5 Ways to Prevent Dementia, Says Dr. Sanjay Gupta
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5 Ways to Prevent Dementia, Says Dr. Sanjay Gupta The key to treating dementia is prevention, says Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN s chief medical correspondent and a practicing neurosurgeon, in his new book
Stay Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age. Gupta notes that brain changes that result in dementia have been found to begin 20 to 30 years before a diagnosis, making prevention an urgent and worthy goal. And it just so happens that the same things you can do to reduce your risk for the disease are what you can do to improve your quality of life as you live with the disease, he adds. These are five ways you can start preventing dementia now and live a better life today. Read on and to ensure your health and the health of others, don t miss these
Worried about staying sharp as you age? Dr. Gupta s book is for you.
Beth NIeman
Brain health is the topic of “Keep Sharp: Have a Better Brain at Any Age,” a new book by Sanjay Gupta, MD. Sharing some of the exciting developments of brain research in recent years, Dr. Gupta informs readers of new discoveries you can put into practice to boost your own brain health. I was pleasantly surprised that the practical ideas he shares are easy and inexpensive for most people to achieve if they are aware of them.
Dr. Gupta spotlights five areas to concentrate on to benefit brain function as we age: physical activity, purposeful living (have goals to keep you learning and challenging yourself), adequate rest, nutrition, and connection. Let’s look at each of these:
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This week Iâm shifting, like the tide, over to thoughts of all things finned, likely because I am Catholic, and we just entered the season of Lent.
Thanks to God, I got to grow up in the Great Lakes region of the United States, and while I was raised near its southern end in northern Indiana, I have had the pleasure of traveling completely around both Lake Superiorâs and Lake Michiganâs shoreline, albeit via many separate trips.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN medical correspondent: “What’s the single most important thing for brain function and mitigating disease? The answer is exercise. And it’s as easy as walking.”
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I remember sitting at a table when a man gave my father a piece of paper and a pen. He asked my dad to sign his name. After putting pen to paper a couple of times, my dad, with a lost expression, slid the paper back, unsigned.
My dad had a distinguished signature. At that moment, I realized my father could no longer sign his name. He would never emerge from several different memory care facilities across a couple of states. My father died 22 years ago.
His plight has been on my mind recently. In particular, when I lose my focus, can’t find something I just had in my hand, or the classic “can’t remember why I went into that room.” I’ve felt frustrated, and am afraid that my brain is not firing on all cylinders.