Fastcompany iconFastcompanySep 25, 2026 ~1 min source read

Want a better brain as you get older? Neuroscience says stay far away from these 3 things

Sometimes I go to write an article for Inc.com, and I find a really interesting story or a study to think about, and then I catch a weird detail that stops me in my tracks. We'll get to the three things they found were associated with significantly fewer dementia-free years shortly.

Want a better brain as you get older? Neuroscience says stay far away from these 3 things

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Sometimes I go to write an article for Inc.com, and I find a really interesting story or a study to think about, and then I catch a weird detail that stops me in my tracks.

We'll get to the three things they found were associated with significantly fewer dementia-free years shortly.

It's that when I look in the mirror, the version of myself I see is almost exactly the same version I saw when I was about 25 years old.

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Sometimes I go to write an article for Inc.com, and I find a really interesting story or a study to think about, and then I catch a weird detail that stops me in my tracks. We'll get to the three things they found were associated with significantly fewer dementia-free years shortly. It's that when I look in the mirror, the version of myself I see is almost exactly the same version I saw when I was about 25 years old.

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  • Then I realized the average age of the participants when the NYU Langone Health researchers assessed these midli...
  • The only difference is that my mix of red and brown hair was replaced by a mix of red and brown and blond and gray.

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