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Simple Strategies to Improve Brain Health

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It’s no surprise that what you do and how you live affects your overall health, and that includes your brain health.

How you respond to stress, the quality of your sleep, the amount of exercise you get, what you eat and drink, and how often you socialize… all of it affects your general health and the health of your brain!

So, doesn’t it make sense to focus on these areas of your life? When you do, not only do you help your brain, but you’ll also improve your overall health.

So here are simple strategies to boost the wellness of your brain. They might even help you achieve optimal brain health, well into old age.

Effects of Exercise on Brain Health

Perhaps there is nothing more important than getting your body moving. Think about it; exercise gets the blood flowing!

When you exercise on a regular basis, you may drop your risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Exercise improves both your memory and blood flow, and it causes chemical changes in the brain that boost thinking and affect mood. [Read more…] about Simple Strategies to Improve Brain Health

How To Protect Your Aging Brain From Memory Loss

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As the Baby Boom generation (my generation) gets older, many want to know what they can do to stay younger longer and what best to do to stay healthy.

Of particular interest to us boomers is how to keep our brain healthy and functioning well. Nobody wants to “lose” their memory, mind and mental function.

Most boomers are motivated to do what it takes to keep their independence, both physically and mentally, as long as they can.

For years, science has maintained physical and mental exercise are the most effective tools we have to prevent age related decline.

And once again, this statement has been confirmed through research.

Two studies outline the importance of physical movement (aka – exercise) and mental exercise as we age.

The Most Effective Way to Protect an Aging Brain

By Brenda Goodman, MA
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD

Scientists have a message for anyone who’s worried about memory loss — move, a lot.

Researchers have known for some time that exercise is good for aging brains. The latest studies, though, are adding some finer points to that message: While exercise appears to work best before memory fades, it also benefits people who’ve already gotten dementia. And it seems to help not just with Alzheimer’s disease, but also with vascular dementia, a kind of memory loss that’s caused by “silent” strokes in the brain.”

Click here to read the rest of the story.

Another study, recently published on Fox News, reveals how lifestyle changes may hold the key to age related memory loss.

Lifestyle changes may guard aging brain against memory loss

The latest Alzheimer’s research has a clear theme: Change your lifestyle to protect your brain.

It will take several years for scientists to prove whether some experimental drugs could at least delay Alzheimer’s disease, and an aging population is at risk now.

Whatever happens on the drug front, there are generally healthy everyday steps people can take – from better sleep to handling stress to hitting the books – that research suggests just might lower the risk of Alzheimer’s. Go to www.foxnews.com to read the full story.

 

Amazing, isn’t it?

Turns out, exercise is not only good for a healthy heart and slender waistline, but also for a healthy brain. No matter what, you just can’t go wrong with exercise.

So what are you waiting for? Get moving!

Omega-3 Helped Heal Coal Miner’s Brain

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How might this help you?

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Dr. Julian Bailes, a neurosurgeon at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, says that omega-3 fatty acids played a major role in healing the brain of coal miner Randal McCloy Jr., the sole survivor of the Jan. 2nd Sago Mine disaster. Based on recommendations from Barry Sears, of Zone Diet fame, Dr. Bailes administered extraordinarily high doses of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosapexaenoic acid (DHA), the 2 most important omega-3 fatty acids –each dose totaling 18 grams. After being in a coma for weeks and in rehab for months, McCloy is stiff and thin, but walking on his own, and exercising his right arm.

As Reported by Chicago Tribune