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Slack.com slash DHQ. Hey everyone, you're listening to Yapsnacks, a series of bite-sized content

hosted by me, Halataha. Today we're going to be talking about brain health and why it

is the keystone of our entire well-being. Did you know that American Heart Association

says that the brain begins to show cognitive decline as a person enters their 20s? Yes,

as young as your 20s, you can show cognitive decline. And failing brain health is actually

considered a public health epidemic. So what is brain health exactly? Brain health can easily

be described as how well someone is able to perform their daily activities. This in

cases, every aspect of our days, including problem solving, decision making, comprehension

and learning, and even our social interactions. Our brain health is what allows us to balance

all of these tasks with ease. You might have noticed that the older that you get, the more

difficult these tasks become. Most of the time these changes are small and incremental,

but over time these changes begin to add up into large functional declines. If our brain

health is such a vital part of our everyday life, how do we keep it running at 100%. The

wonderful team at Yap has found four hacks to better your brain health, and we are excited

to share them with you. So let's get into it. Hack number one is daily maintenance. Brain

health is directly correlated to the overall health of your body. The first things doctors

recommend to their patients who are struggling with brain health is diet and exercise, but

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