Exercise and Memory

Thank you, Real Simple magazine for yet another nugget of wisdom.

This month's issue introduced me to the hippocampus (for more info, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus).

For middle-aged adults who took three 40 minute walks in a week, their hippocampus grew at least 2%. The hippocampus typically grows smaller once we hit our mid-50s, which leads to memory loss. Preventing shrinkage could improve our memory retention for years to come, so let's all lace up those sneakers (or slip on those clogs)!!