Keeping Your Brain Healthy And Smart: Keep Active And Learn New Things

For years fitness enthusiasts have suspected that exercise positively affects the brain as well as the body. But while it seemed logical that an active lifestyle would help the brain, the scientific evidence was lacking.
Now several biological studies indicate that working out does benefit the brain.
The reasons to get moving are greater than you think. Now researchers are finding biological evidence that exercise benefits specific brain mechanisms. And, it even contributes to growing new neurons! While we used to think that the brain loses cells as we age, we now know it is not true for those people who keep active and learn new things.
Much of the new research suggests that exercise positively affects the hippocampus, a sea-horse shaped brain structure View the rest of this article