The media is full of messages concerning physical exercise and fitness, but do you ever hear a message about effectively exercising your brain?

Worry over general health spurs physical action and should include a routine for sustaining a healthy brain. When you start forgetting little things, a common fear is that Alzheimer’s Disease is developing. This is far from true. In fact, most loss of memory has more to do with the medications you may be taking or lack or proper rest and nothing to do with Alzheimer’s.

Don’t worry! You can exercise your brain, same as your body, to effectively improve your general health and push back the aging process.

Incorporate the 7 steps to a healthy brain, developed by Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld of Fox News Channel, into your daily routine.

1. Keep blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels
in the “normal” range.

Normal blood pressure values fall into the following categories: Less than 120 systolic and less than 80 diastolic. This would typically be phrased as 120/80. Read the rest of this entry »