BRAIN CELLS GROW WITH EXERCISE

It has been shown that old mice, equivalent in age to 70 year old humans have been found to grow new brain cells and demonstrate improved memory as a result. Research conducted at the Salt Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California are reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, examined the brain cells of young and old nice that ran two miles a day on a treadmill. In comparison to similar mice that simply sat around all day, the active mice evidenced new brain cells.

To determine whether the cells were functional, the researchers later tested all mice for their ability to remember the location of a desirable underwater object they had previously learned. The couch-potato mice flunked this test, but the runners performed perfectly.

A spokesman for the Alzheimer’s Association said the study didn’t prove, but certainly suggested that the exercise might be effective against this disease, furthermore, there are already enough studies showing the value of exercise for the elderly that should convince folks to get moving. Nearly a century ago the Edgar Cayce material was already recommending the importance of regular exercise.