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http://www.askmikethecounselor2.comBrain ClassesBrain ClassesCurious about brain classes? Is there anything to them besides smoke and mirrors? I have beenusing four brain training programs, and I like them, but here is information from two University of Michigan researchers who offer an e-book which draws on their professional expertise to explainin a humorous way that brain fitness is certainly something we can cultivate. Want just a chapter,and not the e-book? No problem, but for $17.00, how can you go wrong? Remember, everythingstarts in the brain. Once you have read the book, look for links below to exceptional brain fitnesstools."Dr. Simon Evans and Dr. Paul Burghardt draw from their brain science research and extensivespeaking experience to mix important health messages with an entertaining journey into your brainand mind. BrainFit For Life will motivate, educate and delight you on your way to a healthierbrain and more enriched life.After all, thoughts are things. They are electrical and chemical pulses that change your brain bytheir very existence. BrainFit for Life gives you the tools to change your brain for the better andachieve life-long brain health and fitness."Thoughts about your perceptions do change your life, and fast. You change your hormonal bathwith a thought twice as fast as you can blink your eyes. (You may have dated your significantother for a long time, and when you made the words "I love you", your life changed didn't it)?Brainfit for LifeBrain ClassesI could see brain classes in community college schedule books soon, perhaps as a continuingeducation class, and as research continues to advance what we can legitimately claim for brainfitness, perhaps even four year schools or graduate schools would include brain classes, or animprove your brain class.Research is advancing the concept rapidly, and brain salons and brain fitness programs arepopping up at shopping malls and senior centers around the country.
 
What might brain classes include?Brain Classes-Physical ExerciseI have not seen a brain fitness blog or website yet that does not speak to the benefits of physicalexercise for brains of all ages.In fact, the new current administration may be moving toward a position that wellness must bepursued and Paul Burghardt, Ph.D. says ..."In his editorial, Redwoood agrees. In fact, hespecifically mentions nutrition, exercise, stress-reduction and social support as ingredients for trueprevention. He points out that while the Obama administration has acknowledged these factors asimportant, it remains to be seen whether this will be backed up by any budgets or whether it is justlip-service, as it has been for decades in the current healthcare system."So a brain class would definitely speak to the need for physical fitness and the other ingredientsmentioned above that are part of brain fitness.Brain Classes-NeuroplasticityNeuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to rearrange itself, actually its synaptic connections, inresponse to novel challenge, with novel being a very important word.As a counselor, reading another book about counseling will not increase synaptic connections.Learning a new language or starting piano lessons would encourage neuroplasticity, which is verygood for the older brain. Don't have to master it folks, just do it, for the brain to benefit. All theneurons involved in the circuit learn to fire together, and the more active the circuit is, the longerthe brain keeps it.Brain Classes-NeurogenesisNot too long ago neuroscientific dogma said that brains do not grow new neurons past age five orso. That appears to be an overturned dogma, and we can grow new neurons. Neurogenesis can beencouraged with, you guessed it, novel challenge, exercise, nutrition, stress management, andgood sleep.You will want to rush out for some dark chocolate for its phytochemicals. (But not milk chocolate!)Brain Classes-NutritionThe best foods for our brains and our bodies are foods eaten as they are grown, preferrably locallygrown.Processed foods have the nutrition milled out of them, are filled with appetite stimulants, msg,which is an excitotoxin, and high fructose corn syrup, and processed foods contribute significantly
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