How to Stay Sharp in Retirement – Dr. Majid Fotuhi

About this episode

Dr. Majid Fotuhi discusses how to maintain cognitive health in retirement through daily habits and brain health strategies.

What if cognitive decline in your 60s, 70s, and 80s is not inevitable — but largely a function of choices you’re making right now? What can you do to stay sharp in retirement? Dr. Majid Fotuhi is a neurologist, who teaches at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of The Invincible Brain: The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp for Life . He has spent decades studying the most malleable structure in the human brain, the hippocampus, and what he’s found challenges almost everything most people believe about aging and the mind. The brain can grow. New neurons can form at any age. The most powerful predictor of late-life cognitive health is not your genes — it’s your daily habits. And retirement, done the traditional way, is one of the most reliable accelerants of cognitive decline that exists. In this episode, Dr. Fotuhi walks us through his Five Pillars of Brain Health, the science of neuroplasticity, and what the research says about exercise, sleep, stress, nutrition, and brain training. He also shares one of the most remarkable patient stories of his career including a woman who arrived at his clinic in a wheelchair, seemingly…

People in this episode

Host: Retirement Wisdom

Guest: Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Topics covered

• cognitive health
• retirement
• neuroplasticity
• brain health
• aging
• daily habits

Keywords

• cognitive decline
• brain health
• neuroplasticity
• retirement
• exercise
• nutrition
• stress management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins University

Books & works: The Invincible Brain: The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp for Life

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