Brains and Brawn
January 19, 2011, 12:01 AM
Phys Ed: Brains and Brawn
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS in the NY Times
It has long been a cliché that muscle bulk doesn’t equate to intelligence. In fact, most of the science to date about activity and brain health has focused on the role of endurance exercise in improving our brain functioning. Aerobic exercise causes a steep spike in blood movement to the brain, an action that some researchers have speculated might be necessary for the creation of new brain cells, or neurogenesis. Running and other forms of aerobic exercise have been shown, in mice and men, to lead to neurogenesis in those portions of the brain associated with memory and thinking, providing another compelling reason to get out at lunchtime and run.
Read More»How to Shovel Snow Safely
Here’s a video and a little advice on how to make it through the winter snow and not get hurt. Read the entire article written by Deborah Kotz from Boston.com below.
It’s blizzard time in the Boston area this weekend, with a severe winter storm expected to dump 15 to 20 inches of snow on the Eastern Massachusetts region. Besides the usual aggravations of clogged, slippery Monday morning commutes, you need to prepare yourself for the big dig out.
National Weather Service meteorologist Alan Dunham told Globe reporters Scott Allen and Emma R. Stickgold, “It’s going to be heavy snow. Sometimes you refer to this kind of snow as ‘heart attack snow’, because it is so heavy for people to shovel.”
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