By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Technically brain fog is not a diagnosis or a clearly definable condition, but is a way of expressing a change in thinking or cognition that can have a profound effect on quality of life. Some to the symptoms can include: difficulty with focus and concentration attention problems slow thinking reduced …
5 Most Important Steps for Brain Health (at any age)
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Whether your goal is Alzheimer’s prevention, or you’re having issues with your memory like word-finding, or you have regular brain fog, this article is for you. Your brain requires adequate nutrients, good blood flow, and a minimally inflamed body. What this means, is that treating the brain is very much the same as …
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How Sedentary is Your Life? Simple tips to increase your daily activity
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’m hearing from so many of you who are struggling with finding the time, energy and motivation to exercise, or even get outside for a walk most days. Between working from home, gyms being closed, winter weather and almost nowhere to go during this lockdown, so many people are barely moving during their work week. For …
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Are Toxins Part of your Health Timeline?
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Something that’s often missed in a health assessment is the impact of toxins on our health and wellness. The reality is that we are exposed to a vast amount of chemicals and pollutants every day, and they can play a role in our current health issues. Even if we have made steps to clean up our personal care products and …
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10 Steps You Can Take Now To Protect Your Brain
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I gave a full-house talk last week on steps you can take now for Alzheimer’s prevention, and wanted to share with all of you the most important take-home points. We tend to think of Alzheimer’s disease as something that cannot be treated or prevented, but recently there has been more and more research on areas we can …
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Is indoor mold making you sick?
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND In my studies about cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease, I have come across a wealth of information about the health impacts of indoor mold exposure. It’s an interesting toxin, in that not everyone reacts the same way: approximately 25% of people have a genetic susceptibility to develop an inflammatory response …
How to reduce Alzheimer’s risk factors, before it starts
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND After reading my recent blog post “Why all women should start thinking about Alzheimer’s prevention in their 40’s”, you may be interested in what an assessment looks like. Dr. Dale Bredesen has coined the term “cognoscopy” to describe the proactive screening we can initiate as young as 40 years old to identify and address …
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10 Essential Reasons to Exercise (aside from weight loss)
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND Exercising only because you want to lose weight is still a very common perspective, and one I would like to challenge. First of all, if you're only working out or running to lose weight, you're likely approaching this from a negative or body punishing view-point. Moving just to burn off extra calories you ate simply leads …
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Why all women should think about Alzheimer’s prevention in their 40’s
By Dr. Shawna Darou, ND I’ve been studying extensively the latest research, and especially the Functional Medicine approach to Alzheimer’s disease because it has become clear to me that this devastating condition is one of the most important things we need to focus on with women’s health. The statistics below will likely shock you as much as they …
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