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Rob Zaleski: Real exercise is found to be best brain tonic

Forget about crossword puzzles, sudoku, or computer “brain exercise” programs.

If you really want to fend off Alzheimer’s disease as you get older, take up jogging or tennis or bowling. OK, maybe not bowling. But just taking a long, brisk walk three or four times a week will help keep you mentally sharp.

Quoted: UW-Madison professor of neuroscience Ron Kalil