Be Proactive about Healthy Aging

6.    Treat your hypertension as a young person to help keep your memories as an older person. Untreated hypertension damages blood vessels to the brain.
7.    Take a standard vitamin on a daily basis. A B-complex vitamin and folic acid are helpful.
8.    Treat depression, since this may improve your physical and intellectual health.
9.    Avoid gluttony with food and alcohol. Excessive alcohol and elevated cholesterol or triglycerides are bad for the brain.
10.    Find a good doctor and follow his or her advice. Smart doctors and wonder drugs are not beneficial when the advice and the medication sit in the medicine cabinet.
   So take charge, step up and do something about the things you have control over. There’s enormous power in that.