You Can Reduce Your Dementia Risk by Taking Good Care of Your Heart

While there are some risk factors for dementia we can't change, such as family history and heredity, our heart health is something we can impact by the choices we make.

With that in mind, don't wait for New Year's Day to resolve to keep your heart (and your mind) healthy. You can start by avoiding these resolutions here: The 8 Most Important Resolutions about Brain Health NOT to Make and visiting the About.com Guide to Better Brain Health.

 

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us You Can Reduce Your Dementia Risk by Taking Good Care of Your Heart While there are some risk factors for dementia we can't change, such as family history and heredity, our heart health is something we can impact by the choices we make. With that in mind, don't wait for New Year's Day to resolve to keep your heart (and your mind) healthy. You can start by avoiding these resolutions here: The 8 Most Important Resolutions about Brain Health NOT to Make and visiting the About.com Guide to Better Brain Health.   Esther Heerema, MSW Alzheimer's & Dementia Expert Research: Reduce Your Dementia Risk by Taking Care of Your Heart   The great thing about all of these research studies cited in this article is that they show that heart health is a modifiable risk factor for brain health. Modifiable means that we can change it. We can do something to reduce the chance of developing dementia, and that "something" we do will also improve our overall health.  What a win-win! ...Read more READ NOW Does High Blood Pressure Really Affect My Dementia Risk?   Here's how blood pressure impacts our risk for dementia, as well as how that risk is changed when we receive treatment to lower our blood pressure...Read more READ NOW Need Another Reason to Quit Smoking? Save Your Brain!   Did you know that smoking, and even exposure to secondhand smoke, have been correlated with a higher risk of dementia? Here's a summary of the research behind that statement, as well as what happens to that risk when you quit smoking...Read more READ NOW Cardiorespiratory Exercise Helps Preserve White Matter in Brain   Sometimes, we all need a little extra push to get our bodies moving. This study provides a great reason to do so-- our brains...Read more READ NOW What Kind of Exercise Best Prevents and Slows Dementia?   While almost all research agrees that physical exercise is important for brain health, a few studies have concluded that one specific type may provide more benefits than other kinds of exercise...Read more READ NOW Featured Articles • 8 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight • 8 Surprising Causes of Weight Gain • 7 Foods That Cause a Bloated Belly • Debunking the 5 Biggest Myths About Pilates • What Condom Size Do I Need? • Why Is Vaginal Dryness So Common During Menopause? • 7 Surprisingly Fattening Foods • Getting an MRI with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advertisement About Alzheimer's & Dementia  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Alzheimer's & Dementia newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.