{"id":841,"date":"2018-09-13T01:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T01:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=841"},"modified":"2018-09-15T01:35:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T01:35:57","slug":"if-a-pill-could-replace-exercises-benefits-would-it-be-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"If A Pill Could Replace Exercise&#8217;s Benefits, Would It Be Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>One of the great benefits of exercise is the proliferation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that Harvard professor John Ratey spends an entire book championing\u2014he calls it \u201cMiracle-Gro for the brain.\u201d BDNF not only supports the survival of existing neurons; it also promotes the growth of new ones.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, BDNF interacts in the basal forebrain, cortex, and hippocampus, regions responsible for memory, learning, and higher thinking. While the protein plays a role in other processes\u2014in the kidneys and motor neurons, for example\u2014it is especially important for the sustaining of long-term memory.<\/p>\n<p>Recent evidence from postmortem human brains and mice implicate neurogenesis in memory loss as well. In both animals, exercise plays a role in delaying the disease through neurogenesis, which is in large part why moving your body is packaged with other lifestyle habits as a means for healthy aging.<\/p>\n<p>Recent evidence from postmortem human brains and mice implicate neurogenesis in memory loss as well. In both animals, exercise plays a role in delaying the disease through neurogenesis, which is in large part why moving your body is packaged with other lifestyle habits as a means for healthy aging.<\/p>\n<p>Full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/21st-century-spirituality\/if-a-pill-could-replace-exercises-benefits-would-it-be-worth-it\">Big Think<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great benefits of exercise is the proliferation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that Harvard professor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-articles","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","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=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}