Exercise Builds Brain Power Naturally

re: Exercise Builds Brain Power Naturally

Bridestein — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:32:04 GMT

Well I sure hope exercising is helping my brain, because it's been two years now since I gave up being a carb-eating couch potato and I still haven't lost a single pound or inch. And everyone is sooooooo helpful - just eat less of the right foods and exercise more! Sure! Thanks, I never would have tried that myself. Since it hasn't done a thing for my health, I don't necessarily believe it helps my brain either. How come some researchers are to be believed, but not others? Sorry so bitter, just my cynical side showing.

re: Exercise Builds Brain Power Naturally

Bryan - oz4caster — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:47:43 GMT

I started walking about 2 or more miles a day about 2 years ago. At the beginning it was a chore and I did it to lose weight. I lost over 25 pounds and now I find that I look forward to walking every day and I miss it the few days when I can't go for a walk. I usually walk right after work and it's a good stress reliever for me. It's also a good time to meditate.

At my age (54) I'm happy if it just keeps me from loosing my memory : )

re: Exercise Builds Brain Power Naturally

Russ Bianchi — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:05:20 GMT

Simple regular low impact exercise also assists, and promotes, many healthful and metabolic functions besides those mentioned in this article...

There is well documented and empirical peer reviewed journal data, that regular exercise regiments can REVERSE and CURE many forms of hypoglycemia and diabetes, over a very high percentage of the population (not all), and is a FREE and SAFE way of avoiding artificial insulin injections, pills, and premature and painful DEATH.

re: Exercise Builds Brain Power Naturally

Josh Rubin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:12:51 GMT

The hippocampus is part of the limbic system, which is more of our emotional NS. It as well is linked to the reticular activating system, which controls more of our arousal state. To simplify it even more, I would have to say that this articel is stating that when you exercise, you can actually increase your serotonin levels. YOu can read more about that in the book The Mood Cure by Julia Ross.

One thing that I do with clients that are already in a sympathetic state (know from labs and assessments) from nutrition, life, work, etc, is to keep thier exercise program more in an anaerobic state. I follow this theory for their exercises and give about 70 sec rest between them. The anaerobic part is done by keeping the reps low. There is much more to it, but to simplify it, when you keep then out of an aerobic state you decrease the chance of putting them into a more sympathetic state. This is all from a physiological standpoint in relation to a cortisol release.