Hear “healthy heart” and you might think cholesterol, blood pressure…oughta hit the gym.
Now, quick: What are you doing for your brain?
“People spend more time thinking about their toenails than their brains,” says former Houston Oilers linebacker Al Smith. As board chair of the NFL Alumni Association and a baby boomer, he knows firsthand that the brain is usually completely ignored until something goes wrong. Like concussions. Or forgetfulness.
“When I have a headache or forget where I parked my car, I think, is that my age? Or from playing a rough sport? Is it Alzheimer’s?” Smith says. His growing concern led him to be among the first guests at the only resort focused exclusively on brain health, Montana’s new LifeWorks Health and Neuroscience.
Yes, there is such a thing. Because…now we know.
“We’re having a brain-health revolution,” says Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D., founder of the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas. “What we’ve known about improving cognitive function has lagged a generation behind what we know about our hearts—until now.”
Groundbreaking advances in neuroimaging and brain studies are illuminating that mysterious organ long hidden below hair, scalp and skull. In the past dozen years, more has been revealed about both its hardware and its software than was known in all history, neurologists say.
How can we stay mentally sharp and, at every age, make good decisions, plan ahead, think creatively, react quickly and resiliently and process everything in ways that help us live a good life?
Human lifespan keeps extending. Experts want to show how your “mindspan” can keep up. Click here to continue reading.
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