Your brain is your body’s most active organ, consuming up to a quarter of the body’s energy at any moment, and it continues to change and grow throughout your life. Whether you’re managing a disease like Parkinson’s, care for someone who does or want to strengthen your own brain health, it’s never too late to implement strategies to support your brain. Several lifestyle habits have proven benefits to boost brain health, like adding movement throughout the day, eating a plant-powered diet and managing stress. Even small tweaks to your routine can lead to meaningful changes.
In this video, Rachel Dolhun, MD, DipABLM, movement disorder specialist, lifestyle medicine physician and principal medical advisor at The Michael J. Fox Foundation, speaks with Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD and Ayesha Sherzai, MD — neurologists, scientists and authors called The Brain Docs — about lifestyle strategies for better brain health.
Watch the full conversation or skip ahead to one of the chapters of interest below:
- What is brain health?
- Aging and brain health
- Five lifestyle tools for brain health
- Exercise and brain health
- What’s the most important lifestyle habit?
- Building healthy habits
- Measuring the benefit of lifestyle changes
- Supporting others in their brain health journey
Brain health is an important topic at any age, whether you’re living with a disease like Parkinson’s or not. Watch now to learn more about how to support it with your lifestyle.
Check out our new lifestyle hub for more resources on living well with Parkinson’s, including tips from Dr. Dolhun and other experts on sleep, diet, exercise and social connection.
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