Save your brain with a healthy lifestyle
From mild cognitive impairment to full blown dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, there are several things in common that you can do to protect the health of your brain. Dr. Neal Barnard covers 8 lifestyle points to consider in the following video from a lecture given at a University of New England Center for a Global Humanities event. Studies have shown that genetics don't have to dictate disease, but rather lifestyle can dictate or suppress genetic expression. A poor diet, exposure to toxic substances, lack of sleep or exercise and vitamin deficiencies can influence the expression of genetic predispositions. However, when healthy lifestyle disciplines are practiced over a majority of a person's lifetime, the potential or genetic risk of disease need never manifest. In the case of Alzheimer's, diabetes or cancer, the genes that are associated with these diseases are merely "suggestive" genes. These genes depend on the exposure to poor lifestyle in order...