When you look and feel good on the outside you usually look and feel good on the inside. Therefore, the very elderly that have sharp minds and are still very active, while making others wonder what is their secret to a wonderful life. What aren’t they telling others…. as evidence points to the attributes of eating a plant based diet with a high in omega 3 to omega 6 ratio. While staying healthy with social interaction with others their own age by maintaining a good outlook on life as being vitally important.
Emily Rogalski Ph.D., a neuroscientist at Northwestern University Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago. Whom is researching the very elderly whom is free of cognitive decline, while having memories as sharp as those half their age. Including a 96 year old retired neuroscientist and a 81 – year – old – pack – day- smoker who drinks a nightly martini would a test.
For years, researchers have been fascinated by the segment of seniors who display low amounts of age — related plaque. Specifically, MRI’s have shown: the anterior cingulate — or the small area inside the brain that’s important for thinking skills — is larger in the super agers than is in 50- and 60- year old brains. Also they are amazed with the size of the groups cortex — or the outer layer of the brain that’s key for memory, attention and other cognitive abilities.
When “the Super Agers” are than compared to one another they tend to have greater energy levels, positive outlooks on life, while generally being fun to be around as they make do for themselves, eat right, get the proper exercise and mingle in social inter – action better than others whom aren’t as – well – off and in good health. These are remarkable findings given the fact that grey matter or brain cell loss is a common part of normal aging.
However, in the Super Agers with laser sharp memories, the results show they have fewer fiber like tangles than the brains of those who had aged normally. These tangles consist of “tau protein” that accumulate in brain cells and is thought to eventually kill the cells. Tangles are found in moderate numbers in the brains of the elderly and dramatically increase in the brains of Alzheimer’s diseased patients.
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