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86Thousand400: Exercise and Anxiety
Anxiety sharpens your attention so you can meet the challenge. Emotionally what you feel is fear. If you worry when there's no real...


86Thousand400: Stress and Exercise
Chronic stress translates into emotional and then physical strain. The ripple effects of the body's stress can lead to full blown mental...


86Thousand400: Exercise for the Brain summarised
Exercise improves learning on 3 levels: 1. Optimises your mindset to improve alertness. 2. It prepares and encourages nerve cells to bind...


86Thousand400: Neurotrophic Factors and the ‘Beyond our control’
As fundamental as neurotransmitters are, there's another class of master molecules that has dramatically changed our understanding of...


86Thousand400: Exercise for the Brain
After training a lady with Parkinson’s we started to look at the neurotransmitter Dopamine in more depth as it is known to be lower in...


86Thousand400: Muscle Innervation and Positivity
Acetycholine (Ach) is the substance the nervous system uses to activate skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscles are directly controlled by...


86Thousand400: Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters: Endogenous chemicals that enable neurotransmission. Transmit signals across a chemical synapse, such as in a...


86Thousand400: The Nervous System Simplified
3 Functions performed by the nervous system: Sensation (gather info), Analysis & Response Central Nervous System (CNS) = Brain & Spinal...


86Thousand400: Nutrition, Recommended Vs Unrecommended Food Sources
People need to eat to survive, but health conscious individuals want to do more than survive. They want to choose a diet that optimises...


86Thousand400: Fitness, Health and Training in a nutshell
If you don't have time for exercise, sooner or later you will need to find time for ill health. Recent obesity levels in the UK over the...
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