To keep your brain young, the largest-ever study on cognitive health suggests these 3 changes

To keep your brain young, the largest-ever study on cognitive health suggests these 3 changes

To keep your brain young, the largest-ever study on cognitive health suggests these 3 changes The Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Risk, or the U.S. POINTER study, has made history as the largest randomized clinical trial in the country to study whether lifestyle interventions can bolster cognitive function as people age. Findings from the two-year study, led by The Alzheimer’s Association and U.C. Davis Health, have just been published, and researchers have a few suggestions to share. In a representative population of 2,100 older adults at risk for cognitive decline and dementia, researchers discovered three main lifestyle interventions that improved brain function: Improved diet, exercise, and socialization. Healthy lifestyle changes show proof of improving cognitive function in older adults. Photo by Vlada Karpovich/Pexels “These are cognitively healthy people between the ages of 60 and 79 who, to be in the study, had to be completely sedentary and at risk f…