In all the research that's been done on Alzheimer's.

And if you look at I mean, we've been we've done everything okay.

Maybe it's the the aluminum traces in the food.

We maybe it's living near some sort of a phone tower.

Okay.

Maybe it's this, maybe it's that We've looked at hundreds of things looking for what is causing Alzheimer's.

Okay.

In terms of the one thing that always percolate to the top in every study is that people who exercise regularly are much more likely to avoid Alzheimer's than people who don't.

That's the one constant.

So why would that be?

Well, we tell older people, keep your mind sharp, keep your mind sharp.

And to some people with that means just sitting down and doing crossword puzzles or or writing fiction or are doing something that engages your mind other than mindlessly watching television reading.

Okay.

Well, those mental activities are helpful up to a point, but they pale in comparison to something like walking.

Say, wait a minute.

If I'm if I'm reading or I'm doing crossword puzzles, I'm really engaging my mind.

When I'm walking, I'm just walking.

But think about it.

Think about your brain.

And what I picture is is like a like a panel that you would have, like in a recording studio, you know, with all these gears and everything in.

Okay.

So I think about the mind and the message is mind, I'm going to walk.

All right.

So what does the what does your brain have to do?

Your brain has to decide, okay, there are certain muscles that are going to bring your right leg forward.

Okay.

And I have to know how far forward you want to bring it.

Okay.

I have to bend that knee and exactly the right angle, which is going to contract certain muscles.

And any time you contract certain muscles, you have to instantaneously make sure the other muscles relax.

If I can track my bicep muscle, I have to relax my tricep muscle.

Otherwise, I'm just going to do this.

Okay.

So all of these decisions, all of the decisions are getting that right foot forward, planning it perfectly with the heel, then the ball of the foot and so forth and so on, and pushing off with a certain amount of force.

Okay.

All of that is done instantaneously.

Think about how long it takes.

Take that one step.

Boom.

All those things are done instantaneously and then instantly you're shifting over to the other leg, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

The mental, the mental aspect of walking is so incredible compared to doing a crossword puzzle or whatever, that when you walk, you are engaging your brain in tremendous ways.

All right.

And that's why that's why exercise continue percolate to the top in terms of sustaining your mental acuity into old age.

It's just over and over and over again.

It's the closest thing we have to living.

Well, in your older years.