#Constipation Associated with #Cognitive #Aging and Decline

Key Takeaways:

Chronic constipation — one bowel movement every three days or more — could signal worsening cognition.

People who were chronically constipated had worse cognition equal to three years of aging, according to the study, which is the first to look at constipation’s potential impact on the aging brain.

The new findings add to mounting research aligning a healthy gut with a healthy brain.

https://aaic.alz.org/releases_2023/constipation-gut-health-alzheimers-dementia-risk.asp