Protecting your greatest asset – Your Healthy Brain with Dr Dale Bredesen #136

<p>It is a simple fact, without a healthy brain we are going to really struggle to live any form of meaningful life.</p> <p>Yet how much do we REALLY pay attention to the health of our most prized asset? How much do we really look after our brain?</p> <p>We should!</p> <p>Dementia is now the third biggest killer in the USA.</p> <p>The effects are devastating. All meaningful life evaporates.</p> <p>I know from first - hand experience with my mother just how bad it can be.</p> <p>I would not wish it on anyone.</p> <p>Up to now we have been led to believe there is ‘nothing we can do about it’. That the demise when you develop Alzheimer’s is inevitable.</p> <p>Today’s guest on the Brain Booster is challenging all of our previous assumptions of what role WE can play in the ongoing health of our brain.</p> <p>Dr Dale Bredesen has just written a wonderful new book called ‘The End of Alzheimer’s Program’.</p> <p>I cannot recommend this book too highly.</p> <p>It is basically a manual to live a healthy and productive life by looking after your brain.</p> <p>By embracing some of the ideas in the book we are also giving ourselves the BEST possible chance for optimum performance in your game or your business.</p> <p>A healthy brain is an essential component of uncovering your true potential.</p> <p>Dr Bredesen is internationally recognised as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.</p> <p>He graduated from Caltech then earned his MD from Duke University.</p> <p>In today’s show we dive deep into some of the key ideas you can implement IMMEDIATELY to improve the health of your brain.</p> <p>We talk about the importance of sleep and how a lack of it can be harming your brain far more than you think.</p> <p>How poor oral hygiene can be the source of so much brain deterioration.</p> <p>The key elements of a good diet</p> <p>The effects of exercise on your brain.</p> <p>If you follow the ideas in today’s show you will be able to look at the world through a totally different lens.</p> <p>To be