Physical activity improves sleep quality, especially for women, a new study reports.
Even small bouts of physical activity and exercise throughout the day can help to boost your mental well-being.
Older women who walked or partook in moderate-to-vigorous exercise each day had a reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Running can help some escape from their everyday stresses, however, some recreational runners show signs of exercise dependence. Exercise dependence could be the result of maladaptive escapism where one self-suppresses to avoid negative experiences. This can be detrimental to overall well-being.
Frequent moderate to vigorous exercise is linked to better cognition and brain power during middle age. This intensity level was associated with better working memory and mental processes. Reducing the intensity to lower intensity or sedentary behavior for 6-7 minutes per day was associated with poorer cognitive performance.
Study reveals exercise is associated with myonuclear remodeling and may contribute to the protective effects of exercise on muscle function throughout the lifespan.
Exercise has a youthfulness-promoting epigenetic effect on aging organisms, a new study reports.
Researchers report six minutes of high-intensity exercise on a regular basis can slow brain aging and delay the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. High-intensity exercise increases the production of BDNF, a protein implicated in memory, learning, and brain plasticity, which could protect the brain from age-related cognitive decline.
Adding 57g of almonds to the diet every day for a month increases levels of the beneficial fat, 12,13-DiHOME in blood samples immediately after a session of intense exercise.
Findings reveal a cellular mechanism that helps improve physical fitness through exercise training and identifies one anti-aging intervention that helps delay the declines that occur with natural aging.
Researchers have identified two gut bacterial species that produce fatty acid amides, stimulating CB1 endocannabinoid receptors in the gut which causes an increase in dopamine in the ventral striatum during exercise.
While exercise and mindfulness help older adults stay physically fit and mentally well, they may not have such a strong beneficial impact on cognition as previously believed.
