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1684: Why Our Brains Need Us to Walk by Dr. Jenny Brockis on Brain Health Research

Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and Nutrition

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Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.5677 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Dr. Jenny Brockis shares research on why walking is good for our brains Episode 1684: Why Our Brains Need Us to Walk by Dr. Jenny Brockis on Brain Health Research Dr. Jenny Brockis is a medical practitioner and board-certified lifestyle medicine physician, keynote speaker and best-selling author based out of Perth, Western Australia. She is an expert in the science of high-performance thinking, creating thriving teams and leaders through improving brain health and wellbeing. And in her new book, Thriving Mind: How to Cultivate a Good Life, she reveals how to cultivate the mental agility, flexibility and adaptability required to meet the needs of the modern workplace and thrive. The original post is located here: https://www.drjennybrockis.com/2010/10/17/why-our-brains-need-us-to-walk/  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Optimal Health Daily, episode 1684, Why Our Brains Need Us to Walk by Dr. Jenny Brockus of Dr. Jennybrokis.com, and I'm Dr. Neal.

0:40.4

Hey there, welcome back to Optimal Health Daily, or welcome for the first time if you're new here.

0:45.2

This is the podcast where I act as your very own personal narrator and read to you from some of the

0:50.0

most popular health and fitness blogs online, and always with a bit of my commentary at the end.

0:55.7

Now I'm going to keep this intro nice and short, so let's get right to today's post and start

1:00.4

optimizing your life.

1:05.9

Why Our Brains Need Us to Walk by Dr. Jenny Brockes of Dr. Jenny Brockes.com.

1:12.8

I am currently reading Dr. John Rady's excellent book, Spark, how exercise will improve the

1:18.4

performance of your brain. In his book, he describes clearly how exercise helps our brain

1:23.8

in so many ways, like helping us to learn in the classroom at school and beyond,

1:28.9

to manage stress and fend off anxiety and depression, improving our ability to focus and pay attention,

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