🧠The best thing you can be doing for your brain health and to protect against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is to adopt and maintain a heart-healthy lifestyle.

🧠Good heart health translates to better brain health.

🧠Data supports embracing multiple lifestyle factors, such as not smoking; eating a diet based on ample whole fruits and vegetables, like the Mediterranean and MIND diets; doing regular cardiovascular exercise; managing stress; and limiting alcohol.

🧠It is also important to manage blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels.