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Brain Health

 

Overview

 The health of your brain plays a critical role in almost everything you do: thinking, feeling, remembering, working, and playing – even sleeping.

The good news is that we now know there is  a lot you can do to help keep your brain healthier as you age. These steps might also reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia.

Simple lifestyle modifications also would have an enormous impact on our  public health and the cost of healthcare. If you make brain-healthy lifestyle changes and take action by getting involved, we could realize a future without Alzheimer  disease.

 Alzemer Disease

Learn how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it.

Make brain-healthy life choices

Like other parts of your body, your brLike other parts of your body, your brain. Like other parts of your body, your brain may lose some agility as you get older. It can deteriorate even more if you do not take care of it. Science is unlocking many of the mysteries of the brain, but we do not have all the answers yet. You can do everything “right” and still not prevent Alzheimer disease. What is  offered here is the best and most up-to-date information available so that you can make your own decisions about your health.

  

  • Social activity not only makes physical and mental activity more enjoyable, it can reduce stress levels, which helps maintain healthy connections among brain cells

  • Physical exercise is essential for maintaining good blood flow to the brain as well as to encourage new brain cells. It also can significantly reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, and thereby protect against those risk factors for Alzheimer's and other dementias.

  • Research suggests that high cholesterol may contribute to stroke and brain cell damage. A low fat, low cholesterol diet is advisable. And there is growing evidence that a diet rich in dark vegetables and fruits, which contain antioxidants, may help protect brain cells.

    Disease and risk factors you can’t control

    Disease and risk factors beyone your control

    Alzheimer disease is the most common forzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia – brain disorders that affect your ability to function effectively in daily living. Well-established risk factors for Alzheimer disease are genetics and aging (10 percent of those over age 65 and 50 percent of those over 85 have Alzheimer). Unfortunately, aging and genetics are two risk factors you can not control.

    It is not known what causes Alzheimer disease or what role genetics plays in most cases of Alzheimer, though having parents or siblings with the disease increases your risk. A small percentage of cases is known to be caused by inherited mutated genes. In other cases, variants of specific genes increase risk, but even people who inherit such variants from both parents still may not get the disease. These risk factors that you cannot change will set a starting point for you, but there is hope that adopting the healty  habits might delay or prevent the appearance of Alzheimer disease.

    Clinical studies suggest that Ginkgo  may provide the following benefits for people with AD:

    • Improvement in thinking, learning, and memory (cognitive function)
    • Improvement in activities of daily living
    • Improvement in social behavior
    • Fewer feelings of depression

     

   


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