Learn How to Keep Your Brain Healthy

How to keep your brain healthy

Boost your brain power with these five easy steps.

Benefits

Improved brain nutrition
Better brain fitness
Stress relief

Your brain is part of your central nervous system and is the control centre for your body. It can be divided into 3 main sections – the cerebrum, cerebellum and the brain stem.

Your brain is made up of billions of nerve cells, called neurons, which control all the essential functions of your body. The brain also enables you to think, remember, learn, and feel.

Throughout life, there are many factors that may affect the health of your brain, and how well it works.

Brain Health

Commit to action plan

Actions

Write a ‘brain food’ shopping list with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, protein, low GI carbohydrates, nuts, seeds and fish.
Try something new that you’ve never eaten before!
Not only is regular exercise good for the body but it’s also good for the brain.
Exercise increases circulation, including circulation to the head area, and therefore increases blood flow and nutrition to the brain.
Take a yoga class, go for a run with a mate or even just take a walk around the block each day and build up your fitness.
Exercising the brain is thought to build reserves of healthy brain cells and the connections between them.
Boost your brain power with a new book, sign-up for a language class or commit to cracking the cryptic crossword.
BRAIN GAMES: Challenge your brain with online brain training.
Long-term stress leaves the brain exposed to stress hormones that may have an impact on the structure of the parts of our brain that are involved in memory and thinking.
Start stressing less and meditate for 5 minutes first thing in the morning and again before you go to bed.
There are a number of supplements that may be suitable for you to help support brain health- including fish oil, B vitamins, Ginkgo biloba and turmeric.
Which one is right for you? Ask the experts! Talk to a Blackmores naturopath today for advice on brain health and which supplement may help you.

Write a ‘brain food’ shopping list with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, protein, low GI carbohydrates, nuts, seeds and fish.

Try something new that you’ve never eaten before!