Alzheimer’s disease already starts showing signs of it in the brain 30 years before a person will be diagnosed with full blown Alzheimer’s. It is a progressive disease that becomes terminal, but it is preventable if you start early by adopting brain healthy habits. We are most of the time not even aware of …
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Only a person who already has a “Bad Brain” might say yes to this question. In general, it would be fair to argue that all of us prefer a healthy brain over a bad one. So why is so many of us then neglecting our brains, by eating the wrong food, not doing enough exercise, …
The first brain function that begins to decline when I get older is my short-term memory, followed by poor focus, brain fog, irritability, confusion and bad decision making. When I begin to forget things such as meetings and conversations, where my keys are, mix up words or names, do things a little slower than usual, …
“Do not try to live forever, you will not succeed.” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) THE FACTS The human body grows old and so does the brain. The brain however sometimes grow older at a different rate to the biological ageing of the person. The rate of brain ageing is determined by a combination of adverse …
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We all had the habit when we greet someone to ask: “Hallo. How are you?” No one however meant to get a real answer to this meaningless question, because we also got into the habit of giving an equally meaningless answer: “Fine, thanks and you? Covid19 and its lockdown had a profound impact on all …
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Credit to the research work done by Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, Director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and the Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College. There is no shortage of comedy routines that enjoy poking fun at the infamous battle of the sexes. Imagine a female brain that consists …
The best gift you can give yourself is to say good-bye to sugar. The worst form of carbohydrate in terms of your overall health is sugar. Sugar is an addictive poison. If you do not believe this just try to quit taking sugar for a few days. The human body is not designed to process …
The phrases “senior moments” and “old age is creeping up on me” are reserved for older people, because it only becomes useful in order to hide the beginning of cognitive decline when we reach the age of 45 or a bit older. These phrases are used in situations when your brain lets you down, creates …
Questions come up every day about how equal, or how different, women are. It is a fact that women in general are: universally being paid less than men minimized legally, even considered a form of property in many ways and in many parts of the world hindered intellectually, as women make up two-thirds of the …
Who could have thought that such a small virus could stop the world economy and by merely infecting a few million people, succeeded in forcing billions of people to hide in their homes? One could call Covid19 and its lockdown the supreme enemy of the economy, but what is overlooked by most is that it …
