Choosing foods that aregood for your heartmay also have benefits for your brain, a new study suggests.

Decades later, when participants were 79 years old on average, they completed cognitive function questionnaires.

A DASH diet can also help the brain by lowering blood pressure, Budson adds.

Heart Healthy Diet in Middle Age May Help Preserve Memory Later in Life

Reducing blood pressure reduces cognitive decline, likely because it reduces both large strokes and mini-strokes.

Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

It is important to remember that progress is better than perfect.

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