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When it comes to dealing with your aging brain, you may be sitting on a time bomb. Why? Because 100 years after its discovery, Alzheimer’s cases are set to soar.¹

I recently had the opportunity to discuss this emerging problem with Columbia University Professor, Yaakov Stern, Ph.D.

Dr. Stern’s group has discovered an anatomical brain network that helps prevent and slow Alzheimer’s.² In the remainder of this article, I’ll share with you information about why it’s so critical for you to know about his discovery, and, more importantly, what you can do to activate this network and thus do everything possible to save your brain.

Aerobic exercise (walking, jogging, bike riding and such) has long been the darling of the wellness folks. For years, these people wouldn’t consider lifting weights. They somehow thought they’d morph into a bodybuilding freak if they so much as touched a dumbbell.

As if…

They also didn’t think that muscle mass and strength had much to do with health. More and more evidence shows the error in that way of thinking. A recent long-term study reported in the British Medical Journal adds to this body of evidence.¹

I have great news to share!

Creating new brain cells was previously thought to be impossible in humans, but not any more. And you don’t need to have an injection of stem cells into your brain to do it, either.

As you may know, stem cells are your body’s basic building blocks, used for repair and growth. And when it comes to your brain, stem cells turn into new neurons or brain cells. These brainy stem cells then produce a chemical that protects other brain cells, even damaged ones, from deteriorating.

Kindness is always fashionable.” Those are the words of 19th Century novelist Amelia Barr, author of the classic, Remember the Alamo. Volunteering and giving feels terrific. In fact, studies have shown that one’s health can improve when actively and personally engaged in helping others, producing a sense of euphoria called the “helper’s high.”

Getting older may be beyond our control, but how we age is not. I, personally, am Aging Backwards. I’m not a doctor, scientist or celebrity and I don’t have unlimited cash flow, but I am almost 50 years old and I still get asked for ID to buy wine. Just a few months ago, I was even mistaken for my 17-year-old son’s girlfriend!

Some people think age management medicine strives to help people live longer. But who wants to add years to their life if those years are spent being feeble and infirm in a nursing home?

Quality of life matters. In age management circles, it’s called squaring the curve.

It works like this. Imagine graphing vitality over time. Vitality is on the vertical axis. A high level represents vibrant health and vitality. Zero means death. The horizontal axis represents time — the longer a person lives, the further out their graph extends.

The first step to stop physical aging is to recognize the changes taking place. When youre a child, you can easily measure the physical changes as you grow taller and gain weight. But once you become an adult, physical aging is more difficult to monitor because changes arent as dramatic. But that doesnt mean they [...]

I don’t weigh what I did in high school and I’ll bet you don’t either. Along with the occasional senior moment and the inability to read the Moviefone listing without a magnifying glass, gaining weight seems to be an inevitable consequence of getting older — and those who are able to avoid it have to [...]

Advanced Glycosylated end-products is a mouthful. It’s a lot easier to remember the initials: AGE. Those initials are especially fitting since these compounds accelerate aging.

Your body produces an abundance of a natural rejuvenator when you’re young. But woe to us all; it then gradually tapers off with each passing year: It’s called human growth hormone or HGH for short.