What Does Your Brain Really Need from Supplements?
Your brain depends on a steady supply of essential nutrients to produce energy, communicate between cells, and maintain healthy brain function. But how does your brain actually use the vitamins and other nutrients you give it—and do you really need supplements? Understanding the science can help you make informed choices about your diet and determine whether a supplement may be useful for filling a nutritional gap.
Why People with Alzheimer's Forget the Right Word (and How to Find It Again)
Do you have to pause or just describe a word you can't quickly recall? For people living with Alzheimer's disease, word-finding problems are among the earliest and most frustrating symptoms. The encouraging news is that the word is often not gone. The brain may simply have difficulty finding the pathway to retrieve it. In this article, I explain the neuroscience behind word retrieval, why Alzheimer's disrupts these language networks, and how practical strategies based on neuroplasticity can help strengthen communication and restore confidence.
The Hidden Memory System That Can Help Fight Alzheimer's
Once we’ve started Leqembi or Kisunla we are anxious to see improvement in our AD symptoms and many of us do see improvement. That improvement is not because memory has been restored, it is because with mild cognitive impairment our brains can still relearn and to some extent starts doing that when we shift our thoughts to fixing what we have lost. We can and should begin and continue to repair ADs damage to prolong our independence as long as possible. I’ve written an article that I think may help you understand the power than only you have to repair what has been lost.