8 Healthy Habits To Slow Brain Ageing

Send us Fan MailGet ready as we explore the American Heart Association’s (AHA) groundbreaking "Life's Essential 8" checklist! Originally designed to promote cardiovascular health, this science-backed set of healthy habits has now shown potential in slowing brain aging as well.Join us as we dive into the interconnectedness of physical and mental well-being, highlighting how our lifestyle choices impact our hearts and minds. Discover the power of preventive medicine through proactive habits that can reduce the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke, dementia, and type 2 diabetes.With powerful insights and actionable tips, this episode empowers you to assess your current lifestyle and adopt the "Life's Essential 8" for a healthier future. Plus, we’ll provide you with resources from the AHA, including recipes and tracking tools, to support you on your journey to better health.Source:8 Healthy Habits To Slow Brain Ageinghttps://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/lifes-essential-8This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets EmpathyIndependent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas. Support the showDisclosure: This podcast uses AI-generated synthetic voices for a material portion of the audio content, in line with Apple Podcasts guidelines. We make rigorous science accessible, accurate, and unforgettable.Produced by Michelle Bruecker and Scott Bleackley, it features reviews of emerging research and ideas from leading thinkers, curated under our creative direction with AI assistance for voice, imagery, and composition. Systemic voices and illustrative images of people are representative tools, not depictions of specific individuals.We dive deep into peer-reviewed research, pre-prints, and major scientific works—then bring them to life through the stories of the researchers themselves. Complex ideas become clear. Obscure discoveries become conversation starters. And you walk away understanding not just what scientists discovered, but why it matters and how they got there.Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs