healthy lifestyle – Page 2

Breath Management Class at Local General Medical Practice

I recently ran a breath class at a local medical practice for the purpose of increasing community awareness about breathlessness, how it affects us and how we can manage it. Evaluations were positive as they found many things to relate to and many other things to learn and practice. A great way to engage people that are hesitant to join a regular program in a larger health service.

Alive

Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry…… be alive.

Ernest Hemingway – Writer

Genetic Risk & Dementia

The good thing is that even if someone in your family has had a diagnosis of dementia you can reduce your risk of getting it regardless of genes by working on the modifiable risk factors: eat healthy, exercise, manage your BP/diabetes/depression effectively, don’t smoke, socialise and get out and about, keep learning and stimulating your brain by joining a chess club, learn a language, or learn a new skill.

To learn more about genetic risk go to:

http://www.dementia.org.au/information/genetics-of-dementia

or for an information sheet on Alzheimers and genetics go to http://www.genetics.edu.au/publications-and-resources/facts-sheets/fact-sheet-50-alzheimer-disease/view