From YOU Docs:
Before you find yourself searching to remember, take note. Really, take note! (Writing things down is a big memory boost to prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia.) You can maintain — even improve — brain power when you hit your prime (45 years and older), and we YOU Docs want you to do so. (How else will you remember what we write in these columns?) Pumping up your brain power helps prevent memory loss.
Your goal is to make your heart strong and your arteries open and flexible for rivers of nutrient-delivering blood. You’ll slow aging of thought-transmitting neurons, and grow — or regrow — your neurons with exercise and some healthy foods. The result: A brain RealAge that even a Jeopardy! champ like Ken Jennings would envy.
To slow age-related mental decline, dig into:
Test your memory with these mind-stretching brain games.
Before you find yourself searching to remember, take note. Really, take note! (Writing things down is a big memory boost to prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia.) You can maintain — even improve — brain power when you hit your prime (45 years and older), and we YOU Docs want you to do so. (How else will you remember what we write in these columns?) Pumping up your brain power helps prevent memory loss.
Your goal is to make your heart strong and your arteries open and flexible for rivers of nutrient-delivering blood. You’ll slow aging of thought-transmitting neurons, and grow — or regrow — your neurons with exercise and some healthy foods. The result: A brain RealAge that even a Jeopardy! champ like Ken Jennings would envy.
To slow age-related mental decline, dig into:
- Salmon and walnuts for omega-3s
- Blueberries for phytonutrients
- Kale for carotenoids and flavonoids
- Mustard (the turmeric turns on genes that clean up brain-cell poop)
- Eggs (selenium rolls back the brain’s RealAge)
Test your memory with these mind-stretching brain games.
