Remember to Exercise Your Mind as Well as Your Body
Chicago doctors encourage seniors to maintain a healthy body and prevent the onset of physical diseases and illness which can result in early mortality. However, it’s just as important that seniors exercise their minds in order to encourage brain health, particularly if cognitive issues like Alzheimer’s or dementia run in their family. It used to be a perception that there was nothing you could do to strengthen your mind, but in the past 10 years there has been evidence that demonstrates that it is in fact possible to delay the affects of positive decline by as much as 5 to 10 years through use of mentally stimulating exercises and beta carotene supplements.
So seniors, what are you waiting for, next time you step outside or into the gym to exercise your body, think about what you’re going to do to exercise your mind?
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