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- Molly, selected from Experience Life
- August 27, 2012
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By Michael J. Gelb, Experience Life
While there are many positive aspects to aging, we’re more familiar with the things that can go wrong. For all the wisdom we gain from experience, we’re more apt to worry about memory loss. We fret over rusty neurotransmitters and cloudy thinking.
So we diligently do crossword puzzles, wrestle with brainteasers and learn to play musical instruments — for the intrinsic joy, of course, but also to help inoculate our brains against negative age-related changes. These are helpful pursuits, but they’re not the only ones that matter. In fact, if we want to build a better brain, what we choose to eat and drink might make the biggest difference of all.
The following food-based strategies can help any brain function better — whether that brain is 9 years old or 90.
Read more: Aging, Alzheimer's, Conditions, Conscious Consumer, Diet & Nutrition, Eating for Health, Family, Food, Health, Healthy Aging, antioxidant foods, antioxidants, coenzyme Q10, CoQ10, dehydration, fats, free radicals, hydrating, hydration, inflammation, omega-3 fatty acids, processed food, sugar, vitamin D, water
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