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However, it should.
According to Buettner, these outcomes cant be explained away by genetics.
The logical conclusion, he says, is that these differences are instead attributable to lifestyle factors.
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Below, 5 such brain-healthy habits to start practicing, stat.
In other words, its time to befriend those loud and proud vegans from Instagram.
Every major age-related disease in the world has its roots in chronic inflammation, he says.
This is partially explained by the fact thatwhen youre walking, your brain is controlling about 200 muscles.
On top of that, youre thinking or talking or observingits a very cognitively intense activity, he says.
Uphill treks offer an additional boost to health, too.
In Sardinia, one of the biggest predictors of long lives are the steepness of grade, says Buettner.
(BDNF is a protein thatsupports neuron growth and maintenance.)
So people are social by default, he says.
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Dr. Day had similar findings in Bapan.
There, he posits that youll be more likely to bump into other people.
The key is just to find itsomewhere.
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