Have you ever walked into a room, stopped suddenly, and asked yourself, why am I here? Can’t find your sunglasses only to find that they are perched on top of your head? Have you had someone ask you for a name or place and it lingers on your tongue and yet you cannot dredge it up, but hours later it pops into your head? Not to worry, you are not alone, all of us have these “senior moments”. Chances are you are not in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Just like an overloaded computer system the one between our ears will crash now and then causing these lapses or moments. It is true that memory and the way we process information does start to decline in our 40’s. The good news is that there is hope for all of us, our brainpower potential keeps growing even as we age. Your body changes with age no matter what and like the rest of your body the brain changes with age. No doubt about it Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are two of the worst and most feared diseases known. They affect the memory in the worst way. This does not have to be the inevitable outcome. Most of our memory loss is slight and probably due to all the information that we carry about in our brain. Bills, jobs, e-mails, children, chores are all fighting for attention and making it more difficult to recall information. Stimulating your mind, building up your brainpower, can help build a better and more complex brain to help solve problems, learn new tasks and retrieve memories. Using your brain lowers the risk of brain decline and disease and keeps your brain young. Use it, don’t lose it! Build up your brainpower to maintain a youthful brain with these ten easy tips.

1. Protect Your Head

2. Avoid Tobacco

3. Don’t abuse alcohol

4. Exercise

5. Interact with friends and family, socialize

6. Eat healthy, eat the right foods, count calories

7. Travel, explore new places and things

8. Be happy and stress free, keep a positive attitude

9. Improve your blood pressure,cholesterol and blood sugar

10. Learn new things, read, play games, challenge yourself mentally everyday

Brainpower is a key to longevity and a healthy youthful brain. Start building your brainpower with this challenging video from youtube.