Improve Thinking Skills: 

1. Exercise your body: Moving More is the most important factor to reduce our risk for memory loss and dementia. Exercise improves memory and helps to prevent cognitive decline.
   • Take the stairs, instead of the escalator.
   • Park further away than you need to
   • Use furthest bathroom away from you
   • Walk 30-45 minutes daily
   • Get up every half hour
   • Get an activity tracker.
2. Exercise your brain:
   • Learn new information
   • Playing games and puzzles that exercise the brain
   • Take a new route home and park in different location
   • Problems for the brain to solve; the brain loves a challenge!
3. Eat the right foods:
   • Foods that decrease inflammation, including fish
   • Avoid processed foods and sugar
   • Eat plenty of vegetables
   • Drink 6-8 8 oz glasses of water
4. Sleep:
   • Get 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night
   • Limit napping to one hour
   • 1-2 hours prior to sleep, turn down the lights and turn off the TV and computer
5. Stress:
   • Take three slow breaths frequently during the day.
   • Develop a practice of meditation and mindfulness
6. Socialization:
   • Connection with others is vital for our well-being.

We have the opportunity to change our patterns of behavior and to improve our health.  Small changes over time have a positive effect. They help!

This blog is to help:

• lower our risk for developing cognitive loss
• cope with cognitive decline. 

Living longer without cognitive loss is my passion. Changes occur slowly. Developing habits for better brain health is empowering. Making decisions to improve health is essential to live longer healthier, happier lives.