<h1 id="how-to-maintain-a-healthy-brain-to-reduce-the-risk-of-dementia">How to Maintain a Healthy Brain to Reduce the Risk of Dementia<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#how-to-maintain-a-healthy-brain-to-reduce-the-risk-of-dementia"></a></h1>
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<h2 id="highlights">Highlights<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#highlights"></a></h2>
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<li>develop cognitive reserve
<ul>
<li>conditions: novelty, diversity, repeated practice, complexity, progression of complexity</li>
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<li>memory optimization techniques
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<li>peg method
<ul>
<li>choose pegs, eg. gun, a shoe, a tree and a door</li>
<li>entwine the things you have to do
<ul>
<li>make it memorable, e.g. funny</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Memory Palace (Method of Loci)
<ul>
<li>highly familiar places</li>
<li>e.g. locations similar to pegs</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<li>recommendations
<ul>
<li>socialize</li>
<li>Foods to include:
<ul>
<li>Green leafy vegetables and other preferably non-starchy vegetables</li>
<li>Spices and herbs</li>
<li>Legumes and beans</li>
<li>Wholegrains</li>
<li>Cold-water fish – salmon, tuna, sardines and the like</li>
<li>Olive oil</li>
<li>Poultry</li>
<li>Nuts and seeds</li>
<li>Berries</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Foods to be wary of:
<ul>
<li>Processed and sugary foods</li>
<li>Dairy and red meat</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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How to Maintain a Healthy Brain to Reduce the Risk of Dementia

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## Purpose

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