The habit of smoking is not only bad effect on health, but also the mind. Smoking can cause "corruption" on the brain by destroying the ability to remember, learn, and others are allegorical;. According to research carried out at King's College London.
Research done on the 8800 people aged over 50 years. The results show that high blood pressure and excess weight can also affect the brain, but the effect is lower than that of smoking.
Researchers at King's College at first are investigating the relationship between the State of the brain with the possibility of a heart attack or stroke. Tests conducted by the brain, as did the test requires participants to learn new words or names of animals as much as they could in one minute. The test is performed again after four and eight years later.
Research done on the 8800 people aged over 50 years. The results show that high blood pressure and excess weight can also affect the brain, but the effect is lower than that of smoking.
Researchers at King's College at first are investigating the relationship between the State of the brain with the possibility of a heart attack or stroke. Tests conducted by the brain, as did the test requires participants to learn new words or names of animals as much as they could in one minute. The test is performed again after four and eight years later.
Research results indicate that the risk of heart attack or stroke has to do with a decrease in a person's thinking abilities. This is because the people who are at high risk of heart attack and a stroke suffered the biggest decline in cognitive ability. In addition, researchers also suggested a connection between smokers with poor test results.
"Cognitive Decline generally occur as a result of aging," said one of the researchers, Dr. Alex Dregan. "We have identified a number of risk factors that can be associated with cognitive decline becomes faster," he added.
Alzheimer's researchers from UK Dr Simon Ridley, said, "some research has proven smoking and high blood pressure can increase the risk of cognitive decline."
"Cognitive ability decreases as you get older, but his descent can be slowed. These results underline the importance of maintaining the health of your heart of middle age. "
A spokesperson for the Alzheimer's community mentioned that in fact a lot of people know smoking cigarettes, having blood pressure and high cholesterol levels are bad for the heart. This research proved turned out to be bad for the heart, in addition to the factors above also be bad for the brain ...
"Eating a balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, routinely checking blood pressure and cholesterol as well as not smoking may make a difference," explained Ridley.
