Sugar has always been linked to brain impairments and now a study conducted by researchers has revealed that rising blood sugar could irreparably affect brains in ageing people. Sugar increase in the blood has been now linked to cognitive impairment and motor deficits both of which are related to degenerated brain. This means that blood sugar levels positively correlate with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other such neurological and degenerative diseases.

However, exercise has been found to help not only the aged but also those with high blood sugar levels. It may be almost necessary to make sure that people who have high blood sugar exercise well and that too regularly as it has been found that it could help in arresting the degeneration of the human brain.

If you are middle aged and have blood sugar, you must perhaps workout more. Even a light workout about 3 times a week with some cardiovascular exercises could limit the degeneration caused to the brain. On the contrary, strenuous exercise could lead to cardiac failure.

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Via: Health