Morning exercise improves the functioning of all brain functions: research scientists

The study is published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. According to them, the morning exercise has a positive effect on cognitive (mental, higher brain function) human capacity throughout the day.For the experiment, the researchers selected 65 volunteers aged 55 to 80 years. The participants had to go through three stages of the experiment with an interval of six days. In the first stage of the study volunteers were sedentary, sitting on the chair 8 hours. In the second stage - in the morning, after an hour of sitting in the chair, the subjects walked for half an hour, and then again sat for a whole day. On the third - in addition to the walk in the morning, volunteers each hour had to walk for three minutes. At each stage, the subjects took tests by heart, Attention and psychomotor function test.

It was found that morning exercise increases cognitive ability of the brain compared to the days when volunteers were sedentary. If you exercise, you add to your morning walk during the day, the scientists recorded the increase in BDNF neurotrophin in the days when physical activity prevailed. This substance is essential for long-term memory.

According to the scientists who conducted the experiment, it is a vivid example of the harmfulness of a sedentary lifestyle, as well as the importance of physical activity for the health of people of any age. Especially useful sport mature people for the intellectual well-being.

Earlier, American scientists conducted another experiment, which showed that people who have never played sports and started to do it after 40 years, can reduce the risk of death and improve health.

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