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Neuroscience shows exercise is 'Miracle-Gro' for the brain!


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Lulled into a sedentary lifestyle? Our bodies -- and our BRAINS -- can get flabby from a chronic lack of physical exertion. Psychiatrist and Harvard university professor John Ratey reveals in a new book "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain" that the single most important tool people have to optimize brain functions *is* exercise.

Cognitive performance increases, the effects of stress are lessened, and even the negative consequences of women's hormonal changes can be "toned down." Neuroscience discoveries show that BDNF -- brain-derived neurotrophic factor [a protein that helps build and maintain the cell circuitry in the brain] is elevated with exercise.

Exercise benefits include delaying cognitive decline by as much as seven to 10 years! It plays a huge role in maintaining and regaining cognitive function.

Change your BRAIN for the better!

Exercise! =)
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2 responses // Neuroscience shows exercise is 'Miracle-Gro' for the brain!

  • I went for a run for the first time in months yesterday and I was amazed at how good it made me feel.

    Exercise is the future. I've tasted it.
    phillyharper
  • that's great! good goin' =) the article also mentions that excercising should be "challenging":

    "...65% to 75% of maximum heart rate. But that really is the level where you're just beginning to get a benefit..."
    echoz

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