Brain Health Report
Your Grade: B
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You're not drinking coffee or tea. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Continue to abstain from coffee or tea, or drink decaf.
While some previous research has shown some neural benefits to drinking coffee and tea –- perhaps because of the antioxidants they contain -- our research suggests that drinking too much coffee and tea is associated with slowed processing speed.
You're not eating enough fish or shellfish. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Eat fish.
Consider adding at 1 or 2 servings of fish, shellfish, flaxseed oil, walnuts, or cooked soybeans to your weekly diet. These foods all contain omega-3 fatty acids that are critical for communication between brain cells. If you have special dietary requirements and cannot consume fish or shellfish, get your omega-3 fatty acids from flaxseed oil, walnuts, or soybeans.
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) is a particularly important omega-3 fatty acid that is a component of the structure of brain cells.
You're not eating enough foods high in antioxidants. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Eat more foods with lots of antioxidants.
You’re getting some antioxidant rich foods in your diet, but you could be getting even more! Adding certain types of antioxidant-rich berries, beans, and vegetables to your meal plan will help you boost your brain health.
You picked chocolate, a good choice for brain health. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Chocolate can be good for the brain!
Chocolate improves your brain grade, but consider trying dark chocolate. When eaten in the same amounts, dark chocolate contains much higher levels of antioxidants.
The higher the percentage of cocoa in the chocolate, the healthier it is.
You avoid excess alcohol consumption; that's good for your brain. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Continue to avoid excessive alcohol consumption.
Avoiding excessive alcohol consumption is increasing your brain grade. Keep it up.
EXERCISE ANALYSIS
You're not getting regular aerobic exercise. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Get more aerobic exercise.
Aerobic exercise leads to the growth and development of brain cells, and may even stimulate the production of new brain cells. Adding some aerobic exercise to your exercise regimen will increase your brain grade.
Lack of aerobic exercise is associated with declines in cognition, and may increase the risk of dementia.
You're not getting regular strength training. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Do more strengthening exercise.
Strength training is an important part of overall fitness and a key to keep your brain healthy. Adding some strength training to your exercise regimen will increase your brain grade.
Strong muscles improve balance and reduce frailty, making it less likely that you will experience a serious injury that could restrict your movements and throw your brain-healthy lifestyle out of balance.
HEALTH ANALYSIS
Stressfuls events have been a part of your life in the past year. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Keep your brain healthy to help deal with stress.
You indicated that you have had some very stressful events in the past year. Stressful life events have been associated with problems of cognition. Keeping your brain healthy in other areas can help you prepare for and recover from these stressors.
You're getting enough sleep to keep your brain in good shape. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Maintain good sleep habits.
Getting enough sleep is critical for proper brain function. The brain consolidates learning and memory during sleep. Maintaining regular sleeping habits is critical for cognitive function and brain health in general. While you are sleeping an amount that is within the recommended range, you may still want to explore if you could be more effective with a little bit more or less sleep. Everyone is different in this regard.
You abstain from smoking. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Continue to abstain from smoking.
Smoking can be detrimental to your cognitive function in a variety of ways, and has been linked to an increased incidence of cognitive decline. By not smoking, you're keeping your brain, and body as a whole, in much better shape.
LIFESTYLE ANALYSIS
Your brain health can be positively affected by your strong social network. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Connect with your social network.
Your social network is improving your brain grade.
Having a close and active social network has been shown to be associated with a reduced risk of cognitive problems in aging.
You're doing cognitively stimulating activities that are good for your brain. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Keep doing cognitively stimulating activities.
While there has been little rigorous study of the benefits of particular leisure time activities, many scientists believe that engaging in cognitively stimulating activities is good for keeping the brain sharp.
You're improving your brain health by taking on new challenges. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Continue to challenge yourself.
Continue to challenge yourself. Taking on new challenges is an important part of keeping your brain functioning its best. Brain plasticity, the ability for the brain to reorganize itself, is spurred on by new challenges.
You're not training your brain enough. Close.
Neuroscientist's Tip: Increase your brain training.
Do more cognitive training to improve your brain grade.
Studies have shown that doing cognitive training exercises can improve attention, memory, and fluid intelligence. These types of exercises have also been shown to have benefits for driving performance and health-related quality of life.
COGNITION ANALYSIS
You have few problems with cognition, but should still take care of your brain. Learn more.
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