via the Ladders by Eric Barker
Many of the fixes for our problems aren’t complex — something that’s clear in the things I recommend people do every day.
What’s a scientifically validated way to get smarter, happier, healthier and calmer?
Stop reading this right now and go for a walk.
It’s that simple.
Here’s why.
Exercise powers the body — and the mind
They used to say you don’t grow new brain cells. They were wrong.
Via Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain:
As an illustration of just how new this territory is, I’ll go back to the story of neurogenesis, the once-heretical theory that the brain grows new nerve cells throughout life. “Ten years ago people weren’t even convinced that it happened,” says neurologist Scott Small. It was at his Columbia University lab, in 2007, where they witnessed telltale signs of neurogenesis for the first time in live humans. “Five years ago people said, OK, it might happen, but is it really meaningful? Now there isn’t a week that goes by where there’s not another study that shows neurogenesis has some kind of effect on the brain.”
What really feeds those baby brain cells? Hitting the gym.
A 3 month exercise regimen increased bloodflow to the part of your brain focused on memory and learning by 30%.
Via Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain:
In his study, Small put a group of volunteers on a three-month exercise regimen and then took pictures of their brains. By manipulating a standard MRI machine’s processing— essentially zooming in and cocking the shutter open— he captured images of the newly formed capillaries required for nascent neurons to survive. What he saw was that the capillary volume in the memory area of the hippocampus increased by 30 percent, a truly remarkable change.
The dumb jock is a myth
Being in good shape increases your ability to learn. After exercise people pick up new vocabulary words 20% faster…
…keep reading the full & original article HERE
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