Brain Health: 8 Everyday Habits That May Help Protect Your Memory
Caption: Keeping the brain active through healthy habits, physical activity, social connection and lifelong learning can support overall brain health as we age. We spend years building our careers, raising families, making investments and planning for the future. But there is another form of wealth that is often overlooked: the ability to remember, think, learn and make decisions clearly. Your brain controls virtually every aspect of your daily life. It helps you communicate, solve problems, remember people and places, control movement and make important decisions. As we grow older, occasional forgetfulness can happen. You might walk into a room and forget why you went there, struggle to remember someone's name temporarily or misplace your keys. These experiences do not automatically mean that something is seriously wrong. However, maintaining brain health throughout adulthood is an important part of healthy ageing. The good news is that several everyday habits can support overa...