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If you plant a garden, you’ll also likely gain nutritional benefits
from the fresh food you’ll glean from your own endeavors. Even
if your garden plot is focused on flowers instead of veggies, it’s
been shown that people who garden tend to eat healthier.

In many areas of the country, outdoor gardening isn’t a year-
round option. Even when you can garden every month of the
year, you may not be optimizing the benefits of gardening for
better brain health.
Staying in mental shape requires real effort and certainly some
tasks are more enjoyable than others. Here we’ve covered the
benefits of laughing, dancing and gardening. What’s not to like
about working on your brain?!

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