Keeping Your Brain Healthy | Living Healthy Chicago

We know that our lifestyle can affect our health in a lot of different ways and that includes keeping our brains
healthy. So today we're getting some advice on what we should do to give our brains a boost.
The first tip is a big one. If you're smoker, it's time to quit. So I think really critical for brain health. Don't smoke.
Cigarette smoking appears to increase the risk of multiple sclerosis and it may offset the effectiveness of many of
our medications. Smoking is not healthy.
It's also important to eat healthy so you're fueling your brain well. Diet very likely plays a role in brain health.
One, it's supplying essential vitamins you need to restore the brain. And two, diet can influence other factors.
High blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, all which increase the risk of brain injury through mechanisms
such as stroke.
And finally, make time for movement in your day. Your brain will thank you. From a brain health standpoint,
there is good data that exercise helps improve things like memory and cognition and brain volume which can
support things like memory functions. So it's as simple as exercise around 30 minutes a day. There you have it.
Three great ways you can help keep your brain healthy.