An Invitation to my 120th Birthday Celebration.

After 39 years of teaching, my last words to my students on that final day came in the form of an invitation: "You're all invited to my 120th Birthday. Celebrate it by skiing with me." I think it was Sara who shot up her hand saying: "Wait, wait." (pausing for a quick calculation) "I'll be 77 years old!"
"Don't worry." says I, "I'll slow down for you!"

"Never limit yourself." had been an underlying lesson for my students. I realized that I'd need to engineer a comprehensive plan for myself to optimize the quality of my life to 120 and Beyond.

In order to take good care of your brain for the long game, begin by taking mindful care of your body. Read on to chart your own course for 120 and Beyond.


Monday, June 14, 2010

New developments...


in medicine, exercise physiology, brain science, and physical therapy are rapidly transforming our view of how the human body can me maintained at optimal levels.  One quick example: at this very moment, you're reading, learning, you're in the process of growing brand new dendrites, the nerve branches that connect brain cells as new learning takes place. Follow this blog and you'll learn how to grow new dendrites to replace brain cells die during the natural aging process.  Prior to these developments, people aged without accelerated dendritic growth. As years passed, evidence of diminished mental capacity became visible.  No more. With mentally challenging activities like playing instruments, learning new languages, new dendrite growth is stimulated at rates that can maintain high level functioning far beyond 100.


BRAIN MAY AGE FASTER IN PEOPLE WHOSE HEARTS PUMP LESS BLOOD. American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
Click on Study Highlights below to read entire article.


Study highlights:
Keeping your heart healthy may slow down brain aging.
Cardiac index, a measure of heart health, is linked to diminishing brain volume, a sign of brain aging.
Brains may age faster in people whose hearts pump less blood.

IN ANOTHER STUDY:
Researchers say that that aerobic and resistance training exercise is a promising strategy for combating cognitive decline and that this been shown to enhance mental performance in people as they age. 


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines/news/2012-04-24-can-exercise-stop-mental-decline/


IN CONCLUSION: In order to optimize life, it's increasingly important to include exercise 3-5 times a week, for a better experience in your coming years....





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