Interested on how to start leading a brain healthy lifestyle? There are several ways to start today.
- Continue to look through our website we will show you many tips and guidelines to follow. This will help you start off.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a list of specific tips - Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter. Each month, we write about different subjects that will help you continue or start to live a brain healthy lifestyle. To sign up please e-mail nemerson@healthcareinsights.net.
- Attend one of Dr. Emerson Lombardo’s frequent presentations on brain healthy nutrition or other brain healthy lifestyles.
- Also to talk to Dr. Nancy Emerson Lombardo directly, feel free to e-mail her at the above address to set up a consultation. You can also call her at (978) 621 1926. She is always interested in helping share her knowledge about this subject and will help you grow a passion for living a brain healthy lifestyle.
Whether you use methods 1, 2, 3 or 4 to learn more about brain healthy lifestyles:
Hearing or learning about hopeful evidence helps motivate us to make changes:
- Physical exercise helps grow new brain cells,
- We can still learn, lifelong, even if we have some thinking problems.
- Improve selected cognitive skills through practice
- Overcome short term memory deficits by relaying on retained cognitive abilities.
- That brain healthy anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant foods and supplements, including fish oils, physical exercise and other activities (e.g. Tai Chi or acupuncture) might also help ameliorate other health concerns.
Will We Change Our Habits?
- We have known about the benefits of exercise and eating healthy for
- Heart disease, stroke, diabetes
- And more recently, for depression & bone density
- NOW we know it’s good for our brain!!
- The question is…will that get us to actually CHANGE OUR HABITS,
to exercise more and watch what we eat? Engage in life-long learning, Learn to de- stress, be socially and spiritually engaged and find meaning and purpose in life!
Where Do We Start?
- We are social beings.
- Join a group or Connect with friends
- to walk with you, or “think healthy eating”, to dance, play golf or exercise with you, and/or to play cognitive games with you.
- Use motivational tools: pedometers, music, books on tape etc. to motivate more walking!
- Get your clubs, support groups, adult day health, churches, mosques, temples or synagogue, or other social groups involved.
- Take classes, hire a coach or personal trainer.
Ways to Get Started
Change nutrition one or two steps at a time. Pick a new step every week or so. Some of the easiest:
- Drink vegetable juice daily.
- More spices in and on everything.
- Put cinnamon, non-salt spice mixtures and curry on the table instead of salt & pepper.
- Snacks: Replace carbs (donuts, cakes, cookies, potatoes, chips) & sugar with spices, fruits, vegetables or nuts and whole grain crackers;
- Replace some coffee & all soda with tea or water;
- Replace corn oil, butter & margarine with olive or canola oil.
- Increase fish to 3 times/week. Every day even better!
- Eat less meat, more veggies
- Switch to whole grains: whole grain breads, pizza dough, crackers, brown rice.
- Add vegetables, nuts or seeds to less healthy foods such as potatoes or white rice.
- Add Cod Liver Oil to salad dressing & other dishes.
- Drink more water!
More Ways to Get Started
Strategize new ways to use your brain, and help others use theirs, in new ways every day…new pathways to brain health!
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