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🧠✨ Exercise for a Healthier Brain – New Research Confirms It! ✨🧠

A groundbreaking study from University College London has revealed that staying active throughout life can help protect your brain and reduce the risk of dementia – and it’s never too late to start!

📊 The study followed people born in 1946 and found those who exercised regularly had better brain health in their 70s. Amazing, right?

Here’s what they discovered:

✅ Exercise helps protect memory – Active people had a larger hippocampus, the part of the brain linked to memory.
✅ Lifelong movement matters – Being active earlier in life offers the best protection, but moving more at any age still helps.
✅ Even with early signs of Alzheimer’s, exercise helped preserve memory and thinking skills.
✅ Women may benefit even more from regular physical activity.
✅ Heart and brain health go hand in hand – walking, stretching, strengthening, it all adds up!

💬 Takeaway? Even gentle, regular movement like our Move it or Lose it! classes can make a real difference in brain health and memory.

So keep moving, keep connecting, and keep your brain and body strong 💪🧠

Fascinating and extremely important nerve ...

The vagus nerve touches every organ in our body, especially our gut. It’s a critical part of our rest, digest and relax system (aka the parasympathetic nervous system). It's the longest nerve in our body, supplying both our organs and our brain with vital information. It controls things like our heart rate, digestion, breathing, swallowing, and also affects our mental health.

Stimulating the vagus nerve has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms.

Since the vagus nerve is part of our parasympathetic nervous system, when it gets stimulated it increases what is known as vagal tone; slowing our heart rate and our breathing and calming our nervous system down.

Studies have found that mothers pass on their vagal tone to their children. So if a mum struggles with anxiety or depression while pregnant, this can result in low vagal tone which is in turn passed on to her newborn. Fortunately, the same goes for the reverse. If a mum has a high vagal tone, she can pass that on also.

The good news is that vagal tones can be easily changed, increased and improved. There are many ways that we can trigger our vagus nerve so that we can start feeling better and more calm. Here's a little reminder to keep in mind!!

Beautiful ...

Such a pretty sky tonight. Remember to stop and enjoy the moment 🥰

Clocks go forward tonight so lighter nights are on their way hurrah 🥰

💙 March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 💙

Did you know that only 1 in 5 women can name bloating as a symptom of ovarian cancer? We need to change that.

Early diagnosis saves lives, but too often, symptoms are mistaken for less serious conditions. Knowing what to look out for is vital:

🔹 Persistent bloating
🔹 Feeling full quickly or loss of appetite
🔹 Pelvic or abdominal pain
🔹 Needing to wee more often

If these symptoms are new, frequent, or persistent, don’t ignore them—speak to your GP.

Together, we can raise awareness, improve early diagnosis, and help save lives. Will you help us spread the word? 💙

So good to be outside walking. Signs of spring everywhere. Looking forward to the clocks going forward and lighter nights 🥰

Exciting new initiative 🥰

Have we told you about our wellbeing directory yet? 🤎

We are developing a brand new wellbeing directory and our mission is simple. We want to put people in touch with the *right* practitioner for them.

We want someone to find a new coach, nutritionist or even nail technician who they will instantly click with. This is because we are making things personal and encouraging our listers to tell their story to give potential customers the chance to connect.

That way, we all save time on the wrong sort of people and start being connected with our dream clients.

If you're interested in more information, click the link in our bio 🔗🍃

Great little quiz to check out how much you know about your brain. Give it a go 🥰

🧠💜 Think Brain Health – Take the Quiz! 💜🧠

Your brain is amazing, and there’s so much you can do to protect it! Take the Brain Health Quiz from to learn more about how simple lifestyle changes can support your brain health now and in the future.

👉 Take the quiz today: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/brain-health/take-our-quiz/

Small steps can make a big difference—so why not start now? 💡