Brain Health

Brain Health starts before birth and focus on cognitive development during childhood.

In an aging population, focus changes to avoiding neuro-degeneration like mild cognitive impairment or diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s.

The progressive decline in mental health not only causes memory loss and motor impairment, but also adversely affects the quality of life of elderly people and may cause them to be unable to make important decisions in their daily life activities.

Besides age-related degeneration of the brain, scientific research has recently been focusing on the
neuro-metabolic origin of dementia, especially on energy- or glucose related aspects.

The adult human brain consumes in basal mode between 20 to 25% of total energy, i.e., around 500 calories a day. (down from up to 60 % in childhood!).