{"id":99242,"date":"2025-10-23T12:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99242\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:43:07","slug":"5-simple-daily-habits-to-keep-your-brain-sharp-after-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99242\/","title":{"rendered":"5 simple daily habits to keep your brain sharp after 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Certain nutrients like omega-3s, antioxidants, and vitamins play an important role in brain health, and so they should be included in one&#8217;s daily diet to boost memory and brain functioning. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1568163721000477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2021 study<\/a> titled &#8216;Associations of Omega-3 fatty acids with brain morphology and volume in cognitively healthy older adults&#8217; in Ageing Research Reviews showed the link between higher omega-3 levels and greater brain volume, particularly in the hippocampus and grey matter, which are important for memory and overall brain health.<br \/>So include foods like fatty fish, walnuts, blueberries, and leafy greens to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, which cause cognitive decline. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Certain nutrients like omega-3s, antioxidants, and vitamins play an important role in brain health, and so they should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[61703,61702,5963,499,103,61701,61,60,61700],"class_list":{"0":"post-99242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-brain-boosting-foods","9":"tag-brain-exercise","10":"tag-brain-health","11":"tag-fitness","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-how-to-keep-brain-sharp","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-simple-daily-habits-to-keep-your-brain-sharp-after-40"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}