Spring Cleaning for Your Brain – Sources and Research

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Tip 1: Evaluate Your Diet

● How Does Food Impact Health?
https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/how-does-food-impact-health

● Antioxidants: In Depth
https://nccih.nih.gov/health/antioxidants/introduction.htm

● Free Radicals: Properties, Sources, Targets, and Their Implication in Various Diseases
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310837/

Tip 2: Check Your Medications

● Common Anticholinergic Drugs Like Benadryl Linked to Increased Dementia Risk
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/common-anticholinergic-drugs-like-benadryl-linked-increased-dementia-risk-201501287667

● Benzodiazepine use may Raise Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/benzodiazepine-use-may-raise-risk-alzheimers-disease-201409107397

● Statin Side Effects: Weigh the Benefits and Risks
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/statin-side-effects/art-20046013

Tip 3: Adjust Your Lifestyle and Habits

● Impact of Lifestyle on Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703222/

Tip 4: Give Your Heart Some Love

● Importance of Heart Health
https://www.livestrong.com/article/428996-importance-of-heart-health/

● Dementia and Heart Health: Are They Related?
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/dementia/dementia-and-heart-health-are-they-related

Tip 5: Get Checked for the Early Signs of Dementia

● Why it is Never too Early to Screen for Dementia
https://braintest.com/never-early-screening-for-dementia/