Use it or Lose It - Exercise and Get More
In 2001 John J. Ratey in A User’s Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain) presented the evidence available to show that exercise stimulates and strengthens neuro-chemical brain functions. In his latest book Spark, The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, Ratey, further advances the story, presenting new research to prove that exercise serves not only to prevent deterioration but also to positively affect brain growth and development. The book is now in audio book format so you can listen as you run. Learn that aerobic exercise has been shown to be as effective as antidepressants, that a fitness program put one U.S. school district of 19,000 kids first in the world in science and that one study showed that women who exercise, divided their chances of developing dementia by half. Incredibly he suggests that, exercise sparks new brain-cell growth. I am waiting for staff to increase exercise components in KACL Programming