Forget Fish Oil and Sudoku -- It's Exercise That Makes You Brainier ; From Babies to Wrinklies, How Keeping Fit Can Perk Up Our Grey Matter

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REGULAR exercise isn't just good for your body -- there is now much evidence to show it can also dramatically improve your brain, boosting learning capabilities, reducing stress, smoothing hormonal fluctuations and reversing the signs of ageing.

Many of us struggle to achieve the recommended minimum of 30 minutes of aerobic activity five times a week, even though we know it will help protect us from diabetes, heart disease, cancer and strokes.

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Forget Fish Oil and Sudoku -- It's Exercise That Makes You Brainier ; From Babies to Wrinklies, How Keeping Fit Can Perk Up Our Grey Matter

But we might be quicker to pull on our trainers if we knew that every minute of exercise also triggers a series of stimulating and rejuvenating chemical changes in our brain, making us smarter, happier and younger, and protecting our brain from the harmful effects of stress and ageing.

In a new book, Dr John Ratey, a top psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, explains that exercise -- not fish oil or sudoku -- is the single most powerful tool you have to ...

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