What types of mental exercises are proven as brain boosters?
Dr. Fortanasce: Brain Boosters are the mind of The Anti-Alzheimer’s Prescription. Remember, the brain is an interest-baring account. To get that interest, three elements are needed – novelty, earning it, and depositing it. Novel – something new or not often done. Earning it – active participation, not just listening but singing, not just reading, but speaking. Retrieval – practice bears interest. To build brain reserve, you must open new bank accounts, not keep filling the same one. What you can do now: • Eat or write with your non-dominant hand. • Change your routines – taxi cab drivers have a low incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. • Learn new words or another language and use them. • Memorize the streets on your way to work or your credit card numbers, the extension numbers of your fellow workers or commonly called customers, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Your boss will be impressed and your spouse will be amazed! * * * * Q: What part does exercise play in preventing Alzheimer’s dise
