Exercise Can Make Your Brain a Decade ‘Younger’ Than Your Calendar Age

By Dr. Mercola – Mercola.com

If you want to protect your cognitive health as you age, or even improve your memory and brain function, exercise should be at the top of your to-do list. Compelling evidence shows exercise improves memory and cognition, and helps stave off dementia.

For example, a 2010 study1 on primates revealed that regular exercise helped the monkeys learn new tasks twice as quickly as non-exercising monkeys, and researchers believe this might hold true for people as well. Other studies support such possibilities.

Strength training — and working your leg muscles in particular — has been …read more