| If you want to stay sharp and in control
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| | 2. Supplement where necessary. Many diets
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| of your life well into your golden years,
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| | lack the nutrients proven to promote
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| there are proactive methods to achieving
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| | brain health. These include sources of
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| the mental alertness you need. More and
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| | essential fatty acids found in fish and
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| more research is pointing to the fact
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| | specific herbs and minerals that can
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| that physical activity and lifestyle
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| | enhance cognitive function.
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| choices have more to do with preventing
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| | 3. Exercise. Originally it was thought
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| Alzheimer s disease (AD) and other forms
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| | that exercise increases blood flow and
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| of dementia - once thought to be a normal
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| | oxygen to the brain cells. This is still
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| part of aging - than pure genetics. So if
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| | true, but a report prepared for the
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| you had a parent, grandparent or sibling
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| | National Institutes of Health states that
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| with AD it doesn't mean you have to
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| | exercise can also stimulate the
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| follow the same path.
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| | production growth factors, which are
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| Statistics gathered from extensive
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| | molecules produced by the body to repair
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| research do point toward a higher risk of
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| | and maintain nerves.
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| developing AD if you had a close relative
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| | 4. Lower Your Cholesterol. Many people
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| with AD - as much as 50%, but that has
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| | with early dementia or AD symptoms may
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| less to do with genes and more to do with
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| | have actually experienced small strokes
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| following their lifestyle patterns. If
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| | that damaged the brain's
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| for example, your parents were smokers
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| | neurotransmitters. By keeping cholesterol
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| who rarely exercised, you may have
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| | levels in check, the arteries are free
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| developed some of the same destructive
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| | and clear of plaque that can cause
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| habits.
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| | stroke.
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| What can you do to break the cycle and
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| | 5. Do your Mental Exercises. Keeping up
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| prevent AD? Take action and take control
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| | with current events, working puzzles each
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| today. Even if you are in your 60s or 70s
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| | day, learning and memorizing new
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| you can reverse some of the damage done
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| | information all work to keeping a mind
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| to your brain through poor diet,
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| | strong and alert. It is normal for people
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| inactivity, or damaging lifestyle
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| | to sometimes forget a name or date, but
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| choices. Scientists have discovered very
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| | the more practice recalling such
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| recently that the brain has the ability
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| | information the greater the brain's
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| to repair cells and neurotransmitters and
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| | ability to do this throughout old age. In
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| improve cognitive function and memory.
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| | the case of mental challenges, the more
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| It's Not Too Late to Make A Difference:
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| | you do the more you can push back the
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| Start the 5 Steps Today
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| | clock on cognitive decline.
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| 1. Eat Right. It seems so simple, yet too
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| | Five easy steps, when you think about it,
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| many people just don't get enough of the
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| | can do much to make aging an event to
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| mind preserving antioxidants found in
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| | celebrate instead of dread. With age
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| fresh fruits and vegetables. A
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| | there comes experience and wisdom, and we
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| well-balanced diet, free of diary
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| | should all do whatever is within our
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| products and using low fat sources of
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| | power to be able to pass that on to the
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| protein will protect both heart and mind.
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| | next generation.
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