{"id":13,"date":"2016-08-23T13:56:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=13"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:57:37","slug":"boost-your-brain-health-through-exercise-here-are-4-ways-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"Boost Your Brain Health Through Exercise &#8211; Here are 4 Ways How!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--><span>Did you know? Active aging can improve your brain structure and function, and reduce your risk of cognitive decline. Perhaps you&#8217;re seeing the troubling first signs of memory issues and confusion, or maybe your family has a history of cognitive decline in older adulthood. If you&#8217;re among the many adults seriously concerned about brain health and cognitive function, you&#8217;re in luck: Research has proven that physical activity can actually improve brain health.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p>1.Start slow. &#8211; The idea is to be persistent and challenge yourself to improve over time, remembering that it&#8217;s not an all-or-nothing proposition.<\/p>\n<p>2. Find Friends &#8211; Having a partner encourages consistency, which turns physical activity into a habit.<\/p>\n<p>3. Mix it Up &#8211; Incorporate variety into your program. Your long-term goal should be to create a balanced program that features cardiorespiratory exercise, strength training and stretching.<\/p>\n<p>4. Sneak physical activity into your day. Take the stairs, go for a walk after dinner or during your lunch break, do some gardening or go dancing on the weekends, or walk your kids or grandkids to and from school each day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/blogs\/eat-run\/articles\/2016-08-23\/4-ways-to-boost-your-brain-health-through-exercise\">US News Today &#8211; Health<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know? Active aging can improve your brain structure and function, and reduce your risk of cognitive decline. Perhaps&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}