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The Surprising Brain-Health Benefits of Weightlifting

Here's the latest science showing how weightlifting can boost your brain health.

In this article, we’ll be discussing some of the science backing the idea that weightlifting, or resistance training, can have specific and marked benefits to brain health. Several years ago, researchers at Brown University proposed that Alzheimer’s dementia could be considered “type 3 diabetes,” due to a series of metabolic alterations seen in the brains of people with this condition. While the research around myokines is still pretty new, the overall idea is simple: resistance training alters levels of a host of chemicals produced by the muscles that may have beneficial effects on the brain.

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