https://summaryshelf.app/authors/marc-milstein/Recent content in Marc Milstein on SummaryShelfHugoen-usSun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/age-proof-brain/Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/age-proof-brain/<p>The age of your brain and the number on your birth certificate are two different things. The proof is a group Milstein calls SuperAgers: people past 80 whose minds work like someone decades younger. Significant cognitive decline, it turns out, is not a normal part of getting old. An estimated third of current dementia cases could have been prevented by changes in how people live. That&rsquo;s the whole premise here. Your sleep, your meals, your movement, and your relationships are quietly voting, every day, on whether your brain stays sharp.</p>