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“What are the brain changing effects of exercise?”

Season 7 Episode 4

My guest on this week’s episode of The Lifestyle First Podcast is Dr Wendy Suzuki

Dr Suzuki is a Professor of neural science and psychology and is a TED speaker with the talk, “The Brain Changing Effects of Exercise.”

We talk about important parts of the brain involved in exercise – the hippocampus and pre-frontal cortex.

We highlight the effects of exercise on the neurochemicals noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin and brain derived neurotrophic factor.

We talk about exercise for brain cell growth and neuronal connections.

We reflect on the benefits of exercise on mood, motivation, productivity, and memory

We explore the minimally effective dose of exercise for benefits and making exercise fun

We highlight the connection between affirmation and exercise

1. The one question we discuss is “What are the brain changing effects of exercise?”

2. The two references we look at are:

i.) Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A personal program to activate your brain and do everything better. Wendy Suzuki

ii.) Basso, J.C and Suzuki, W. The effects of acute exercise on mood, cognition, neurophysiology and neurochemical pathways: A review. in the journal Brain Plasticity. Brain plasticity. 2017)

1. The three actions to take are

· Take a walk today

· Play your favourite music

· Make a daily task aerobic

Which of these 3 actionable health tips will you implement?

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Guest: Dr Wendy Suzuki

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