2.5
The weekly number of hours of vigorous excercise that reasearchers associate with a slower progression of Parkinson's symptoms.
Habitual excercisers appear less likely to develop Parkinson's, dementia and mild cognitive impairment, according to Mayo Clinic neurologist J. Eric Ahlskog, M.D., Ph.D.
In one study, excercise was found to prevent loss of brain cells, while being sedentary exacerbated cell loss, according to study author Florence Chang, a Mount Sinai movement disorders fellow.
