I had just finished last week’s tip on the benefits of salsa dancing when I saw this quotation in a Medline Plus report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH): “Any type of physical activity that burns calories — from jogging to gardening to walking to dancing — is associated with more gray matter in the brain.”
Increased gray matter in the brain means a healthier brain and correlates with a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease, says Dr. Cyrus Raji, a postdoctoral researcher in radiology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The most important thing is that you get on a regular exercise schedule and stick to it.
If getting regular exercise is new (or foreign) to you, here are a few tips from HelpGuide.org on how you can be successful:
This week, notice how these suggestions apply to your success in life in addition to your getting regular exercise. Let’s all agree now to ditch the all-or-nothing attitude, be kind to ourselves, and check our expectations. I think you will agree the benefits will be ample!
Tips from 5 April 2010 to 6 August 2012 are here: Archived Tips
Rev. Debra Basham
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