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Dementia, disrespect, and loneliness – that is not your future, says aging expert Ashton Applewhite.

- The best anti-aging advice? Stop stereotyping old people! Cultural messaging about the pitfalls of old age causes undue stress that prematurely ages the brain and shortens life spans.

- People who have a positive outlook on aging can live 7.5 years longer than those who buy into cultural stereotypes about getting old.
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- t's important to look at the positives of aging, not just the risk factors: Alzheimer's rates are declining, 'mental sifting' can make us wiser, and older workers injure themselves less often than younger workers.

Ashton Applewhite is a Brooklyn-based activist and writer. Her latest book, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, debunks many myths about late life (https://goo.gl/Ln6idn)

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