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You’re doing your morning Sudoku every day, maybe an extra crossword puzzle on Saturdays and you have a new audio book to learn Spanish. Needless to say, you’re quite satisfied with yourself for giving your brain a good regular workout to keep the old noodle in good order.
Well, we applaud the efforts. Mental exercises and brain-training games and puzzles are part of protecting your memory and keeping cognition running strong. But increasing study has shown another crucial step to brain health is physical exercise. You need to get your heart rate pumping just a bit, equivalent to a fast-paced walk around the block a few times, to reap the beneficial effects of exercise on brain health. What’s good for the body, in fact, is quite essential for the brain.