Brain9d Blog | Keep your brain fit

We know about muscle fitness and cardiovascular fitness but Brain Fitness    was added to our repertoire of things to keep fit only i n the 21 st century! Don’t we have enough on our plate? Why would we want to do brain fitness and what are the benefits? We aim to answer these question so keep reading to find out. Brain fitness recognizes the brain’s ability to respond to exercises to keep it mentally fit. When the scientific community recognized this and released this information to the general community, it was a most exciting discovery! Why? Up until the 1970’s, it was believed that the brain was a fixed organism, whose pathways were laid down during gestation and early years and then eventually faded away as human beings grew older, never to be replaced. Now we know – the earth is not flat and our brains can change for the better!   In the last 20 years, research has shown us what the brain is capable of. Research into brain neuroplasticity started a...

There are early signs of dementia that if caught sooner than later, will allow you time to prevent any further onset. Memory loss can begin as early as your 40’s, and without creating any undue concern, it is best to know what to look out for as forewarned means being forearmed, especially when it comes to your brain and mental health. Dementia may stem from genetic and environmental conditions or from disease and trauma. Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common condition of dementia and although the cause is not known, protein clumps creating plaque are found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s. The second most common is Vascular Dementia, which is often brought on by damage to the brain vessels through stroke or other types of brain injury. The exact causes of dementia are yet unknown, and other than known brain injury related dementia, there are a few theories, some of which we have shared here. ·       We are getting older as a nation – so ...

With mental health issues such as depression becoming the largest global health burden by 2020, one has to ask why? In an age where technology has brought with it information and knowledge that we can access with a swipe of our fingers, why do we get stuck taking the next step? It is a mystery currently being solved, but with the information we have right here, right now, the team at Brain9D know a thing or two about mental health. One of the reasons why we believe that our mental health can improve and that mental health issues such as anxiety and depression need not be “managed’ but can actually be healed, is that we understand the brain’s neuroplasticity – that is, its ability to change. Our brains continue to grow and develop no matter what our age which is contrary to what we thought over 20 years ago. Back then we believed that the brain was a fixed organism, whose pathways eventually faded out as we aged. What is brain neuroplasticity? Brain neuroplasticity...