Your Brain is Ready When You Are!

The medical community has long believed that our cognitive abilities start deteriorating after +/- age 25.

But a new study that we discuss in this post, shows that brains in older adults can still rebuild and grow.  In effect, the fundamental machinery to produce new neurons remains intact throughout life.

These findings suggest that cognitive decline might not be due to new neurons but rather in how these cells connect and communicate.

Connectivity and communication are negatively impacted by inflammation, toxins, and a lack of oxygen.

Your body uses oxygen to maintain and rebuild.  As you get older, more parts of your body need help and more oxygen is needed.

Normally, your brain uses roughly 20% of the oxygen you take in.  If you have multiple areas of your body yelling “Help me”, your brain is simply not getting enough oxygen to fight off the toxins and inflammation, and also rebuild.  This leads to reduced cognition.

But, if we stimulate the brain with more oxygen, we can help it rebuild and remain healthy.

This is what we are seeing in our Gym for the Brain clients.

Point is, as we head into a new year, you do not need to give up or accept your gradual mental decline.  Your brain is ready to rebuild when you are ready to help it do so.