Brain Cleaning? Is That Something We Should Be Doing?

We clean our clothes, we clean our homes, and we clean out our file cabinets, but do we ever think about cleaning out our brains?

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Concerns about neurodegenerative disorders or diseases have been high on the list of researchers because of the devastation they cause. The research has been ongoing for many decades. While some advances have been made in the discovery of certain substances that may lead to negative brain changes, we are still searching for that elusive answer.

One of the main questions being asked is what causes the brain to be unable to clear itself of metabolic byproducts from brain activity. In other words, it's like what do you do with the "garbage" that is left over, and if you do nothing, is that what is causing the problem?

This appears to be the most promising track being pursued by research in understanding how the brain naturally attempts to clean itself, and what might be inhibiting this process – one of the factors may be aging. But what can we do since aging is a natural process? Can we facilitate this clearing process in some way, despite a person's natural aging?

The cleaning process is essential if your brain is to continue functioning optimally. One of the disorders that has been associated with decreased brain function, cleaning, appears to be…