How much physical exercise you do now will affect the learning ability of your future children

( Natural News ) Our looks, intelligence quotient, and personality disposition are not the only things we inherit from our parents. A recent study shows that we get our capacity to learn from them as well. A recent study by Prof. André Fischer and his team from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Goettingen and Munich and the University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG) showed a connection between physical and mental exercise, on the one hand, and the ability to bear children who learn better on the other. When Fischer and his colleagues exposed mice to a stimulating environment which gave them the chance to exercise a lot, their offspring also benefited. The mice scored better on tests that measured learning ability. The rodents also had improved synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is essential to learning. Synaptic plasticity shows how well nerve cells interact with each other and form the cellular basis for learning. The researchers then analyzed the mechanism which accounts for this behavior. They extracted RNA (Ribonucleic Acid, which plays a role in gene activity) from the sperm of physically and mentally active mice. The RNA molecules were injected into fertilized egg cells. The same benefits were seen in the mice that developed. They had better synaptic plasticity and learning abilities. This ability of parents to pass on their experiences, like physical and mental behavior to their children, is called epigenetic inheritance . RNA mediates epigenetic inheritance. Epigenetic inheritance is at work when a pregnant woman who consumes an unhealthy diet gives birth to a sickly baby. It’s also seen when babies of happy mothers smile and laugh more often. This is why expectant mothers are urged to eat healthy foods and avoid negative feelings. Mother Nature’s micronutrient secret : […]

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