Keeping your brain young while aging is now possible through exercise, mental fitness, eating right and establishing healthy habits. You can learn to reduce stress, get enough sleep and learn something new every day to preserve your vital brain functions.

1. Many people retain
excellent mental clarity

2. Recent studies are leading
to tantalizing new clues
to what keeps our
brains young

3. It was believed that all
neurons in the brain were
non-regenerative

4. Studies have shown that
we regenerate neurons

5. We can increase
connectivity between
existing neurons through
learning and mental
exercise

6. Important neurotransmitter
chemicals do diminish as
we age

7. Other health issues, such as
extreme stress, chronic
vitamin and mineral
deficiency or dehydration
can effect
neurotransmitters

8. We develop plaques
and tangles

9. Often mistaken for
Alzheimer's is the damage
done to brain tissue by
small strokes called
Transient Ischemic Attack
or TIA

10. Another main villain in
keeping our brain healthy
are free radicals

11. The things we do to keep
our muscles and heart
healthy is also very good
for our brains.

12. Stress reduction techniques
have a profound effect by
keeping neurotransmitters
flowing

13. Meditation has been shown
to have a profound effect
on memory retention

14. You need to stimulate
your brain

15. To Dos:

16. To Dos:
• Aerobic exercise

17. To Dos:
• Aerobic exercise
• Antioxidant foods

18. To Dos:
• Aerobic exercise
• Antioxidant foods
• Learn stress reduction techniques

19. To Dos:
• Aerobic exercise
• Antioxidant foods
• Learn stress reduction techniques
• Meditate

20. To Dos:
• Aerobic exercise
• Antioxidant foods
• Learn stress reduction techniques
• Meditate
• Quality sleep

21. To Dos:
• Aerobic exercise
• Antioxidant foods
• Learn stress reduction techniques
• Meditate
• Quality sleep
• Do (or learn) something new