{"id":14545,"date":"2022-04-22T08:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/?p=14545"},"modified":"2022-04-25T09:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:35:43","slug":"healthy-resolutions-include-daily-reading-for-a-healthy-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/healthy-resolutions-include-daily-reading-for-a-healthy-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Resolutions Include Daily Reading for a Healthy Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

Healthy Resolutions Include Daily Reading for a Healthy Mind<\/strong><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” column_structure=”2_3,1_3″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”2_3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_font_size=”17px”]Scientific studies have found many benefits of reading for older adults. These include everything from reducing stress and enhancing sleep to improving memory circuits, sharpening decision-making, and possibly even delaying the onset of\u00a0dementia, according to an article published in Aging & Health from July 2021.<\/span>\n\nThe article said that there are five mental benefits from reading that preserve mental faculties and enable people to live independently for a longer length of time. The five benefits are as follows.<\/span>\n
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  1. Enhancing Memory<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Sharpening Decision Making<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Delaying the Onset of Alzheimer\u2019s and Dementia<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Reducing Stress and Anxiety<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Sleeping Better<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is no secret that one of the top habits listed for leaders and successful people is reading.\u00a0 Many retired executives continue this healthy habit and continue to open a whole new world. Many of our award recipients profiled at our previous luncheons are still working in fields that require staying current in their fields, reflecting supporting this article.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/reading-for-health.png” _builder_version=”4.17.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”reading for health” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”75px||||false|false”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Many retired executives continue this healthy habit and continue to open a whole new world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1064","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/reading-for-health.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3hcyF-3MB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14545"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14559,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545\/revisions\/14559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}