As we enter 2025, ensuring overall health and wellness includes focusing on brain health. The American Academy of Neurology identifies 12 factors crucial for brain health, including sleep, diet, exercise, social interactions, and mental health. Discuss these with your physician for personalized advice on maintaining a healthy brain throughout life.
As we step into 2025, focus on your overall health and wellness. A healthy body requires a healthy brain to function. So how do you boost your brain health?
The first step is to talk to your neurologist or primary care physician about 12 factors to protect your brain. TheAmerican Academy of Neurologyhas outlined 12 critical factors to consider in their recent article, Emerging Issues in Neurology published in the journal Neurology®.
“Neurologists are the experts in brain health, with the training and insight needed to help you keep your brain in top shape throughout life. The American Academy of Neurology’s Brain Health Initiative is leading the way, improving brain health for all by providing neurologists with important information on preventive neurology. This article can serve as a great conversation starter for you and your physician about ways to keep your brain healthy,” Carlayne E. Jackson, M.D., FAAN, the president of the
American Academy of Neurology
said in a release.
Here are 12 questions that you should discuss with your physician. According to the article, these 12 factors including sleep, diet, exercise, social interactions, blood pressure, and mental health influence your brain’s health at all stages of life.
- Sleep: Are you able to get sufficient sleep to feel rested?
- Affect, mood, and mental health: Do you have concerns about your mood, anxiety, or stress?
- Food, diet, and supplements: Do you have concerns about getting enough or healthy enough food, or have any questions about supplements or vitamins?
- Exercise: Do you find ways to fit physical exercise into your life?
- Supportive social interactions: Do you have regular contact with close friends or family, and do you have enough support from people?
- Trauma avoidance: Do you wear seatbelts and helmets, and use car seats for children?
- Blood pressure: Have you had problems with high blood pressure at home or at doctor visits, or do you have any concerns about blood pressure treatment or getting a blood pressure cuff at home?
- Risks, genetic and metabolic factors: Do you have trouble controlling blood sugar or cholesterol? Is there a neurological disease that runs in your family?
- Affordability and adherence: Do you have any trouble with the cost of your medicines?
- Infection: Are you up to date on vaccines, and do you have enough information about those vaccines?
- Negative exposures: Do you smoke, drink more than one to two drinks per day, or use nonprescription drugs? Do you drink well water, or live in an area with known air or water pollution?
- Social and structural determinants of health: Do you have concerns about keeping housing, having transportation, having access to care and medical insurance, or being physically or emotionally safe from harm?
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Your physician or neurologist can advice you based on these factors on what steps to take to improve your brain health.
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