This article is the second in a ten-part series regarding brain health in our living welderly lives. Some of the information I share is from a book I’m reading titled Regain Your Brain by Peggy Sarlin. I also attended a Healing Energy Convention held locally last weekend and will draw on that exercise as well.

My previous essay, in this regard, dealt with the importance of quality sleep while this article will detail the value of what Ms. Sarlin refers to as the symphony of hormones playing inside our bodies. That symphony depends on every cell functioning at an optimum level resulting in physical energy and being sharp-minded. If that hormone level is off-balance, we suffer the consequences, including lack of energy and memory issues.
Did you know that by age 70, our youthful hormones can drop as much as 90 percent? For optimum brain health, we need to boost our youth hormones and reduce the aging ones. Youth hormones include the human growth hormone (HGH), testosterone, estrogen, and thyroid. At the Healing Energy Convention, I attended a class about the importance of HGH. I learned that this hormone is highly effective in reversing signs of aging and it is replenished naturally in our bodies during the deep sleep stage. I’ll also refer you back to the article I wrote a couple of weeks ago entitled Memory Loss and Lack of Sleep. We need to recognize our need for quality sleep every night and make it a priority. My sleep quality has increased immensely in the last several weeks by implementing some of the tips I shared in that article. I use earplugs to keep out noise at all levels, a sleep mask to nullify distractions such as street lights, etc. and I’ve put myself on a schedule. My body knows it can depend on having regular hours for sleep. I feel more rested, and I know I’m getting into that deep sleep stage because I am dreaming nightly. It’s amazing what a difference this has made in the way I feel.