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Here’s how to protect your brain and keep the blood brain barrier healthy

Your blood brain barrier is a marvel of nature.

When the BBB is intact, the neural tissue of the brain is protected from potentially damaging substances in the blood, such as bacteria, and certain chemicals and hormones. At the same time, essential substances such as oxygen are able to cross the barrier unimpeded.

BBB leakage can be prompted by head trauma, infections, high blood pressure, radiation exposure, and diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

At a recent Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans, researchers showed that regular exercise appears to keep the BBB healthy by reducing oxidative stress.

You didn’t really need another reason to exercise, but there you have it.

Source:
“Exercise Reduces Leakage Through the Blood Brain Barrier” Ivanhoe Newswire, 4/22/09, ivanhoe.com

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