Finally, a gold-standard clinical trial that produced a stunning—if intuitive—conclusion: dementia is not our destiny. The trial, reported in the April 2017 issue of Scientific American, followed participants for two years; the participants consisted of 631 men and women aged 60-77 in the intervention group and 629 in the control group. All participants were chosen […]
10 Ways You Can Take Action—to Diminish Stress Right Now
Stress can be a positive force in our lives when it is short-lived and when we use it to direct our energies to beneficial action. In other words, stress isn’t all bad. It serves a purpose. The problem comes when we forget to take time out from stress, or when we feel helpless in the […]
Dementia Prevention Checklist
I know so many people who are taking care of others who are at risk for, or lost in the depths of, dementia. Indeed, Alzheimer’s and other types of dementias have reached crisis proportions in this country. Over time, I’ll continue to write about dementia prevention, but for now I offer you this simple checklist. […]
3 Daily Habits Worth Starting—to Save Your Sanity
It is true that we can’t ward off all the challenges that come with aging. But dementia and Alzheimer’s, which affect one in nine and one in three, respectively? We can increase our odds of avoiding these difficult, sad endings. It comes to lifestyle. Furthermore, and interestingly, if you think about a range of other […]
Making Changes: Embarking on the Beautiful
Recently, a dear colleague mentioned needing to make a change in order to overcome some health issues. I found myself suggesting a “food lifestyle” and then she answered back asking if she must pursue a particular diet, to which I again found myself using the term “food lifestyle.” As the conversation continued, I shared thoughts […]
3 Stress Relief Experiments I Tried—and You Can Too
Change isn’t always easy. Our brains like things just the way they are. Not because it’s necessarily in our best interest, but because it’s known. The known is a shortcut. And the brain loves nothing more than a good shortcut, because it requires less processing power. Growth, on the other hand, can require the forging […]