As humans, we have many fears throughout our lives. Whether it’s the fear of loneliness, financial ruin, or illness they can all creep into our thoughts and scare us or even paralyze our decision-making and our actual life living abilities even though they are all valid issues.
“One of the scariest things to hear about your health is that your brain is headed towards dementia or Alzheimer’s.”
One of the scariest things to hear about your health or even think about your health is that your brain is headed towards dementia or Alzheimer’s. I want to take the time in this short piece and give you some helpful tips about taking care of your brain and hopefully thwarting off a failing brain or just you getting sluggish with your thinking.
First of all, if you are reading this I want you to know that you can always make some positive changes to start taking better care of your brain ALWAYS.
Fears Surrounding The Brain
Talking to many of the people who come into the office I find that there are all kinds of fears surrounding the brain. With the previous statement in mind let’s start to give you some ideas on where to start so you don’t have to be so intimidated and feel like you are a lost ship in the storm of what should I do?
The truth of the matter is that all kinds of things can give you some memory issues and there are times in your life that you will have memory issues due to an overloaded schedule, family or work stress, but here are a few other things that could be causing a memory problem that are easily corrected.
Here is an easy list for you. Some of these can be high or low and cause issues; Vitamin B12, Protein levels, Vitamin E, Vitamin D, Selenium, Carnitine, Omega 3’s, B Vitamins in general, Underactive thyroid, lack of sleep, stress, lack of exercise, too much sugar, smoking, Alcoholic beverages, Hormones, junk food, bad digestion, not having frequent bowels and there are others.
Quick Tips To Help Your Brain Health
So before you get ready to completely freak out, get your levels tested. In the meantime here are some quick tips you can do at home to start to help yourself and see if you feel better.
- Eat some fish that contains Omega 3’s but are low in mercury such as; salmon, herring, anchovies, freshwater trout, and pacific mackerel.
- Learn a new language – your brain loves a challenge and so the neurons will fire more frequently.
- Do a puzzle – the brain loves to solve problems.
- Walk outside – your brain gets bored with four walls a floor and a ceiling. Being outside actually excites the brain for new sights, sounds, and smells.
- Dance – even if you have two left feet your brain will love you for it.
- Sing or hum – you don’t have to be the next greatest artist but singing causes the brain and the lungs to be challenged and who doesn’t love a challenge!
Contact Our Naturopathic Doctor
Don’t wait until it’s too late to find out you could have done something easy and fun to keep your brain in great shape. Try a couple of these and see what happens. You can even let me know! Just email me ray@olivebwc.com
You want this and you’ve got the right to a healthy brain, so go out and make your way to better health. No one is going to knock on your door and drop it off. Come to our Alternative Medicine Clinic in South Elgin and discover what you can do to improve your brain health.
Want an absolutely free copy of my book email me at ray@olivebwc.com to receive a free copy of my book “Livin LaVida Grande; why you can’t lose weight” and we will get that right out to you! If you still have questions you can jump on a quick zoom with me at my calendly link https://calendly.com/ray-135/15min. If you are interested in having Dr. Ray speak at your place of employment or group please email ray@olivebwc.com.
