Interesting how education is mostly focused on pumping our brain with knowledge, whereas nobody ever mentions that it’s important to keep that complicated thing clean and healthy. Here’s a nice article on how to do exactly that.
http://www.brainaustralia.org.au/healthy_brain
And please find below a short presentation on why it is actually important to keep your brain healthy.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic.html
If you find that you’re interested in this topic, you can for example also check out this 3 minute presentation.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate.html
And if you want this topic to really blow your mind then please watch this 20 minute presentation.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html
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