How to Slow Down Your Brain’s Ageing
There’s a peculiar kind of frustration that comes with forgetting something you used to remember with ease. Maybe it’s the name of your colleague’s child, the location of your car keys (again), or the book you swear you just started but can’t recall a single chapter of. These moments can feel like harmless lapses—until they start piling up. And then you wonder: Is my brain getting older than it should be? It turns out that question isn’t just rhetorical. New studies suggest your brain might actually be ageing faster than the rest of your body—but there are plenty of things you can do about it. Your Brain Ages Differently Than You Think While we often think of age as just a number, our organs each tell a slightly different story. Your heart, your kidneys, even your ovaries— they all age at different rates . And your brain? It can be ahead of—or behind—the curve. From your 30s onward, your brain naturally begins to shrink. It’s subtle at first: a gradual atrophy of cells and...