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Researchers show that foot’s impact helps control, increase the amount of blood sent to the brain. You probably know that walking does your body good, but it’s not just your heart and muscles that benefit. Researchers at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) found that the foot’s impact during walking sends pressure waves through the arteries that significantly modify and can increase the supply of blood to the brain.
Until recently, the cerebral blood flow or CBF was thought to be involuntarily regulated by the body and relatively unaffected by changes in the blood pressure caused by exercise or exertion...
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