Who Are Those Fantastic SuperAgers And Why Do They Stay Healthy?

Everyone wants to stay fully independent as we age. A few people over age 80 do and they don’t suffer from memory loss either. They are called “super agers” because they do not suffer the same mental and physical declines as almost everyone else. They’ve been studied by researchers for decades. We do have some answers to what makes them different from everyone else. Maybe we all wish we could be super agers ourselves.

What Is A Super Ager?

The term describes someone over 80 with an exceptional memory — one at least as good as the memories of people who are 20 to 30 years younger. They don’t get Alzheimer’s disease. They think clearly and participate in many things most folks their age cannot do.

As reported in AARP, those who seem to defy normal changes of aging have a few things in common. Here are some of these, also reflected in research from other reports in other places in the U.S.

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