Supplements for Brain Health—What Matters and What Doesn’t
Supplements for Brain Health—What Matters and What Doesn’t By Dr. Mike Every week, a patient walks into my office with a new brain health supplement—some powder, pill, or oil they found online. And my answer is usually the same: 🧠 Supplements are 5th-order tools. If your sleep is broken, your blood pressure is high, your […]
Hearing, Oral Health & the Surprising Links to Dementia
Hearing, Oral Health & the Surprising Links to Dementia By Dr. Mike Most patients think hearing loss and gum disease are quality-of-life issues. And they are. But they’re also something else: Hidden accelerants of cognitive decline and surprising links to dementia These are the kind of risk factors that fly under the radar—until they start to […]
Sleep, Smoking, Alcohol & Head Injuries — The Overlooked Brain Killers
Sleep, Smoking, Alcohol & Head Injuries — The Overlooked Brain Killers By Dr. Mike We often focus on diet, exercise, and blood sugar when it comes to brain health—and rightly so. But there’s a quieter set of risk factors that deserve just as much attention: 🧠 Sleep, smoking, alcohol, and head trauma. Each of these […]
What Women Need to Know About Brain Health After Menopause
What Women Need to Know About Brain Health After Menopause By Dr. Mike If you’re a woman in your 40s, 50s, or beyond, and you’ve noticed shifts in mood, sleep, focus, or memory—it’s not just in your head. 🧠 Estrogen decline during menopause may be one of the most important, under-recognized factors in brain aging. […]
Exercise Is Your Brain’s Best Friend
Exercise Is Your Brain’s Best Friend By Dr. Mike We all know that exercise is good for the heart. But here’s what more people need to understand: 🧠 Exercise is the single most powerful tool we have to protect the brain. Yes—more than crossword puzzles, more than supplements, more than any one food. And unlike […]
Metabolic Health Is Brain Health
Metabolic Health Is Brain Health By Dr. Mike If there’s one message I want every patient to take seriously, it’s this: Your brain’s future depends on your metabolic health today. The research is clear: conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and high LDL cholesterol don’t just affect your heart—they damage your brain and […]
The Real Risk of Alzheimer’s — And What You Can Do About It
The Real Risk of Alzheimer’s—And What You Can Do About It By Dr. Mike When most people think of Alzheimer’s disease, they think of age, memory loss, and inevitability. But here’s the truth: while there are some things you can’t change, the majority of what determines your brain health—especially as you age—is within your control. […]
Sleep: You’re probably not getting enough part two
Most of the information for this posting comes from Matthew Walker’s book “Why We Sleep.” Sleep is important! It accounts for one third of our lives. Wakefulness is actually low level brain damage which requires a good night of sleep for a person to properly recover. In 2012, Rochester University found that the brain has […]