Want to keep your smarts? Here's yet another reason to get and
stay fit: your brain will perform better. A study of 5,123
Londoners over a 17-year span found that individuals who led a
sedentary lifestyle (little or no physical activity) and ate a
poor diet (low fruit and vegetable consumption) were nearly
three times as likely to suffer poor thinking skills and have
memory problems as those with healthy lifestyles. Researchers at
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute are also confirming that
regular exercise improves both physical and mental fitness.
Researcher Terrence J. Sejnowski reports this his studies
support the idea “that exercise enhances the formation and
survival of new nerve cells as well as the connections between
nerve cells, which in turn improves long-term memory.” Chalk up
even more reasons to get moving! Photo courtesy of Cienpies
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