Rising blood sugar levels and brain damage in older people may be connected after all, according to new research.

Scientists are reporting that rising blood levels may in fact be damaging the hippocampus. That's the brain section that is the center of learning and memory.

Now, the consensus is exercise can help you stop this brain damage or slow it down by keeping glucose levels stable.

(This type of brain damage is unrelated to Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is a separate brain damage danger.)

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