Everyone knows that exercise is good for your health, but did you know that it is also beneficial to your memory and functions of the brain, as well? A recent study done at Columbia University Medical Center in New York first did the research on how exercise affects brain function in mice and then compared it to a sampling of 11 research participants that revealed the results to be the same.
As we age, cells within our brains die off, but the research done on the mice and human participants found that each time a person exercised it stimulated new cell growth in the areas of the brain that are affected by memory and memory loss. Another benefit was the increased blood flow thus delivering more oxygen to the brain.
While this is only one study done on 11 people, it proves intriguing that the brain function of mice after exercise was mimicked by the human participants showing that there are many more health benefits than we realize than just keeping physically fit with exercise.
You can read the full report of this study on CNN Health.
