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Brookfield Longevity: 2024 Health & Wellness Guide

Jan 01, 2024 12:00AM

We are a fully integrated functional medicine program offering the best of recent research & methodologies to assist in healthy aging, brain health, with treatment focusing on root causes.

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Brain Power Boosters: Tips to Preserve Memory at Any Age

Dec 30, 2022 08:30AM ● By Sheryl Kraft

Regardless of age, it is always possible to learn, store and recall information, and there are numerous practices and expert recommendations we can adopt to nourish and optimize our brains.

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Under-Appreciating the Benefits of Solitude

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

Getting lost in our thoughts may improve problem solving, increase creativity, enhance imagination and provide a better sense of self-worth.

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Stretching and Balance Exercises Can Avert Mental Decline

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

To protect against memory loss, simple stretching and balance exercises work as well as hard-driving aerobics, concludes a new study.

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Boost Your Memory

Sep 01, 2022 12:00AM ● By LaDonna Gladney

LaDonna Gladney, NDTR, CPT, and the owner of Donna Fit 4 Life LLC offers techniques and solutions to improve your memory, prevent dementia and improve overall cognitive functioning.

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Eat Green and Orange Produce to Lower Dementia Risk

Jul 29, 2022 08:30AM

Researchers have found that green veggies and orange fruits can help stave off dementia.

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Cut Back on Booze to Protect the Brain

May 31, 2022 08:30AM

Even drinking as little as a few beers or glasses of wine per week will reduce brain volume, according to a new study.

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Try Tai Chi to Boost Neurological Health

Apr 29, 2022 08:30AM

Tai chi has been shown to improve balance, reduce falls and enhance the quality of life for people with neurological challenges such as strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

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Avoid Formaldehyde to Sidestep Cognitive Problems

Mar 31, 2022 08:30AM ● By Rachael Oppy

Workers exposed over years to formaldehyde may experience thinking and memory problems later in life.

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Drink Coffee and Tea to Reduce Dementia and Stroke Risk

Feb 28, 2022 08:30AM

Study finds that drinking both coffee and tea in the course of a day correlates with a lower risk of stroke and dementia compared to drinking either one exclusively.

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Run 10 Minutes for a Brain Boost

Feb 28, 2022 08:30AM

New research shows that a mere 10 minutes of moderate-intensity running boosts cognitive function.

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Berries for Brain Health

Feb 14, 2022 12:46PM ● By Grace Miazga

Berries can help aid anxiety and depression, reduce headaches and migraines, keep the brain sharp and slow cognitive decline. The MIND diet promotes regular berry consumption for nutrition as well.

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The Heart-Mind Connection: How Thoughts and Emotions Affect Our Heart Health

Jan 31, 2022 08:30AM ● By Ronica O’Hara

Neurocardiology and behavioral cardiology are probing the mind-heart connection, exploring how neurological interplay along with psychological and social factors lead to heart disease.

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Consider Basil to Fend Off Alzheimer’s

Dec 30, 2021 08:30AM

A natural compound called fenchol, found in basil and other plants, may help to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing toxic proteins from accumulating in the brain.

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Boost Kids’ Learning Abilities with Exercise

Oct 29, 2021 08:30AM ● By Rachael Oppy

The right kind of exercise, particularly swimming, can help kids learn vocabulary better, suggests research.

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Boost Cognition with Green Tea Compound

Oct 29, 2021 08:30AM

A single dose of 100 milligrams of the compound L-theanine—the amount found in four cups of green tea—improved reaction times and working memory of men and women.

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Eat High-Flavonoid Foods to Reduce Cognitive Decline

Oct 29, 2021 08:30AM

Eating foods high in flavonoids—the antioxidant-rich plant compounds found in strawberries, oranges, peppers and apples—can reduce the risk of cognitive decline by 20 percent or more.

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Healthy Brain Strategies: How to Prevent Cognitive Decline

Oct 29, 2021 08:30AM ● By Linda Sechrist

The old paradigm of inevitable aging and cognitive decline is being shifted by functional medicine experts into a new paradigm based on the brain’s neuroplasticity.

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Healthy Choices Mitigate Cognitive Health Reduction

Aug 31, 2021 08:30AM

A survey found that a healthy lifestyle cuts the risk of cognitive impairment by half, even if a person carries the gene that is linked to cognitive loss and Alzheimer’s.

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Keep Off Junk Foods for Cognitive Wellness

Mar 31, 2021 08:30AM

Study finds that individuals who follow the Mediterranean diet are cognitively 5.8 years younger than those who regularly cheat on heathy eating.

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