Cholesterol

The brain operates on the “use it or lose it” principle, says Carol Dallas, a neurotherapist.

Depending on what we use or don’t, the network of highways carrying information in the brain can be reduced to a few roads and sidewalks, she says.

So, eat your veggies, add folate to your diet (this B vitamin helps slow cognitive decline in older people.

Good sources of folate, aka folic acid, include fortified breakfast cereals, dark-green leafy vegetables, asparagus, strawberries, beans and beef liver), and get vitamin E and C.

Studies suggest that, when taken together, these vitamins may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s.

Food sources include oranges, grapefruits, asparagus, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bell peppers, collard greens, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, potatoes, spinach and turnip greens.

Also, stay connected.

Join a book club or a volunteer group and interact with the world around you.

—NY Times Your comment[s] on this article Be the first to comment on this story.

MORE HEALTH Know the fat of the matterDo you suffer from breakfast blues?

Full Coverage RBI Annual Report Economic Survey '05-06 Railway Budget '06 Economic Reforms Indo-Eu Summit: 2005 India Empowered Reliance Empire Divided Davos 2006 JJ Irani Committee On Company Law Ready For Vat?

Run-Up To Foreign Trade Policy 2005-06 Run Up To Budg...

Read more...