Fitness & Nutrition
Name 2 ways FIBER can support your health
Helps you stay regular and wards off constipation; It lowers your odds of getting heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and colon cancer; It lowers your blood cholesterol level.
What is Mental Health?
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act.
What is brain health?
Brain health is the state of brain functioning across cognitive, sensory, social-emotional, behavioral and motor domains, allowing a person to realize their full potential over the life course, irrespective of the presence or absence of disorders.
What are some benefits of socializing?
Reduce Stress; Reduced Depression & Anxiety; Promotes Good Brain Health; Improves Memory; Promotes Good Physical Health; Prolongs Lifespan
How many hours before bed should you stop eating?
2-3 hours before you plan to fall asleep.
What percentage of older adults have at least one chronic disease?
A) 92%
B) 84%
C) 77%
D) 56%
A) 92%
Medication is the only way to treat depression?
False
Challenging your brain with mental exercises as you age, is just as important as ___________.
Physical Activity
Socialization helps to diminish what ability at a 70% slower rate than those who do not socialize?
Cognitive
True or False: Sleep loss can cause mood disturbances.
True
How many minutes of exercise should adults 65 years and older get each day?
30 Minutes
Men diagnosed with depression are more likely to have severe symptoms
True
What is the most common brain disease in older adults?
Alzheimer's disease
Socialization helps to decrease the risk for this and 18% of adults 65 & older experience it
Depression
Which hormone, that is produced by the pineal gland in the brain and then released into the bloodstream, helps control the sleep/wake cycle?
Melatonin. Darkness prompts the pineal gland to start producing melatonin while light causes that production to stop. It helps regulate circadian rhythm and synchronize our sleep-wake cycle with night and day.
Exercise decreases the incidences of what?
Depression
What are the most common mental health disorders for adults 65+?
Depression and Anxiety
What are fun ways to maintain your brain health?
Puzzles, Thai Chi, Arts & Crafts, Dancing, Memory Games
Socialization produces greater longevity, which means what?
Longer Lifespan
What are some functions of our brain that can be impacted by sleep loss?
Decreased Attention, Memory Recall, Judgement, Reaction Time,
How many calories should an adult 65 years and older have each day?
Women: 1,200-2,000
Men: 2,000-2,800
What are some waring signs of mental health disorders is adults 65+?
Changes in mood or energy level; A change in your eating or sleeping habits; Withdrawing from the people and activities you enjoy; Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, angry, upset, worried, or scared; Feeling numb or like nothing matters; Having unexplained aches and pains; Feeling sadness or hopelessness; Smoking, drinking, or using drugs more than usual; Anger, irritability, or aggressiveness; Having thoughts and memories that you can't get out of your head; Hearing voices or believing things that are not true; Thinking of harming yourself or others
Chronic sleep deprivation can age your brain by this number of years?
3-5 Years
Individuals with limited social lives are more likely to suffer from...
Hypertension; Coronary Artery Disease; Cardiac Failure; Depression; Anxiety; Alzheimer's (and other forms of dementia)
What stage of sleep do we dream in? (3-letter acronym)
REM or Rapid Eye Movement