The brain is plastic throughout life — capable of forming new connections, pruning old ones, and adapting to experience and injury in ways that were not understood a generation ago. Cardiovascular health, sleep, sustained learning, social connection, movement, and minimizing chronic inflammation are the most evidence-supported contributors to neurological health across the lifespan. The traditional understanding that the health of the mind and the health of the body cannot be separated turns out to be a straightforward neuroscientific fact.
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