Research: Healthy Lifestyle Can Improve Mental Health Too

A study by researchers at UCLA found that healthy lifestyle changes–including nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, and memory exercises–helped improve brain functioning. Study participants showed lower metabolism in the working memory regions of the brain as measured in before and after tests via positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Positive changes in the brain began in only 14 days. The study was reported in the American Journal for Geriatric Psychiatry, and summarized in Eurekalert online.

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