A new Alzheimer’s research has stated that good lifestyle can protect one’s brain. Researchers think that healthy changes including proper sleep, regular exercise and refraining from indulging in alcohol and cigarettes may lower the risk of the disease.

Generally also doctors have always suggested that people should remain active as they get older. Experts have affirmed that exercise is good for heart and it ultimately turns positive for brain as well. Cognitive neuroscientist Laura Baker of Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina said that regular aerobic exercise could prove as a fountain of youth for the brain.

For now, there is no medicine available that can reduce Alzheimer's pace in patient. Findings of the study have stressed on making healthy lifestyle changes that can prove beneficial even when memory impairment has started.

Many studies have suggested doing aerobics. In the studies from North Carolina, Denmark and Canada, people did 45 minutes of aerobics three to four times a week. The effect was compared with elderly who followed their usual stuff.

Baker said that in the study they have gone through 71 previously sedentary older adults having mild cognitive impairment. MRI scans were carried out and it was noticed that there was an increased blood flow in brain regions that were important for memory and thought processing.

Cognitive tests were also done and they showed improvement in attention, planning and organizing abilities. In fact, tests of spinal fluid also revealed about decline in levels of tau protein.