Want your brain to stay healthy and sharp? Is that a No-Brainer question?
An article in Reader's Digest, August 2006 issue, states the number one thing you can do for your brain's health is: Move It! Meaning: Put on your sneakers or jogging shoes and get onto your feet and move. Increase your heart rate! Dr. Donald Stuss, PhD, neuropsychologist and director of the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care in Toronto, states: "The best advice I can give to keep your brain healthy and young is aerobic exercise." Mark McDaniel, PhD, professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis notes that "exercise may forestall some kinds of mental decline." Exercise may even restore memory. Arthur Kramer, PhD, preeminent exercise and brain-health researcher in humans, along with his colleagues at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found two critical results in their work: First, Fit people have sharper brains, and second, people who are out of shape, but get back into shape, sharpen their brains.
Want to read more in-depth on the subject of brain health? Look at this article in Macleans.ca magazine. Or this site regarding Brain Fitness Program for training the brain to function better.
So....Move It! And get that brain of yours more healthy!