The five strongest factors that age your brain faster – and how to spot the silent symptoms

SCIENTISTS have revealed five hidden health risks that could be ageing your brain faster.

They include silent killer conditions like high blood pressure or high blood sugar, which have hard to spot symptoms.

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As we age, the structure of our brain changes over the years.

It begins to shrink, and tiny fibres in the brain’s white matter that help different parts communicate are damaged or don’t work properly.