Exercise Improves Brain Function


According to a research survey, high-intensity exercise can produce brain-friendly proteins that can improve brain performance as a whole.

There is a protein called Brain-Driven Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) which increases the volume of the brain, strengthens memory, and enhances the signaling between cells within the brain. This protein is responsible for increasing the number of nerve cells (neurons) in the brain and creating new connections within the brain.

In fact, if you exercise for six minutes daily, you will not only see an increase in BDNF levels, but you will also see that this protein is preserved in the brain.

Professor Travis Gibbons of the University of Otago in New Zealand and his colleagues recruited 12 active people aged 18 to 56 and gave them three tasks to see what processes produce BDNF. One group fasted for 20 hours, and the other cycled for an hour and a half and six minutes of intense cycling (exercise-like).

People who performed six minutes of exercise and vigorous cycling were found to increase the production of BDNF in their brains. Even some volunteers' blood levels increased four to five times, while fasting did not make any difference, and cycling for an hour and a half caused a slight increase.

Even six minutes of moderate-intensity exercise has been shown to be extremely beneficial to the brain and should be performed routinely. These exercises include cycling, swimming, jogging, and hiking uphill.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2023 at 12:17 PM

    Informative.

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  4. Faraz KhanFebruary 15, 2023 at 7:06 PM

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  5. Faraz KhanFebruary 15, 2023 at 10:33 PM

    A well research article.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2023 at 2:34 PM

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