{"id":357138,"date":"2021-10-24T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/retire-better-these-7-habits-will-keep-your-mind-sharp-no-matter-how-long-you-work\/"},"modified":"2021-10-24T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T22:35:00","slug":"retire-better-these-7-habits-will-keep-your-mind-sharp-no-matter-how-long-you-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/retire-better-these-7-habits-will-keep-your-mind-sharp-no-matter-how-long-you-work\/","title":{"rendered":"#Retire Better: These 7 habits will keep your mind sharp no matter how long you work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeff154a8759\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeff154a8759\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/retire-better-these-7-habits-will-keep-your-mind-sharp-no-matter-how-long-you-work\/#Age_is_just_a_number_What_doctors_think_will_keep_you_on_your_toes\" >Age is just a number: What doctors think will keep you on your toes<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/retire-better-these-7-habits-will-keep-your-mind-sharp-no-matter-how-long-you-work\/#Paul_Brandus\" >Paul Brandus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Retire Better: These 7 habits will keep your mind sharp no matter how long you work<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Age_is_just_a_number_What_doctors_think_will_keep_you_on_your_toes\"><\/span>\n  Age is just a number: What doctors think will keep you on your toes<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"article body\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000450108\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000450108\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       When Ronald Reagan was running for president in 1980, there were questions about his age and whether he was up to such a stressful job. After all, the Gipper would turn 70 less than a month after being inaugurated. 70? The oldest president up to that time had been Dwight Eisenhower, who had\u00a0<em>retired\u00a0<\/em>at that age in 1961 after serving two full terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       These days though, Reagan would be just a kid compared with our leaders. President Joe Biden was elected at 78, replacing Donald Trump, who was elected at 70, and is dropping hints about running in 2024, when he would be 78. On the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is 81 and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is 79. Across the street from the Capitol, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is still on the job at age 82.<\/p>\n<p> Read: What Jimmy Carter, 97, can teach us about retirement <\/p>\n<p>You get the idea. Here we are, well into the 21st century, in a high-tech digital age, where bits and bytes move in nanoseconds, and yet the people leading us into this rapidly changing, constantly evolving new world are in their eighth, and in some cases ninth and nearly 10th decade of life\u00a0(I\u2019m looking at you, Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who at 88, says he\u2019ll seek another six-year term, and California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, also 88, who said recently that she has no plans to step down).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read: Try these ways to feel younger in retirement<\/p>\n<p>No disrespect to anyone. But these are tough jobs. How old is too old to do them? And what about the rest of us who will work\u2014either by choice or necessity\u2014well into the future?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read: I failed at retirement. How to avoid my mistakes<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to a novel idea, albeit one that will get absolutely nowhere in Washington: An senility test for government officials of a certain age. That\u2019s the brainchild of Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican from Louisiana, who also h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens to be a physician. In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> service Axios, which aired on HBO, Cassidy didn\u2019t give a specific age for such tests, but said that for many people in their 80s, that\u2019s when their \u201crapid decline\u201d begins. <\/p>\n<p>Read: A big step toward beating Alzheimer\u2019s \u2014 but the battle is far from over<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s usually noticeable,\u201d he said. \u201cSo anybody in a position of responsibility who may potentially be on that slope, that is of concern. And I\u2019m saying this as a doctor.\u201d The senator\u2019s office did not respond Monday to a request to elaborate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>But this decline actually has its roots at a much younger age. As many as\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/alzheimers-dementia\/what-is-dementia\/related_conditions\/mild-cognitive-impairment\" class=\"icon none\">one-in-six Americans as young as 60\u00a0<\/a>are living with what\u2019s known as \u201cmild cognitive impairment,\u201d or MCI. That\u2019s according to the Alzheimer\u2019s Association, which says \u201cmild cognitive impairment causes cognitive changes that are serious enough to be noticed by the person affected and by family members and friends,\u201d though this \u201cnot affect the individual\u2019s ability to carry out everyday activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/media\/Documents\/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf\" class=\"icon none\">But after 60, things can quickly deteriorate.<\/a>\u00a0In its 2021 annual report, the association says that between the ages of 65 to 74, an estimated 5.4% of Americans has Alzheimer\u2019s dementia, which increases to 13.8% of those aged 75 to 84 and then 34.6%\u2014more than one-in-three\u2014of those aged 85 and older. It also notes that people younger than age 65 can also develop Alzheimer\u2019s dementia, \u201cbut it is much less common and prevalence is uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So one-eighth of Americans between 75 and 84 and one-third over age 85 have Alzheimer\u2019s dementia. But the data is not distributed evenly, meaning that Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to develop Alzheimer\u2019s dementia than Whites. \u201cThis higher risk, or incidence, of Alzheimer\u2019s and other dementias appears to stem from variations in medical conditions, health-related behaviors and socioeconomic risk factors across racial groups,\u201d the Alzheimer\u2019s Association says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But you can turn these odds in your favor by practicing certain healthy habits, says\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.tamu.edu\/faculty\/wklemm\/\" class=\"icon none\">William R. Klemm Ph.D.,\u00a0<\/a>a senior professor of neuro<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> at Texas A&amp;M University.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/memory-medic\/201209\/ten-ways-slow-mental-decline-age\" class=\"icon none\">He offers these tips:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"articleList\">\n<li>\n      <strong>Get better organized.<\/strong>\u00a0Keep your keys, for example, in one place all the time. \u201cLife is simpler when you have a place for everything,\u201d Klemm says. Habit relieves the memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Challenge yourself mentally.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cSeek out new experiences, stay active\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly, make mental demands on yourself, such as learning a new language, playing chess, or getting an advanced college degree,\u201d Klemm says.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Reduce\u00a0stress. <\/strong>\u201cChronic stress(emotional pressure suffered for a prolonged period of time in which an individual perceives they have little or no control) clearly disrupts memory formation and recall,\u201d he writes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Eat foods with vitamins and antioxidants.\u00a0<\/strong>Focus on vitamins C, D, and E. Like many experts on aging, he says you should eat blueberries, \u201cespecially on an empty stomach.\u201d What about vitamin supplements? They won\u2019t help, Klemm says, unless you have a nutritional deficiency. Focus on food.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Avoid obesity.\u00a0<\/strong>Weight increases stress on the heart and arteries, which pump oxygenated blood to your brain, which helps you retain mental sharpness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Exercise.\u00a0<\/strong>Enough said. Keeps the blood flowing, and the pounds off. Talk to your doctor first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Get plenty of sleep.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cMany studies show the brain is processing the day\u2019s events while you sleep and consolidating them in memory,\u201d Klemm says. \u201cNaps help too!\u201d He adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Naps? 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