TUNE UP YOUR BRAIN

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Most of us will not lose our mind. However, we may shed some insight and intellect along the way. How to save what you got?

Continue to read. Watch documentaries on television. Cut back on alcohol and other recreational drugs. Exercise. This can be even the most remote kind. Learn new things. Specialize in heart healthy diets. Stop smoking. Do stress reducing tasks. Meditation appears to either grow slightly the brain or stop the loss. Take an Alzheimer test on the internet or an IQ test. Do you remember what your IQ was when you were younger?

This and other strategies are mentioned in this TIME article.