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| January
31, 2008
How Exercise Makes Your Brain Better
Interview
with John Ratey, M.D., author of Spark |
Mike
Carruthers:
You've heard a million times how exercise is good for your physical health and
now there's exciting new research that shows it's also good for your brain.
John Ratey, M.D.:
One; it's been shown now in two very good studies that it's as good, or in some
cases, better than an antidepressant for people who are depressed - that's a startling
finding. Psychiatrist
Dr. John Ratey, author of the book Spark
the Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain… Two;
it increases the strength, resilience and the growth of your brain cells in your
brain. Three; it promotes the growth of new brain cells. Dr.
Ratey says there is now solid evidence that exercise will stave off memory loss
and dementia, improve your ability to learn new things and it's also a stress
inoculator. Meaning
it's a mild form of stress that inoculates your nerve cells to withstand the stresses
in the future and the ravages of time. And
Dr. Ratey says it's never too late to reap these rewards of exercise. They
did a study showing that ninety year olds, in a nursing home who were sedentary,
beginning to exercise for a three-month period of time actually improved on their
cognitive scores, and their ability and their socialization, etc.
At
somethingyoushouldknow.net
- I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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