Like your muscles, your brain needs regular workouts to stay healthy and fit as you age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benefits of Brain Exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n **Catholic nuns- Autopsy revealed Alzheimer’s lesions with no symptoms, lived a life that increased their Cognitive Reserve:\u00a0Life of Meditation, Continued Study, Eating a low fat diet, Strong social ties with nuns and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to Do this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Stimulate<\/strong> Your Brain in Several Ways (Brush your teeth with your opposite hand; read a variety of material including comic strips, novels, and the newspaper)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do Not Become Passive \u2014 will atrophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be Creative: <\/strong>Sculpt \u2014 Use Play dough, you can re-use it, paint, craft kits<\/p>\n\n\n\n Test Your Recall: <\/strong>Make a list \u2014 Grocery items, Things to do, Family Birthdays, etc. \u2014 and memorize it. An hour later, see how many items you can recall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn a Foreign Language or to Play a Musical Instrument: <\/strong>Stimulates the Brain by listening, memorization and challenging and teasing your brain<\/p>\n\n\n\n Play Games: <\/strong>Any games, the more variety, the better: Monopoly, Cards, Chess, Electronic Games, Board Games .Its Social too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay Connected and Socialize: <\/strong>Have Company for Dinner, join a club, support groups, pets<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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