How to Improve Brain Health in Aging

Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH, explains the best ways to improve brain health in aging, to help memory and thinking, as well as to prevent cognitive decline. Learn which approaches geriatricians find most effective, plus which vitamins and supplements are likely to help. Dr. K also covers emotional well-being in aging, and how this affects cognitive health.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Helping older adults to impove brain health and memory
1:24 Why promote your brain health
3:21 The difference between normal and abnormal brain changes with aging
7:52 FAQ: How to know what's happening in your brain
10:54 Why emotional well-being matters
12:45 3 key ways to boost brain health
13:20 How to be positive
19:48 What’s good for brain health
26:46 Exercise and brain health
30:47 Reducing cardiovascular risks for brain health
33:03 Diet and brain health
41:18 Hearing and brain health
44:30 What’s bad for brain health
47:45 Sleep and brain health
51:01 Medications that affect brain health
53:49 Alcohol, cannabis and brain health
58:39 Brain games and challenges
1:02:54 Vitamins and supplements for brain health
1:10:12 Summary: what’s good and bad for brain health
1:11:30 If you’re worried about someone else’s brain
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Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH, is a practicing geriatrician and the founder of the popular aging health website and podcast BetterHealthWhileAging.net, which she created to help families and older adults learn better ways to manage aging health challenges. Additionally, she is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF.
Dr. K and her team of expert geriatric care managers currently provide ongoing support and guidance to families dealing with memory loss and Alzheimer’s through her latest online course, Helping Older Parents with Memory Loss.
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[@bmniac]

I am an 84 year old man, vegetarian non smoker who drank but very rarely. My BP is usually 115/70 often lower. Random glucose is usually 70/80. Need spectacles for reading (main preoccupation) I live and manage alone except for the cleaner. I find your blogs particularly intersting with much illuminating detail. Excellent service for people like me.

[@mariarooney6262]

I’m watching this at 3:30 a.m. I am 70 years old. I’ve been on an antidepressant and a benzodiazepine for many years. I went off one a few months ago and it’s been a disaster. I’m trying to go back on and the side effects are horrific. Losing weight down to 100 lbs, not sleeping. Yes, emotional health is vital. Unfortunately, I’ve done all I know to do, yet I’m not doing well. I’m in a critical situation mentally and will work out what’s best with the help of my doctors. I never imagined I’d be at this place. I’ve listened to you in the past and found your content excellent. I’ve always taken excellent care of myself, so to be at this place is very scary with medications horrible side effects. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@DarleneGallupe-jh9ud]

Hi. & Congrats on your health success this far.❤

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

I’m 60 and have been vegetarian since age 24. Maybe today I wouldn’t be called vegetarian: I don’t eat mammals or birds but I do eat occasional fish, dairy, and eggs. I think most people today wouldn’t consider me vegetarian; being vegan is much more common. I feel like my diet has been sensitive to animal welfare in any case, and it’s kept me quite healthy over the years.

[@randybump]

I'm 78 and the oldest remaining person in my family of 28 that includes 2 RNs and frankly the occasional mothering advice from them is kind of cute. I am not put off by the inclusion of caregivers. It's not that difficult to glean the information that is useful to my wife and me. If we're paying attention maybe we won't need our family to care for us. We all live near each other and are connected in distance, church, and love for each other. Dr. K's four recommendations are difficult to argue against. I'm second to none with regard to exercise, especially strength and vigorous cardio. My biggest challenges are diet and resistance to marketing under the guise of medical science. I salute Dr. Kernisan for her reasonable, disspassionate and thorough presentations.

[@dosxmainyt9245]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make such informative videos. It makes a positive difference to the lives of so many people. ❤

[@michaelwesterland1853]

Fine essay, well delivered. Thanks Dr. Kernisan. 👍

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL]

I just subscribed to your channel. I think you're great. And trust me, I don't like too many Health Professionals because they don't care about you, or they're trying to sell you something; like those long videos that they say are short. lol 🙄 I enjoy your videos very much. I learned a lot. I'll be checking in, Thank you.

[@donaldhemphill1256]

Your videos are perfect and useful for me as 50+ adult, caring for parents and preparing for old age myself

[@thinking6307]

AMAZING, Amazing, amazing...content, delivered so thoroughly ..hmm.."satisfyingly"!! This upload could have been three separate segments! Because you so thoroughly introduced the "mental, psych, emotional" picture of aging...I would like to include the benefits of READING..for our mental health. And..reading can be accomplished so much more comprehensively using today's internet resources. Dr. Kernisan you could develop a wonderful podcast about the geriatric benefits of reading. As an aside..and as you are in the geriatric field..I recommend James A. Michener's fiction novel "Recessional" to you. Thank you for the great help you are offering with your Podcast and these KZbin uploads.

[@JL-uk3nh]

Thank you for these videos! So educational and can share w our aging parents

[@mashalam166]

thank you so much for taking your time to provide us such educational lectures on this subject. I really enjoy them, and have subscribed to your channel, and also recommended to my friends and colleagues!

[@silverfoxes65]

You didn't mention meditation, which has been a life saver for me.

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

Actually I do mention meditation, around 26 min. It's a wonderful practice to develop. Glad it has been helpful to you!

[@mymerrill8496]

Thank you for the info regarding statin medication, Im on atorvastatin. I recently listened to a podcast that said crestor was less likely to breach the brain than atorvastatin and the brain needs the cholesterol.

[@annieligan3081]

Interesting & Very informative .Thank you for sharing your idiasfor making This video . ♥️💃🇳🇴♥️

[@marymcghee3023]

I take Oxibutinin for bladder 3 times a day 5 Mg only one I can afford. Citalopram 40 mg. Was taking omeprozole for acid reflux now take Pantoprazole 40 mg. I take 50 mg synthoid for thyroid. Nasal spray for allergy.I am starting to have balance issues and memory concerns.

[@lindamcbride-fz6jc]

Historically, cognitive decline was not a normal part of aging. Good nutrition, exercise and emotional well being are essential for brain and overall health and avoiding toxins is essential.

[@beverlybaskin7410]

Thank you so much Dr. Kernisan for all of your wonderful videos. Your explanation are stellar and I enjoy the summaries as well. I appreciate all you do to educate older adults.

[@monjoseph2312]

Whar about multi vit.

[@lisacowan6377]

Can you tell me of a multivitamin that is small so it’s easier to swallow? My 90yr old MIL cannot swallow large pills so she’s not taking a multivitamin. She does take a Vit D3 & a B12 daily.

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

I don't know of any small multivitamins, unfortunately. If it's any comfort: we don't know much about the daily impact of taking an MVI when you are 90; the people in the cognitive substudy of the COSMOS randomized trial had an average age of 69. I think social engagement and physical activity are more likely to be important at your MIL's age.

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

You can find a multivitamin powder that would work for her. These can be mixed into juice or water.

[@SaribinfoTv]

how i contact with you?

[@AmyJoSmith-rn2ui]

This is too long for me to watch.

[@teri2466]

The video is divided into chapters, so you can go right to topics you want.

[@christinewolfrom3425]

Why do

[@susiedbc]

The language in the intro infantilizes ‘older adults’. It presents the topic to family of these individuals, rather than directly toward them. I think this is a great service, but I hope you’ll consider the language.

[@S.L.S-407]

@susiedbc- It seems a lot of the doctors videos are directed at the family members of individuals rather then the individual themselves !

[@user-wk1ij1kv6s]

Overall this doctor presents well

[@teri2466]

I didn't feel it infantalized older people. I felt that the doc was being inclusive to families.

[@susanmann5286]

A lot of these types of presenters speak to folks who know older people, rather than to "us." It is very frustrating! I try to glean the information I can use. BTW, someone just posted that this presenter is speaking so quickly she can't understand what is being said. I agree. The presenter is speaking so quickly it would be difficult for even a 20 year old would have trouble taking notes!

[@teri2466]

​@@susanmann5286Did you know that you can slow down or speed up KZbin videos? You can rewind if you need to play something again, too. 20 year olds know about this 😉

[@roshofmeyer2033]

This article is certainly interesting ….BUT….the presenter speaks waaaaaaaay too quickly. I’m finding it difficult to cope with the speed of the speech - I’m a tertiary educated 84yr old woman, but my ears have obviously slowed down. This is just ‘gabble’!

[@teri2466]

We can show down or speed up KZbin videos in the settings. This makes it easier to customize depending on needs. There is also closed captioning and the ability to rewind to rewatch as needed.

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

I'm sorry that I often speak quickly. As another watcher pointed out, you can slow the speed to 0.75 speed and turning on the captions is also a good idea. Thank you for your interest.

[@joseenoel8093]

Ageing takes an e!

[@reed2835]

*promosm* 😑

[@marye813]

I think your message is muted by referring to "aging parents" so often. Most of us take care of ourselves. If you are speaking about dementia make that clear. Otherwise your message can be spoiled by sounding as if you are patronizing adults able to care for themselves.

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

I'm a bit perplexed by this. Although many of my other videos ARE for people caring for an aging parent, this one is not. I just checked the transcript and the word parent turned up five times, one of which was in the intro and three of which are in the section at the end "if you're worried about someone else's brain health."

[@marye813]

I agree. Most of us are not caring for aging parents. We are caring for ourselves. Perhaps you can focus on cognitive impairment for caregivers and distinguish those episodes vs self caring.