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Exercises for the brain
The brain is a muscle but also exercises often need to stay healthy. While it is true that every day is used to perform daily activities, is no less true that the connections between neurons do not represent a major challenge for the mind.
The exercises for the brain effort should sue this body, so that you are taken to new levels through overcoming new challenges, must require working with all their capacities to achieve greater benefits in the future.
To begin with these brain exercises can be performed in different ways everyday activities such as combing or brushing your teeth with the hand that is not customary, left for right handle, right for lefties. This exercise will awaken little used connections in the brain hemisphere opposite to the tip that is commonly used.
A more advanced option is to ask for help from a friend who will act as the guide, in order to complete daily routines with their eyes closed, allowing your brain to gather information through senses other than sight. As we know human beings are very visual, so that a large percentage of responses given to stimuli in the environment depends both on the data collected in the eyes, as of the brain constructs maps with them.
Knowing in advance that the exercises for the brain can be difficult and even frustrating, help not falter at the first attempt. It is completely natural to feel uncomfortable facing new tasks, but should keep in mind all the time you complete them will result in mental health benefits.
Exercises for digestive problems
Physical activity is as complete and varied that there are all sorts of exercises to improve the health of each of the parts of our body. Some benefit our hearts; others are ideal for healthy bones and even have discovered that exercise is a way to prevent cancer.
And for digestive problems? Yes, there are also. Researchers at the University of Minnesota in the United States found that walking for an hour a day helps to prevent constipation: the symptoms are significantly reduced with exercise alone.
A simple walk set in motion and stimulates the abdominal muscles and intestines function. Furthermore, the force of gravity when standing up straight helps to better preparation of the fecal bolus. That is why we also recommend walking at least ten minutes after lunch to achieve effective digestion. Read the rest of this entry »