Ideal Brain Exercise

Although plenty of studies describe the ideal workout, little data defines the ideal workout for the brain. Exercise for many people often stops permanently when it is no longer required as part of physical education class in school, contributing to the obesity epidemic of Americans.  Certainly most people realize that the better quality foods you eat and the more you exercise throughout all the decades of life, the more benefits you will gain from those endeavors. Not just in building muscles but in preventing medical and emotional heart failure and brain failure.

In the previous century, a basic concept of human physiology stated that the brain (i.e., the central nervous system, or CNS), did not regenerate when damaged, destroyed, or lost due to the aging process. Current research has shown that CNS cells can regenerate. Stem cell research using various tissues, like skin cells and umbilical cord blood  is accelerating worldwide. A little known area of research has shown that the smell cells of the nerve sheath of the first cranial nerve for olfaction have totipotent stem cell ability when surgically implanted into the spine.

New research on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) shows why physical exercise is important to the brain. Scientists have made powerful observations that new nerve cells can be grown in the human brain simply by putting subjects on a three-month aerobic workout regimen. Exercise treats depression effectively as well. A pill could be developed that simulates the effects of exercise.

Physically and mentally challenging activities are currently approved prescriptions for health and wellness.

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James Geiger MD

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