To improve your cognitive functioning post-stroke your doctor should tell you the exact amount of physical activity needed along with exact fruit and vegetable consumption. In simple words, an exercise protocol and a diet protocol. Or you could be a bad patient and do this on your own without your doctors knowledge. That would be living life dangerously.
Physical activity mediates the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and cognitive functioning: A cross-sectional analysis
Journal of Public Health, 01/17/2017
This
study investigated the interrelationships between fruit and vegetable
consumption (FVC), body mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA) and
cognitive functioning in younger and older adults. Higher PA levels were
associated with better cognitive functioning in younger and older
adults. Also, higher daily FVC and education levels were associated with
better cognitive scores.
Methods
- Cross–sectional information of 45522 participants (≥30 years) were analyzed from the 2012 annual component of the Canadian Community Health Survey.
- Cognitive function was evaluated utilizing a single 6–level question of the Health Utilities Index.
- PA was classified according to the Physical Activity Index kilocalories per kilogram every day as active, moderately active and inactive; BMI was measured in kg/m2 and FVC (servings/day) was classified as low, moderate or high.
- To evaluate the interrelationship between FVC, BMI, PA, age and cognitive functioning, general linear models and mediation investigations were utilized.
Results
- Higher BMIs, lower PA and FVC were connected with poorer cognitive functioning.
- Furthermore, PA statistically mediated the association between FVC and cognitive function (Sobel test: t = –3.15; P < 0.002); and higher education levels and daily FVC were connected with better cognitive function (P < 0.001).
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