Category Archives: Brain Health and Aging

How Sleep helps Brain Function

We are learning more and more about the relationship between adequate sleep and brain function. Your brain does a lot of things while you are ‘sleeping’, including removing cellular wastes and toxins that have built up during the time you … Continue reading

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Keeping Your Brain Healthy

Here are 7 habits to avoid to help keep your brain healthy and working it’s best: 1. Mistake #1: Eating a Standard American Diet 2. Mistake #2: Living next to a highway 3. Mistake #3: Drinking a few evening cocktails … Continue reading

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Open House Saturday, March 28

In celebration of Brain Awareness Week, The Center for NeuroFitness and The LifeSource Group are teaming up to host an Open House Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at The LifeSource Building 248 Southpark Circle East, … Continue reading

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GPS is Turning My Brain to Mush

I started using my car’s GPS system a few weeks ago….now I don’t have to read a map, plot a course, anticipate turns, pay much attention to road signs…in other words, don’t have to use my brain….I think my brain … Continue reading

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Top 8 Warning Signs your Brain is in Trouble

From Daniel Amen, MD: 8.   Chronic insomnia/sleep apnea:  Research suggests that people who get less than 7 hours of sleep at night have lower overall blood flow to the brain and poorer cognitive functioning. 7.  Erectile or sexual dysfunction: When … Continue reading

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Learning a Second Language is Beneficial for the Brain

Learning a second language is good for the brain!  It increases neuro-connections in the brain and, in older people, may help stave off dementia.  Click here to learn more about the advantages of learning a second (or third) language.

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The Female Brain Revealed

Want to know more about the Female Brain? Tune in to The Dr Oz Show Friday, 3/8 @ 4:00 PM EST where he will be hosting Daniel Amen, MD in a live Tweet Chat: http://www.amenclinics.com/know-my-brain#sthash.DMc25Gf5.dpbs

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Fight Depression by Changing Your Diet!

Episode from The Doctors today talks about how to combat depression by changing what you eat!  Check it out!  Combine proper diet with Neurotherapy for a great one-two punch!

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Foods good for your brain.

Great episode today on The Doctors talking about brain healthy foods and foods that improve mood. Brain Healthy Foods    

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Study Shows IQ in Teenagers Can Change as Brain Changes

In a recent study done by researchers at the University College London, it was found that IQ scores in teenagers change in relation to changes in the brain.  There are many things that can change the brain, both positively and … Continue reading

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