In the latest addition of Healthday News, it discusses how many runners contended that jogging alone offers the opportunity to enjoy nature or appreciate an urban landscape, while giving the brain and the body a beneficial workout.
But new research with rats suggests that running solo might not offer the perceived benefits and, in fact, may actually be bad for runners when combined with social isolation.
The scientists behind the study report that mice forced to live and run by themselves have less brain cell growth than those that get to run with other rats. The implications for humans aren't clear. That’s good, because I have been doing this for years!
But the interesting point to this study is the fact that in rats they show brain growth when they get to run with other rats. Rat companionship!
Humans need companionship also. As a church we grow when we work together and look out for the needs of each other.
Any organization, with a lot of individuals that don’t come together as a team or unit, won’t grow, win or prosper.
I am so thankful that I belong to a body of believers that long for companionship and the concept of working together to further Christ mission.
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