Fitness : A Reason behind having Higher IQ

When i was in school, and even in my office,I always had come to know about some people who are having Higher IQ's than others.

You will also had observed about, that some people are brilliant with their IQ. If you will observe than you will find that All the men who are having higher IQ, will have one thing in common is that they all are being Very Fit, and mentally strong.

Fitness has a key role to play behind your IQ.
People who are Fit, has been reported as a Higher IQ level than the normal human beings.

Carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the study’s results were published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

The study involved 1.2 million Swedish men doing military service who were born between 1950 and 1976. The research group analysed the results of both physical and IQ tests when the men enrolled.

The study shows a clear link between good physical fitness and better results for the IQ test. The strongest links are for logical thinking and verbal comprehension. But it is only fitness that plays a role in the results for the IQ test, and not strength.

"Being fit means that you also have good heart and lung capacity and that your brain gets plenty of oxygen," says Michael Nilsson, professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy and chief physician at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

The expert added: "This may be one of the reasons why we can see a clear link with fitness, but not with muscular strength. We are also seeing that there are growth factors that are important."

By analysing data for twins the researchers have been able to determine that it is primarily environmental factors and not genes that explain the link between fitness and a higher IQ.

"We have also shown that those youngsters who improve their physical fitness between the ages of 15 and 18 increase their cognitive performance," says Maria Åberg, researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy and physician at Åby health centre.

The expert added: "This being the case, physical education is a subject that has an important place in schools, and is an absolute must if we want to do well in mathematics and other theoretical subjects."

The researchers have also compared the results from fitness tests during national service with the socio-economic status of the men later in life. Those who were fit at 18 were more likely to go into higher education, and many secured more qualified jobs.

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Maintain Optimum Fitness by Your Good Sleep

Sleep is the most important to maintain the optimum fitness level. The person who sleeps well is the healthiest. It is the process of the sleeping that helps to recharge the energy levels that you have utilized in the day working hard. Sleep is important for concentration, memory formation and the repair of damage to your body’s cells during the day. You need to take at least a sleep of 6 hours to stay healthy. It has been noted that a person who sleeps well lives longer. Researchers believe that during sleep, neurons can shut down and repair any damage done during the day. Without these repairs, the neurons may not function correctly due to a buildup of waste products. Sleep is an important part of the lifestyle that nobody should remember to forget. Here is how sleep helps you to maintain optimum fitness level—.

1. Sleep helps to combat stress. An adequate amount of the sleep helps the person to maintain his blood pressure and the elevated levels of stress hormones which are a natural result of today’s fast paced lifestyle. Too much stress causes excess ‘wear and tear’ on your body, and increases the aging and degeneration of organs, cells and other body parts. By reducing high levels of stress, sleep helps to reverse these effects and encourages a state of relaxation. It is the sleep that helps to combat the stress that is supposed to cause various health problems.

2. Sleep keeps your heart healthy. Sleep is necessary for all body parts to function normally. It is the sleep that helps the person to maintain his hearth health at the best. It helps the arteries and veins in the heart to relax and perform their functions well. All the valves in the heart perform perfectly when you sleep and thus, heart functions well during the sleep. You need to get the adequate sleep to maintain optimum fitness.

3. Sleep is the best anti-aging treatment. Sleep helps to maintain the hormone levels high in the body that makes you young. It reduces the wrinkle formation process by keeping your skin in the best condition. It has been noted in the research studies that people who sleep well look young and live longer than the people who sleep very less. It is the process of sleeping that reduces your tensions and makes your mind relax. In all the ways it allows your body to take the rest.

4. Sleep is one of the best weight loss treatments. Sleep helps regulate the hormones that affect and control your appetite. You will notice that maximum amount of the energy is being utilized in the body at the time of sleep because all the body process performs their function in full swing when you sleep. Thus, the calories are burnt and your stored fats and carbohydrates are utilized, which leads to the weight loss.

5. Sleep improves the functioning of the nervous system. It is only during the sleep that your heads comes in the normal level. This way the blood supply to the head is increased. This helps to reduce stress and tensions. Sleep allows your brain to relax. You must have notice that whenever you fall ill, your doctor suggest you to sleep well or even gives the medicines that induces sleep. This is because it is during the sleep the your brain can function well and help to combat the health problem. Memory is also increased by taking the adequate sleep.

6. Sex improves immune power. It is during the sleep that increases the production of the antibodies that build our immune system. The natural immune power of the person who sleeps well is found to be much more than the individual who doesn’t sleep well. The occurrence of the common cold and flue is found to be very less among the person who sleeps well.

This way your fitness level is maintained at the optimum level due to the good sleep.