Physical exercise:
- Helps blood flow to the brain.
- Increases metabolic capacity, oxygen to brain (McCloskey, 2001).
- Increases cardio-vascular health.
- Decreases inflammation.
- Decreases depression, stress, and anxiety
- Essential to weight control or losing weight
- Maintaining or building muscle mass and strength
- Maintaining balance
- Preventing falls and injury from falls.
- Increased blood flow & oxygen consumption improves cognition in healthy elderly & people with AD (Barnes, 2002; Palleschi, 1996).
- Aerobic fitness reduces brain tissue loss in aging humans (Colcombe, 2003).
- Tai Chi improves cardio respiratory function, immune system, flexibility, balance, mood, thinking and well-being (Li, 2001).
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