intellectual functions aren't involved with hard physical work,

I guess you’ve never built anything. The mind is fully engaged.