Exercise Can Prevent Brain Damage

Exercise Can Prevent Brain Damage

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In another in a stream of health breakthroughs regarding the effects of Alzheimer's disease, a study has found that
exercise could shield your brain even more dramatically than we thought. While it's been widely reported that
exercise could protect against dementia, we now know that regular exercise could help prevent brain damage itself, the kind linked to diseases such as Alzheimer's.

Exercise, an integral part of one's natural health, allows the brain to rapidly produce chemicals that prevent
inflammation. This alone can lead to a new therapy for early prevention of brain damage. On the flip side, it will
help anyone protect themselves.

Older studies show that exercise after brain injury can help with repair. This new study shows that exercise before such damage will change your brain in a way where neurons gain greater protection from severe assaults. It used mice
and an experimental model where they were exposed to a chemical that destroys the hippocampus, an area of the
brain that controls learning and memory. Mice that were exercised regularly before exposure produced an immune
messenger called "interleukin-6" in the brain. This dampens the harmful inflammatory response to this damage, and prevents the loss of function that is usually observed.

Prescription drugs have not been so successful in lowering inflammation and addressing cognitive decline in older
adults, as well as those with dementia. So this shows how simple exercise may be used in place of drugs to change the course of even severe degenerative problems such as Alzheimer's. It also suggests that exercise could offer
protection against environmental toxins.

The study on the role of exercise as a therapeutic intervention will undoubtedly get a workout in the years to
come. The biggest challenge moving forward is to get everyone moving, making exercise a fundamental part of
one's life. Doing so means attempting to get at least 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise. If you have weight
issues or health conditions that may make exercise difficult, be sure to speak to your physician about creating a
manageable and safe plan for exercise.

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