Dr Alam emphasised that anything that is good for other parts of your body is good for your brain.
If you do things to help your breathing, your general fitness and flexibility, your bones and other parts of your body, each of these will help your brain.
He also stated that we should not expect that some magic pill will be developed that will improve our brains. There is currently no indication that this will ever happen.
Dr Alam handled questions from the attendees in his normal relaxed and precise style.
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The Finley Arts Network executive would like to advise that the winner of the beautiful cyclamen plant, the prize for the raffle held during the exhibition of Halina Wultz’s paintings held recently, was Yvonne Jemmesen.
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Finley Garden Club members enjoyed the October meeting at Kranky Birdz Cobram.
Following the business of the meeting being dealt with, a lovely afternoon was spent looking at a much-loved productive garden, including 10 bee hives.
A jar of golden honey was available for any member wishing to purchase.
Fifty-four chooks were resident in the orchard and vegetable yard at the end of the garden.
Host Debbie Longshaw supplied a delicious afternoon tea and informed those present of the memorial garden, which was established after the passing of their 14 year-old daughter.
This garden has so many interesting plants, the seasonal growth and colour would be amazing.
Kranky Birdz is open by appointment to anyone, and proceeds of sales are contributed to the McGrath Foundation.
Finley Garden Club president, Kathy Haigh, presented Debbie and her partner with a small gift and thanked them for having the group.
The club’s next meeting will be at Tocumwal Advanced Plants, on Monday, November 2 and new members are most welcome.
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The executive of Can Assist Finley Branch would like to advise that the annual general meeting will be held in the Country Club function room on Tuesday, November 10, at 6pm. New members are most welcome.
Please also keep Sunday, November 22 free for the CanAssist High Tea fundraiser, which will be held at the Finley Sport and Recreation reserve rooms. Start time is 2pm.
There will be more details coming so watch this column.
This amazing group works very hard, both physically and financially, to assist those with cancer while going through their journey.
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Gaye Maxwell, Julie Gregory, Amanda Johnstone and Roz Patterson - who are taking on The Bloody Long Walk as a team along the beautiful Mornington Peninsula on Sunday, October 25 - are delighted with the response they have received from the community.
The ladies are taking part in order to raise much-needed funds to help people living with mitochondrial disease, or mito.
If you would like to make a donation and help them reach their fundraising goal, please visit their Facebook fundraising pages.
Every donation, no matter how big or small, will help make a difference.
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Ten year-old Xavier Frost was delighted to pose with the first fish he has ever caught, a 60cm carp, which he managed to reel in at the Finley Lake early in October.
Xavier was visiting Finley to attend the 80th birthday party of his Nan, Margaret Lacy, and her twin sister Elizabeth Brown.
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