Dr. Tara Swart

So neurotrophic is growth of neurons. And the things that contribute mostly to that are aerobic exercise and eating dark skinned foods. Yeah. Yeah.

So neurotrophic is growth of neurons. And the things that contribute mostly to that are aerobic exercise and eating dark skinned foods. Yeah. Yeah.

dark skinned foods yeah so let me just cover the exercise one first because this is one of my fun facts which is that if you are regularly doing aerobic exercise the turnover of those cells in your brain is about 13 14 percent so like the the amount and the speed in which they like die die off no the speed in which they go from embryonic to full-grown so okay yeah okay so because we want neurogenesis to happen okay

dark skinned foods yeah so let me just cover the exercise one first because this is one of my fun facts which is that if you are regularly doing aerobic exercise the turnover of those cells in your brain is about 13 14 percent so like the the amount and the speed in which they like die die off no the speed in which they go from embryonic to full-grown so okay yeah okay so because we want neurogenesis to happen okay

If you haven't been doing exercise for a while and then you start, the rate of cell turnover is like 30%. So it increases after a period of inactivity with new aerobic exercise. So that's my excuse for like being a couch potato half the time and then starting up again.

If you haven't been doing exercise for a while and then you start, the rate of cell turnover is like 30%. So it increases after a period of inactivity with new aerobic exercise. So that's my excuse for like being a couch potato half the time and then starting up again.

Yeah, making the embryonic cells grow into new cells and then connect up with existing ones.

Yeah, making the embryonic cells grow into new cells and then connect up with existing ones.

Yeah.

Yeah.

There are benefits to your brain of other types of exercise, but weight training doesn't relate to neurogenesis as much. Okay.

There are benefits to your brain of other types of exercise, but weight training doesn't relate to neurogenesis as much. Okay.

This isn't so much about language, but it's another example of mind over matter. So this was an experiment done on two groups of weightlifters. Thought you might like this one. That's a big compliment.

This isn't so much about language, but it's another example of mind over matter. So this was an experiment done on two groups of weightlifters. Thought you might like this one. That's a big compliment.

Totally.

Totally.

um this was finger and elbow weights though so maybe not so glamorous in this experiment okay so one group lifted finger or elbow weights i think this was a two-week study and they showed i think it was about a 40 increase in in muscle mass of the targeted muscle group for those weights Their counterparts only imagined lifting weights for two weeks. They lifted no weights for two weeks.

um this was finger and elbow weights though so maybe not so glamorous in this experiment okay so one group lifted finger or elbow weights i think this was a two-week study and they showed i think it was about a 40 increase in in muscle mass of the targeted muscle group for those weights Their counterparts only imagined lifting weights for two weeks. They lifted no weights for two weeks.

They just sat there and they visualized themselves lifting weights. And they had a 13% increase in muscle mass.

They just sat there and they visualized themselves lifting weights. And they had a 13% increase in muscle mass.