By engaging in regular physical and mental exercises, we can significantly improve our cognitive health and maintain our mental sharpness into ever older age.

If you experience brain fog, mental sluggishness, poor recall, or simply want to prevent future cognitive loss, look out for these seven things that might be killing your brain. 

Many foods contain bioactive compounds that support cognition, including sardines, walnuts, blueberries, mushrooms, arugula, pomegranate, ginger, garlic, and dark chocolate.

Even if your cognition is not in tip-top shape now, there are steps you can take to transform it by rewiring connections, growing new neurons, and changing the structure of your brain.