Keeping Your Brain Healthy

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  1. 4. The creamy fats in this fruit can help maintain brain health
  2. 5. Wear one of these if you are enjoying winter sports, riding a bike, etc. to help protect your brain from injury
  3. 7. Practicing this can help calm our brains
  4. 9. It's the color in the skins of this food that hold the magic
  5. 13. This helps your brain, and the rest of you, stay hydrated
  6. 15. Moving and grooving to new forms of this can lift our spirits and challenge our brains
  7. 16. Doing this with others can lift our spirits and keep our brains healthy
  8. 18. Working on one of these can keep your brain challenged
  9. 20. Practicing this basic need in a 4 x 4 x 5 x 4 pattern can relax our brains and nervous systems
  10. 21. 4 letter acronym for a protein that plays an important role in neuronal growth and survival
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  1. 1. All of the things in this crossword have to do with the unique, amazing supercomputer known as your:
  2. 2. This can help your brain in more ways than one if you aren't getting enough of 12. down
  3. 3. Movement in any form of this helps keep your brain, and the rest of you, healthy
  4. 6. Doing this out loud can help keep our brains healthy
  5. 8. Holidays can be a great time to connect with others and listen to their:
  6. 10. These are hormones released by the nervous system that help us deal with pain and stress. Exercise can cause them to be released
  7. 11. (2 words or one compound word) Click this and help protect your brain from injury
  8. 12. Getting 7-8 hours of this a night is recommended for brain health
  9. 14. This form of exercise can be particularly good for us as we age
  10. 17. The main "nerve cells" that make up nervous system
  11. 19. Do this with something new and you are challenging your brain while helping keep it healthy