http://fnew.org/2010/01/mark-your-calendars-summary-of-upcoming-speakers/ FNEW Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://fnew.org/2010/01/mark-your-calendars-summary-of-upcoming-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-5 bdandrea Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:45:27 +0000 http://fnew.org/?p=228#comment-5 Hi Folks, For those of us who are over thirty (OK, some of us by a decade or two), and have experience moments of forgetfulness - do you ever half jokingly refer to lapses in memory as “early Alzheimer’s” but secretly get a little anxious because it happens a little too often? Well this is a bad news/good news story. The bad news is that our behaviors- specifically diet and life style -may be contributing to these cognitive lapses. The good news is that there is much we can do to reverse the process with sound nutrition, a “brain healthily diet” and increasing physical activity at a level that doesn’t require marathon training. My moment of enlightenment came during a recent visit to Barnes and Nobles in Westport when I stopped to listen to a very engaging, entertaining, and obviously educated nutritionist speak about her book “Get Smart- Samantha Heller’s Nutrition Prescription for Boosting Brain Power and Optimizing Total Body Health”. I bought the book-it is EXCELLENT- as entertaining as it is scientifically sound (I am an RN by training and vehemently opposed to dietary recommendations that not research based). I checked out Ms Heller’s website-you can order her book on line at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. It is so good; I am buying it as early Christmas gift for all my over 30 friends. Now, if I can only remember where I put that Christmas list… Hi Folks,
For those of us who are over thirty (OK, some of us by a decade or two), and have experience moments of forgetfulness – do you ever half jokingly refer to lapses in memory as “early Alzheimer’s” but secretly get a little anxious because it happens a little too often?
Well this is a bad news/good news story. The bad news is that our behaviors- specifically diet and life style -may be contributing to these cognitive lapses. The good news is that there is much we can do to reverse the process with sound nutrition, a “brain healthily diet” and increasing physical activity at a level that doesn’t require marathon training.
My moment of enlightenment came during a recent visit to Barnes and Nobles in Westport when I stopped to listen to a very engaging, entertaining, and obviously educated nutritionist speak about her book “Get Smart- Samantha Heller’s Nutrition Prescription for Boosting Brain Power and Optimizing Total Body Health”.
I bought the book-it is EXCELLENT- as entertaining as it is scientifically sound (I am an RN by training and vehemently opposed to dietary recommendations that not research based).
I checked out Ms Heller’s website-you can order her book on line at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. It is so good; I am buying it as early Christmas gift for all my over 30 friends. Now, if I can only remember where I put that Christmas list…

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