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Preventing Mental Decline is all about taking smart actions that promote healthy living. What you do is very important when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle. What you don’t do is equally important. Prevention is often about starting to do practical and helpful things. Things like:

• Eating right
• Exercising
• Stimulating your mind

These things are important and make a big difference in preventing mental decline but there may be some things in life you need to stop doing as well. Things like:

• Smoking
• Eating processed foods
• Isolating

Starting Good Habits

Starting good habits is surely a great way to lower your risk for mental decline, but stopping some equally Bad Habits matters too. You may start doing some good things but if you’re engaging in bad habits, they could be undermining the positive things you’re doing.

Smoking

Smoking leads to all sorts of issues. It’s not new news that smoking is bad for your health. Not only that, it’s an expense that can make it harder to make smart financial decisions. The sooner you stop smoking, the sooner your whole life improves. From your health to your pocketbook, quitting this bad habit makes good sense.

Eating Processed Foods

Processed foods have little nutritional value. They may taste great and fill you up, but they aren’t good fuel for your body. They also contribute to mental fog and overall mental decline. While you may be unwilling or unable to eliminate all processed foods from your diet, making changes wherever you can is a great start. Eating right also promotes good choices. The more healthy foods you eat, the more you crave them. Over time you may find you’ve replaced your processed foods with healthy foods with very little effort.

Isolating

Even introverts need some social engagement. Being alone too much can cause your brain to be under-stimulated and lazy. Being in a relationship with other people helps stimulate your brain and keep it mentally acute. Breaking the isolation habit can improve your mental clarity and quality of life.

In the End

Making good choices will help prevent mental decline. So does changing bad habits! When you focus on doing something positive, check and see if there’s something you can stop doing as well. The two combined can further prevent mental decline in a more powerful and effective way. Evaluate your lifestyle and see if there are any bad habits contributing to mental decline and do your best to stop them as soon as possible.

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