Although it is true that as we age, we find that we can’t walk quite as fast or play sports quite as hard as we could in our twenties. A healthy diet, regular exercise, and the right dietary supplements can make a huge difference in our health, strength, and mobility. Similarly, we find that we may not think as quickly as we used to, misplacing our keys occasionally and experiencing more losses of words. Although this is an ordinary problem Read the rest of this entry »

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Alzheimers Prevention and Brain Health

First I want to assume that you are reading this because you are starting to worry just a little bit about your memory and the possibility of Alzheimers later in life.  You’re not the only one-there are 72 million baby boomers taking turns on line every day looking for information, help and hope for the Alzheimers prevention .  You may have noticed long time friends or people at work maybe you Read the rest of this entry »

What’s the brain health news for today? Well, the winner of the 2008 USA Memory Championship was recently announced. His name is Chester Santos and he can memorize a deck of cards in three minutes, learn 100 random words and 100 new names and faces in just 15 minutes. How does he do it?

That’s his secret. He’s willing to teach you, for a price, of course. He recently quit his software job to teach his memory training techniques Read the rest of this entry »

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Funny thing pain, if you’ve never had a severe pain then the suggestion of taking simple analgesia and resting the affected area all seems quite reasonable. I was reminded of this when I read recently of a doctor’s advice to someone who was suffering from sciatica. Having personally experienced sciatica, it’s a condition I would not recommend to anyone who wishes to walk, sit, laugh, sleep, or to just simply pull up your trou Read the rest of this entry »

Does it make sense to be  more  involved and have a more active social life as we age?  Yes it does.  Being more engaged socially  appears to delay memory loss as we grow older, a new study has shown.

The finding, which appears in the July issue of The American Journal of Public Health, suggests that strong social interaction, through friends, family and community groups can enhance our brain health as we age and that s Read the rest of this entry »

Copyright (c) 2008 BrainFit For Life

As the Brain Fitness industry continues to gain momentum, and people explore all the incredible brain-training tools being developed, we hope that enthusiasts don’t take their eye off the importance of the physical health of the brain and all the systems it communicates with. The brain is unique in that it houses our cognitive and emotional capacities in the form of the mind. It is a ‘cognitive Read the rest of this entry »

The fitness goal of the over 40 fitness crowd is to simply begin moving your body on a daily basis become smart on feeding your body the way it needs to be fed.

Our goal with movement is to get in the habit of producing blood flow every day. The body movement possibilities are endless. List the possibilities in your environment. The gym is only one of many.

Incorporate resistance exercises at least 3 times a wee Read the rest of this entry »

Not all are blessed with sharp memory and hence, they need to work so hard to make their remembrance powerful. On the other hand, in today’s world, you cannot do anything if you do not have good memory. Any job requires responsibilities and responsibilities can never be fulfilled successfully unless an individual has sharp memory.  

Memory is required everywhere; right from the education (to score high in examination) to remember c Read the rest of this entry »