Fight Dementia with Your NOSE?!
Your basic senses can serve as an early warning system for your brain. For example, I’ve warned before about the link between hearing loss and worsening brain health many times. I’ve also explained how touch… or, in this case, grip strength… can be used to identify a rising risk for dementia. And vision problems, such...
"Bright Idea" Battles Dementia WITHOUT Drugs
Mainstream medicine giving the thumbs up to a drug-free, non-invasive treatment for ANYTHING is like spotting a unicorn. But that’s precisely what’s happened with dementia. You probably already know how poor the options are for treating this disease. Heck, even the MOST enthusiastic supporter of drug therapies will admit the existing Alzheimer’s meds are a...
Dementia Test Raises Red Flags YEARS Earlier?!
Do you get a bit worried that you have Alzheimer’s every time you forget something? If so, you’re not alone. It’s a COMMON fear as we age. After all, when you find yourself standing in the middle of a room wondering WHY you walked in there, it’s easy to think you could be headed down...
Evade Dementia with a VITAMIN?! Study says, "YES!"
Few things are as crucial as maintaining brain health as you age. You can live with a bum knee or losing your hair. And cranking up the volume on the TV to hear your favorite shows might be annoying, but it’s manageable. However, fading brain power is a horse of a different color. It means...
Dodge Alzheimer’s with "Seeing Red” Diet Trick
What’s for dinner tonight? It’s a deceptively simple question. Because what you decide to put on your plate actually has an ENORMOUS impact on your health…. including your brain function. Making smart food choices today can help your brain function better in the future. In fact, your diet can raise or lower your Alzheimer’s risk....
Loneliness Linked to THIS Startling Side Effect
Before the pandemic, we didn’t talk much about being lonely. But when the virus locked us down in our homes, the issue of isolation could no longer be ignored. Some of us were experiencing that kind of loneliness for the first time. But the truth is social isolation has ALWAYS been a common problem for...
AVOID Hospital Stays with this NATURE Hack?!
Dear Living Well Daily Reader, If you’re like most folks, you will do just about ANYTHING to avoid a trip to the hospital. But if you’re battling a neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, that’s easier said than done. Each year nearly a third of Americans living with Parkinson’s will end up in the hospital....
Sip on THIS Drink to DISSOLVE Dementia
I’m on a personal mission to keep YOU from getting Alzheimer’s. Why? Because I’ve seen FAR too many people arrive at their golden years without their mind, memory, or independence. Their brains are clogged up with neurofibrillary tangles called tau tangles or plaques. But that doesn’t have to be YOUR fate. Because there’s a simple...
Meditation Benefits Continue to GROW
I’ll admit it. Many of the folks promoting meditation in the past were hippy-dippy types. And the “woo” surrounding it could be a bit too much to take. But, ironically, those incense-burning, chanting New Agers were RIGHT about meditation’s BENEFITS all along. A growing pile of research leaves little doubt that meditation… sitting quietly for...
MAILBAG: Don’t Miss These Dementia Red Flags
Dear Living Well Daily Reader, “How can I spot the difference between normal forgetfulness and signs of dementia?” –– Murphy, from Gatlinburg, TN Hi Murphy, Most of us start to have some minor memory complaints as we age. For example, I struggle with tip-of-the-tongue brain burps. I know the word I’m looking for, but I...