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I see a lot of articles and news stories about the fear of Alzheimer’s disease. Because we are living longer on average, the incidence of this horrible affliction is greater and more likely than for any previous generation. We may all remember elderly relatives whom our families labeled as “senile” but who were likely suffering from the effects of Alzheimer’s. For our own generation, we are not only able to identify it, we pretty much see it coming like a freight train straight for us.

It is being broadly claimed that the best way to fight against this disease is to never stop learning. If we keep the brain struggling for knowledge, we are, in essence, exercising our brain in much the same way as we are constantly told to exercise our bodies. A brain that is not tested and tried and exercised on a regular basis is an open invitation for the devil, “Alzheimer’s disease”, to enter into his favorite workshop, our idle brains.

I work hard to keep my brain on the treadmill of knowledge. I have a full time job that requires mental effort. I have my various blog sites, web content producing efforts and website development classes to keep my mind active. I’ve started working again towards a lifelong goal of reading as many of the great, classic novels as I can.

What other activities do you engage in to keep the “devil” out of the “workshop?” Drop an e-mail and share one or more of the activities you enjoy that make your brain work overtime to keep brain cells alive and kicking. Remember, it only takes one small change to begin on the road to an enormous change.

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