Module A - The Basics of Brain Fitness and Memory Maintenance

Objectives

• Evaluate genetic markers for memory loss - Understand the role that toxins have in memory loss
• Appreciate how exercise helps maintain cognition
• Learn commonly used medications that may cause memory loss - Identify nutrients that help maintain memory and focus
• Comprehend exercises that help maintain memory
• Learn cognitive testing
• Understand the affect that psychotropic and pain medications have on memory
• Understand the role recreational drugs have on memory loss
• Value the role sex hormones have in maintaining memory and focus including pregnenolone, estrogens, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA
• Learn how optimal thyroid function helps maintain memory and focus
• Understand how stress affects memory
• Comprehend the role that insulin dysfunction plays in memory loss
• Learn the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease - Recognize the effects of fluoride on the brain
• Know elevated plasma homocysteine levels are a risk factor for dementia
• Understand the value of sleep hygiene and its affect on memory
• Realize the key role stress has on cognition
• Understand the relationship between health status and cognitive functioning
• Identify the fatty acids that aid in memory maintenance
• Understand the role that inflammation plays in memory loss
• Learn that level of education affects memory
• Understand that intake of foods that the patient is allergic to can affect cognition
• Learn that dysbiosis can affect memory - Identify toxic metals that can affect cognition
• Understand the role neurotransmitters have on memory
• Learn the parts of the brain that affect memory