STOP USING YOUR BRAIN AND LIVE LONGER

One key to a longer life could be a quieter brain without too much neural activity. Researchers at Harvard Medical School analyzed brain tissue donated to human brain banks by people ranging in age from their 60s and 70s to centenarians who lived to be 100 or older. They found people who died before their mid-80s had lower levels in their brains of a protein called REST that tamps down genes involved in sparking brain activity, compared to the very oldest people. This suggests that excessive brain activity could be harmful. The results have been called counter-intuitive, as “Use it or lose it” has long dominated thinking on how to protect the aging brain.
* Something to think about… if you want to DIE!!!!
* Well, I’m going to live forever.
* So, I can watch ABC’s The Bachelor, and just tell people it’s for my health when I get older?
* Old, brainless politicians who spend decades and decades and decades running things. That explains how we got where we are.