Max Lugavere

The gateway to healing your brain is your body.

Our nights used to be dark, but we’ve overruled darkness with artificial lighting. Consider the advancement of mobile technology: less than a decade ago, your average cell phone transmitted two colors and was as bright as a dim bulb. Today our smart phones emit millions of colors and at a brightness that can light up an entire room.

Where your brain is concerned, exercise is a must.

Being overweight is a driver of about 40 percent of modern cancers, and having an oversized waistline also correlates to accelerated brain aging. All told, one in five deaths globally today are related to diet alone, according to research published in the Lancet.

Sitting for an extended period of time literally causes blood to drain from your brain, and this can impair cognitive function. But even simple movements (a two-minute walk for every thirty minutes of seated time) can promote normal blood flow. It works like this: when you move your body, you create small changes to your blood pressure, which pushes blood and nutrients to your brain.

Healthy vitamin D levels are not optional; get levels tested by your doctor to ensure that they hover between 40 and 60 ng/mL.