Control Stress

Overall, there is convincing evidence to support both the notion early-life depression can act as a risk factor for later-life dementia, and later-life depression can be seen as a precursor to dementia.

A happy brain leads to a healthy brain. But it could also be a healthy brain leads to a happy brain.

So, which is it? No one is 100 percent sure yet.

Let's stick with what we do know.

If we get our brain healthier, we will probably get a happier brain.

And conversely, if we get our brain happier, we can get our brain healthier.

You don't have to be depressed over the news about depression and dementia. There are things you can do right now to reduce your depression and build up your brain health.

We discuss the strong evidence that getting stronger not only reduces the chances of getting dementia, but can be used to treat depression as well. Exercise can be just as effective as pills for treating depression.

We discuss the evidence of using diet to treat your depression as well as directly treating dementia due to reducing all that nasty neuroinflammation destroying your memories.

We also lay out plans to help you control your emotions by controlling your breathing.

Remember, a healthy brain is a happy brain. And a happy brain is a healthy brainQ