Your Health :: A Fit Mind in a Fit Body

News@Nature.com reports that "Aerobic exercise is the best way to keep your memory healthy."

According to Ian Robertson of the University of Dublin, "Exercise is a sort of wonder drug that makes you more mentally agile." Good nutrition, education, and optimism all help keep your brain young, but aerobic exercise is the most important. It helps your brain sprout new cells, make new connections, and keep the frontal lobes young.

While this news is most important for the over-50 set, the young humanities scholar would do well to establish healthy habits now. So leave your book-strewn garret at least once a day for some brisk exercise. In the long run, your brain will thank you for it.