{"id":1105,"date":"2015-01-31T00:36:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T00:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livetobe120andhealthy.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2018-07-31T05:13:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T05:13:23","slug":"17-ways-to-age-proof-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetobe120andhealthy.com\/17-ways-to-age-proof-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Ways to Age-Proof Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to Age-Proof Your Brain &#8211; Health.com<body id=\"gallery\" class=\"ch-healthyhappy\">  TimeHatConfig(&#8220;health&#8221;);     S<br \/>H<br \/>A<br \/>R<br \/>E <a title=\"Go to Health.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/livetobe120andhealthy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-health-logo-blue1.png\" alt=\"Go to Health.com\" width=\"260\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><a id=\"pick-video\" title=\"Videos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/videos\">Videos<\/a><a id=\"pick-sweep\" title=\"Sweepstakes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/sweepstakes\">Sweepstakes<\/a><a id=\"pick-news\" title=\"Newsletters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/service\/newsletter-signup\">Health Newsetters<\/a><a id=\"pick-subscribe\" title=\"Subscribe Now to Health Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/subscription.health.com\/storefront\/subscribe-to-health\/link\/1010827.html\" class=\"subscribe-link\">Subscribe<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/healthy-happy\/\">Healthy &#038; 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That means eating a <a href=\"\/health\/gallery\/0,,20434658,00.html\">balanced diet<\/a> with lots of fruits and veggies and not much sugar, saturated fat, or alcohol, as well as getting <a href=\"http:\/\/news.health.com\/2013\/10\/09\/unexpected-benefits-of-exercise\/\">enough exercise<\/a> and <a href=\"\/health\/gallery\/0,,20407230,00.html\">sleeping about eight hours<\/a> a night. But evidence is accumulating that a whole host of other activities can help keep our brains young even as we advance in chronological age. 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