Our bodies are hardwired to move. We want to move, but over the years, we have become more sedentary through various aspects of our lifestyle, from the way we navigate our world to how we seek out purposeful physical exercise for our health. Ultimately, our brains need our bodies to move. But what is physical …
To say that life is stressful in recent times might be an understatement for most. Collectively, we are living through the second year of a global pandemic that has shifted our lives in various ways (social, physical, vocational, etc.) and global unrest is escalating with every daily news cycle. Stress is a normal and unavoidable …
This is the time of year when many people may set goals, resolutions or intentions for a wide variety of personal health and wellness goals that stretch from weight loss, finances, food, to fitness and more. While our personal goals are at the forefront of our minds, or at least at leading some conversations and …
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness month and brain health makes a significant contribution to the prevention conversation surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Many leading organizations and experts across the globe and in the United States recommend a healthy brain check-up, also known as a “memory screening.” Although healthy brain check-ups are available throughout the year during most …
It’s the time of the year when school is back in session and learning is top of mind. Fortunately, our brains love to absorb new things all the time. Throughout our lives, we have to find new and different ways to challenge our brains to continue to learn. “Develop a passion for learning. If you …
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a magic pill that you could take to increase your brain health and prevent cognitive decline? There’s no particular food you can eat or thing you can do to avoid aging, but there are ways that you can enjoy a healthier brain. Most people don’t consider the things …
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“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.” —Jacques Yves Cousteau Beyond our natural environment where water is critical, water is the fuel for our brains and bodies. It is estimated that we can survive a mere three days without water. An essential for both our brains and bodies, water comprises …
What does a diet for your brain care look like in everyday life? Understanding “Diet” There are hundreds of different diets touted around the world for their claimed health benefits and the diet industry in the United States is a multi-billion-dollar industry and growing. Unfortunately, there are a wide variety of diet trends that come …
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Kali Sarver is a Senior at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a major in Psychology and a minor in Gerontology. She is a current undergraduate student intern at the Virtual Brain Health Center. This fall, Kali will attend the University of Michigan to earn her Ph.D. in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience. In recent …
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Early on in the pandemic, we were given the message to stay socially distant from one another outside of our immediate household. Luckily, many leaders quickly recognized that this was not the proper message to be sending when the intent was to keep a physical distance from one another for our own safety. Today, we …
