By Julia Pugachevsky – Business Insider –
- A new study found waves of brain aging occur at ages 57, 70, and 78.
- Some healthy habits can combat mental decline by improving memory and cognition.
Brain aging accelerates at three specific points in your life, according to a recent study.
The researchers looked at brain images of over 10,000 healthy adults, then tracked blood protein changes in half of them to look for “brain age gap” (BAG), a sign of cognitive aging.
Their findings, published in Nature, suggest that most people experienced peaks in brain aging at three ages: 57, 70, and 78.
At 57, there were protein changes related to wound healing and metabolism; at 70, with brain-cell function that could increase the risk of dementia; and at 78, with immunity and inflammation.
