{"id":668,"date":"2011-04-13T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T22:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2011-04-13T08:16:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T22:16:56","slug":"exercise-for-your-body-and-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/exercise-for-your-body-and-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise For Your Body and Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-670 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/brain_workout.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"174\" \/>We all know that exercise is good for us physically, but it can also strengthen the mind and improve our mood.<\/p>\n<p>Research has found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise can improve a person&#8217;s mood and mental performance.<\/li>\n<li>Active people are generally happier and are less prone to depression.<\/li>\n<li>Active seniors suffer less cognitive decline than sedentary ones.<\/li>\n<li>Aerobic exercise may make us sharper at any age.<\/li>\n<li>When sedentary people become active, they get better at switching from one task to another, and their memories improve.<\/li>\n<li>Besides improving circulation, exercise causes chemical changes within the brain, by boosting the activity of mood-enhancing neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin.<\/li>\n<li>Exercise triggers the release of endorphins &#8211; \u00a0chemicals that blunt pain and foster relaxation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that exercise is good for us physically, but it can also strengthen the mind and improve our mood. Research has found that: Exercise can improve a person&#8217;s mood and mental performance.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[43,39,41,40,20,42],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":686,"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthjigsaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}