{"id":373173,"date":"2026-04-03T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/373173\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:36:07","slug":"is-brain-health-the-next-healthcare-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/373173\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Brain Health the Next Healthcare Frontier?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The small miracle of neuroplasticity\u2014the brain\u2019s ability to change, grow, adapt and reorganize its structure and function in response to environmental changes\u2014was once thought to be limited to the developing brains of children. But neuroplasticity is a reality throughout our entire lifespan. As Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/keep-sharp-build-a-better-brain-at-any-age-sanjay-gupta-m-d\/0c128b14b591e16f?ean=9781501166747&amp;next=t\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keep Sharp<\/a>, puts it, \u201cThe brain can be continuously and consistently enriched throughout your life no matter your age or access to resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">People have a vague sense that daily habits matter, but they\u2019re unaware of just how powerful they are\u2014or where to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Food, exercise, sleep, stress management, and connection<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">For instance, healthy food and a healthy brain are directly connected. We think of food as fuel for our bodies, but much of that energy goes to our brain. \u201cYour brain is the hungriest, thirstiest organ in the body,\u201d writes Dr. Annie Fenn, a physician and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-brain-health-kitchen-preventing-alzheimer-s-through-food-annie-fenn-md\/4e8d2f2c09d7b6e6?ean=9781648290367&amp;next=t\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Brain Health Kitchen<\/a>. \u201cIt makes up just 2% of body weight, but requires 20% of your body\u2019s primary fuel, glucose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The small miracle of neuroplasticity\u2014the brain\u2019s ability to change, grow, adapt and reorganize its structure and function in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-373173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}