(Source: Inside Bay Area) - At age 99, my grandfather continued to challenge me and ask me questions that bewildered me and tried my most technical knowledge. He was testimony to the fact that cognitive impairment is not a normal age-related condition. How many of us know an elderly person who remains sharp despite their years?
Marian Diamond, a professor at University of California (Berkeley), discovered in the mid-1960s that while the body ages, the brain doesn't have to grow old. She determined that the brain can stay young through diet, exercise, challenge, newness and care.
Can this five-point plan deter dementia and Alzheimer's disease among senior citizens? "Oh, very definitely," she says. "There's no doubt in my mind. But you have to 'feed' the brain."
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