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Building Brain-Healthy Eating Habits

Learn how the food you eat affects your brain. We make it easy for you to prep delicious, good-for-you meals that support your well-being.

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Healthy Living

Quiz: What Foods Are Good for Brain Health?

Test your knowledge of the MIND diet, the gut microbiome and more

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Staying Sharp

Meal plans and food prep videos to give you inspiration for healthy meals

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Staying Sharp

The Brain-Gut Connection

Uncover the science and take steps toward helping your brain health

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Mama Mann’s Kitchen: Cajun Rainbow Trout

Watch Tamela and David Mann prepare a delicious meal

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Staying Sharp

Weight Loss After 50 Challenge

Step by step, we’ll give you guides to the best foods for you, provide dozens of delicious new recipes to try, and help you embrace a whole new way of eating. Earn double AARP Rewards points in August.

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Healthy Living

13 Foods That Help Lower Cholesterol

Learn the good and the bad behind this essential fat

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How Healthy Are Your Meals?

Try the free Recipe Analyzer to measure any meal’s nutritional value

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Healthy Living

Boost Brain Health With Nuts and Seeds

Nuts and seeds support mood, cognition, and brain health

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Your Brain on Fish

Cold-water fish is one of the best foods for brain health

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7 Brain-Friendly Staples to Keep on Hand

These common pantry foods contain nutrients that may help protect memory

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Staying Sharp

6 Simple Food Swaps

These easy, delicious switches may help support mood and cognitive function

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Learn Why Some Foods Are a No-Brainer for Brain Health

Healthy Living

Are Blueberries Really the Best Brain Food?

We break down the health benefits of blueberries for older adults

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AARP Research

Brain Health and Diet: Missing the Connection

Most adults are not making the connection

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Healthy Living

What Is So Special About the Mediterranean Diet?

It often snags a top spot on ‘best diets’ lists — here’s why

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Healthy Living

What Is the MIND Diet?

The eating plan can give your brain a boost

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Staying Sharp

Foods Are Best for B Vitamins, Omega-3s

Both groups of nutrients are crucial for brain health

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Your Brain on Sugar

The not-so-sweet news on what the sticky stuff does to your brain

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Add Beans to Meals and Snacks

Beans are versatile and full of heart- and brain-healthy nutrients

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Spilling the Beans on Coffee and Brain Health

Caffeine may help protect long-term memory, but has some downsides

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Supplements

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Vitamin D May Help Support Memory

Better to get the sunshine vitamin from the sun or food than in a pill

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Does Ginkgo Biloba Help Brain Health?

A review of studies finds no solid evidence of brain benefits

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Prevagen, Jellyfish and the Brain

The idea that apoaequorin could improve memory is, well, fishy

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Healthy Living

The Full Story on Fish Oil

New omega-3 Rx drug could be a cardiovascular game changer

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