12/11/2025
The brain is a muscle. Lifestyle choices like good food, movement, sunlight, supportive and healthy environment affect your brain. Be diligent on protecting it!š§ šŖ
The brain responds to movement the same way it responds to nutrition, light, and sleep with precision. When it comes to protecting cognition, dose matters.
šāāļø Moderate movement keeps the brain young
Consistent, balanced exercise improves blood flow, boosts neurotrophic factors, and supports the structural integrity of key brain regions involved in memory and executive function.
š§ Too little movement accelerates aging
A sedentary lifestyle lowers mitochondrial output, reduces brain-derived neurotrophic factors, and increases inflammatory signaling.
š„ Too much intensity creates its own stress
Overtraining elevates cortisol, disrupts recovery, and can shrink the cognitive benefits youāre trying to gain.
šæ The sweet spot is the real strategy
Think steady, sustainable, repeatable. Brisk walking, zone 2 training, strength work, mobility. Enough to stimulate plasticity, not enough to overwhelm the system.
Movement is medicine but like all medicine, the dosage matters.