A new study has revealed yet another reason to get out walking in the Scottish hills. The American survey found that people who walked at least six miles every week had less age-related brain shrinkage than people who walked less.
One of the results of brain shrinkage in later years is memory problems. Diseases such as Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, also kills off brain cells and reduces the volume of the brain.
But the University of Pittsburgh research found that people who walk regularly had larger brain volumes.
It was found that people who walked roughly six to nine miles a week halved their risk of developing memory problems.