For a long time self-improvement gurus have been telling us that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind.
Naturally, many of us dismiss that particular piece of advice, because taking exercise sounds like hard work. So we come up with plenty of good reasons why our brains work just fine without having to take a walk or go for a cycle ride.
Unfortunately for the natural sloths among us, science has now confirmed the connection between exercise and intelligence.
It seems that taking exercise has two important effects on our brains.
First, it stimulates the creation of new brain cells.