Dementia: Study pinpoints the exercise that could reduce dementia risk by 33%

As a result, the study concluded that while exercise may not stop dementia, it may delay its onset.

For some this could be a matter of months, others a matter of years depending on when they begin improving their cardiovascular fitness.

One of the possible reasons why those with high cardiovascular fitness experience a delayed onset is because their red blood cells are healthier and larger, allowing them to carry more oxygen to the brain.

Dr Scott Kaiser of the Pacific Brain Centre elaborated on the findings: “You cannot prove that it was the low fitness that caused dementia. But, that said, the association was so clear, not just in the strength of the association but in the nature of the association.