Exercise to feel, think and act like a young brain
Gretchen Reynolds, exercise blogger for the New York Times, recently wrote a post entitled, “Does exercise help keep our brains young?” In it, she reported on recent published research by Dr. Hideaki Soya and his group at the Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology at The University of Tsukuba in Japan. As I recently visited the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago, IL, I got to talk to one of the members of Dr. Soya’s laboratory about this
Get motivated to exercise: rats do it, you can too
As the holidays approach, it is sometimes difficult to find the time and motivation to work out. There are so many things to be doing like buying gifts for kids and grandkids and getting prepared for big holiday gatherings. Even if you have the time, sometimes the motivation to exercise is not there. The American Heart Association and Center for Disease Control recommend that we get about 30 minutes of exercise per day; however, 75% of the US population does not attain thi
