What’s On Your Mind S9 E10 | Longevity & Ageing Well Part 3: Keeping Your Brain Young
What’s On Your Mind S9 E10 | Longevity & Ageing Well Part 3: Keeping Your Brain Young
What’s On Your Mind S9 E10 | Longevity & Ageing Well Part 3: Keeping Your Brain Young
We have talked about living longer
We have talked about ageing well
We have talked about retirement purpose and remaining fruitful
Now in the final episode of our three-part Longevity series we turn our attention to perhaps the most extraordinary organ in the human body
The brain
As we get older does cognitive decline have to be inevitable
Can exercise actually protect the brain
How important is sleep
What happens to the brain during menopause
And what role can nutrition supplements and everyday habits play in maintaining our cognitive health
DJ Val and Olive explore the research surrounding brain ageing neuroplasticity dementia Alzheimer’s disease exercise sleep and cognitive resilience
One of the most encouraging messages from the discussion is that getting older does not automatically mean losing cognitive function. The brain retains an ability to change adapt and respond to experience through neuroplasticity and what researchers describe as cognitive reserve
The aim is not necessarily to keep a 25 year old brain forever but to keep the brain active adaptable and engaged
Among the topics discussed
🧠 What happens to the brain as we age
🏃 Why exercise can be brain medicine
💪 Resistance training and brain health
🦵 Why training your legs may matter
🤹 Hand eye coordination and challenging the brain
😴 Why quality sleep becomes increasingly important
👩 Menopause estrogen sleep and women’s brain health
🥗 Nutrition and metabolic health
❤️ The connection between the heart and the brain
🔥 HIIT exercise and cardiovascular fitness
🧖 Sauna and healthy ageing
💊 Omega 3 Vitamin D B12 magnesium and creatine
🙏 Faith purpose and looking after the body God has given us
The researchers discussed include Dr Wendy Suzuki Dr Louisa Nicola and Dr Rhonda Patrick whose work looks at exercise cognitive health neuroplasticity Alzheimer’s prevention longevity and metabolic health
One message appeared repeatedly throughout the research
Exercise is one of the greatest investments you can make for your brain and sleep is the maintenance of that investment
And rather than looking for one magic intervention the conversation encourages us to think about creating a complete brain health system built around movement sleep nutrition stimulation and healthy lifestyle choices
💬 Join the conversation
What change from this three-part series are you actually going to put into practice
Have you changed the way you think about ageing
Let us know in the comments
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