3 Tips for a Healthy Brain | Strategies to keep your Brain Healthy | Protect your Brain

Hi everyone, happy Sunday! Today we are talking all about strategies to improve your brain health and protect your brain so it stays healthier for longer! We talk about ways that providing your brain with the right environment can instantly improve your mood, focus, concentration and productivity; as well as things that you can do every day to help protect your brain from cognitive decline in later life. I have compiled lots of useful and recent evidence/research if you want to read more see below. This is such a huge topic that it is impossible to cover all the research and wider issues and information in one video, so if you would like a series on brain health then let me know in the comments. ⭐New videos every Sunday⭐ Please subscribe⭐ ⭐SUBSCRIBE HERE: /highnoteslife . ⭐ GET MAP YOUR MONTH HERE: Here is the link to my productivity planner that helps you plan your month in advance and guides you through goal setting, reflection and prioritising. It offers a flexible approach to calendar blocking and encourages productivity throughout your day! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Map-your-Month-Organisation-Planning/dp/1726723747/ref= sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543926062&sr=8-1&keywords=map+your+month ⭐ CONNECT WITH ME Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizbeth.lucy/ ⭐ WATCH MORE: Ways to Reduce Stress /watch/s11=t&IME1w9exbqhx= Five ways to feel instantly more confident // Boost your confidence /watch/s6=t&0ZECj3kjXuxjt Do you have the traits of a mentally strong person? Watch here: /watch/s911=t&AjZ9JZg2KtV21 Journal and Notebook walk-through: /watch/s05=t&oOzyTf-WjnLW= ⭐ // READ THE SCIENCE: Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180405223413.htm Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/nutritional-psychiatry-your-brain-on-food-201511168626 Can exercise and diet help mild cognitive impairment? https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/can-exercise-and-diet-help-mild-cognitive-impairment Neural stem cell of the hippocampus: development, physiology regulation, and dysfunction in disease. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24439807 Stem cell maintenance in the adult mammalian hippocampus: a matter of signal integration? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22488809 Exercise promotes the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) through the action of the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate https://elifesciences.org/articles/15092 8 Ways To Increase BDNF Levels (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/03/30/8-ways-to-increase-bdnf-levels-brain-derived-neurotrophic-factor/ The exercise effect https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/12/exercise //Read more about the guidelines for exercise here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/physical-activity-applying-all-our-health/physical-activity-applying-all-our-health ⭐ABOUT ME: Hi, I am Elizabeth and I'm a qualified Health and Well-being specialist. Over the years I have attained my BSc Microbiology and molecular science and two masters degrees in health and Public Health/Nutrition, I am also three years into a Public Health PhD🎓My research focuses on improving health and well-being at population level through mechanisms such as sugar reduction and modifiable lifestyle risk factors (so improving health through nutrition, exercise, sleeping, stress, and the design of health promoting and health protecting lifestyles – basically the wider influences that can impact our health and how to create lifestyles the offer protective effects to ensure long term health). I have worked in this field for about 15 years now and I am more passionate about it every day! So, if you like videos about how to protect and improve your health then please do subscribe! ⭐SUBSCRIBE HERE: /highnoteslife . 💗 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Sekai - Running [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Watch: /watch/0qoT0jRi24ViT Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/Sekai_RunningYO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ DISCLAIMER: The information provided on this channel is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional. You should not use the information on this channel for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. Consult with a healthcare professional if you suspect you might have a health problem.

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