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Cycling linked to lower dementia risk and better brain health, researchers find (road.cc)
24 points by gnabgib 23 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 12 comments



a lower risk of all-cause dementia compared to driving

Basically any exercise is better than no exercise.


This certainly tracks with my first hand observations of dementia symptoms exhibited by many drivers.


this is curious, as cyclists are famous for not remembering what the traffic lights are for, or if there were any traffic laws the they are supposed to follow



Those are ad riddled sources by three obviously biased authors who each wrote books on the topic and stand to profit from a buy in, though.

Carlton Reid - "Roads Were Not Built for Cars: How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring", a book "whose very title is fightin' words" is basically a Mein Kampf of cycling. He also writes for DailyMail, which is famous for hit piece journalism and lack of credability.

Angie Schmitt - Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, from which one reviewer quotes "The bigger challenge, Schmitt argues, is addressing the systemic racism built into cities". It is obvious to anyone who reads into this sentence that this is a woke bias.

Peter Walker - The Miracle Pill pushes the active lifestyle narrative, of which cycling is one.

While I think your argument only adds to the fact that cyclists are delusional, I have to agree that it is not a "cyclist" itself that is the problem, but halfwits both in cars and on bikes, with cyclists having a higher proportion of those.


The traffic lights themselves are often unaware of what they are for when a cyclist approaches, and insist on keeping the light red until maybe eventually a car might or might not arrive and trigger a sensor to turn it green. I am not sure if I could come up with a more effective way to train cyclists to roll through red traffic lights.


exactly, those damn traffic lights don't fit into cyclists' commute routine


As someone who drives and cycles I demonstrate it's possible to do both badly.


The age old tension remains taught


after going on a long bike ride the other day… the first one ive done in many years, i felt so sharp and amazing. the combination of hard cardio and the motivation of seeing the scenery rush by you… makes cycling the most sustainable way of getting hard cardio


It doesn't really sort out cause and effect though. It's likely people in poor health are less likely to jump on a bike.


The original report states:

"Model 3 was further adjusted for history of hypertension; dyslipidemia; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; depression; long-standing illness, disability, or infirmity; cognitive function (ie, reaction time); and genetic variables "

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...




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