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It’s easy to see and feel how your body benefits from regular exercise – a healthy weight, toned muscles, increased energy. What is not as easy to see – although just as real – are the ways regular exercise benefits your brain health. […]
Regular aerobic exercise has been shown to enlarge the part of the brain involved with verbal memory and learning. It also reduces inflammation and stimulates chemicals that affect the health and growth of cells and blood vessels ∈ the brain. Exercise can reduce stress and anxiety, leading to better moods and improved sleep, which are also pillars for brain health. Can you say magic wonder drug?
A recent small study has even suggested that performing physical activity, such as riding a stationary bike, while learning something new, like a foreign language, yields better results. The study of 40 undergraduate students who spoke Chinese as a first language looked at how riding a bike while being taught English vocabulary words affected the participants’ learning process. The physical activity while learning something new helped both ∈ the short-term ability to learn and the long-term ability to retain the information. […]
When you do aerobic exercise, also known as “cardio,” your heart rate and your breathing increase. Older adults who are ∈ generally good health should get at least 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate intensity aerobic exercise each week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Moderate intensity means you can talk but not sing while exercising.
Combining aerobic activities with strength, flexibility and balance training makes for the optimal brain health exercise routine.
Available at: https://healthybrains.org/pump-brain-exercise/. Accessed on: Aug. 28, 2021. [Fragment]
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