An article in the NY Times suggests how a particular enzyme (GPLD1) boosts your brain: "it is likely to incite alterations in other tissues and cells elsewhere in the body. These tissues, in turn, produce yet more proteins that have effects on other tissues that eventually lead to direct changes to the neurotransmitters, genes and cells in the brain itself that undergird cognitive improvements."
Exercise and your brain
A NY Times article described how exercise helps the brain: "...exercise improves brain health in part by prompting the liver to pump out extra amounts of GPLD1."
Tracking your fitness and health
I signed up for a couple of fitness/health trackers to see how they work and whether they're useful.
I have a Garmin smartwatch and its website, Garmin Connect. I also signed up for MyFitnessPal because it synchs with Garmin Connect. Since I have a Samsung smartphone, I also have Samsung Health. I'll post periodically about my experiences.
My initial impressions is they each have features I like, but no one app does it all. Also, Samsung Health, which is compatible with a lot of devices isn't compatible with my Garmin devices.
Initial lesson - if you think you'll get a master app for tracking fitness and health, don't buy devices like smartphones and smart watches until you've selected the master app and determined what devices it works with. That way, data is uploaded automatically. For example, Samsung Health works with certain brands of glucose meters and bathroom scales, which would keep you from entering data manually.
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