Jennifer Ashton Professions : Physician Born : April 23, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Jennifer Ashton I am a self-proclaimed "fitness addict," so I am one of those people who actually really, really enjoys working out. Jennifer Ashton work-out self people I don't feel like I have a normal day if I don't exercise or work out. Jennifer Ashton work-out normal exercise I put a lot of time and effort into the exercise I get, the amount of rest and sleep I get, and the amount I eat. And I think those three things are really kind of my wellness and health foundation. Jennifer Ashton exercise sleep thinking There have been studies done on people who meditate and they have found that they actually have increased grey matter in certain parts of their brain and more neural conductivity, meaning more connections between certain parts of the brain. They have increased capacity for, in some cases, memory, or reasoning. Jennifer Ashton grey-matter memories people If you consider risk versus benefit, I mean, what is the risk of meditating? You just spend twenty minutes meditating. It's one of the things you can say is pretty much zero risk and there is the potential for massive benefit. Even if it's just minimal benefit, who wouldn't want that? Jennifer Ashton risk zero mean Similar Authors Abram Hoffer physician Buwei Yang Chao physician Broda Otto Barnes physician Brian Day physician Anna Komnene physician Axel Munthe physician All Authors