June is celebrated as the Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month in many countries including India. Every year in this month we try to tell you about the recent medicines and ways of brain nourishment and improvement. This year we have decided to give you a recap of some already known methods of brain improvement and nourishment. And also some new findings related to the brain. This year a lot of new research were carried out by scientists on brain function and power.
Let us tell you the main findings of these researches so that you can adopt them in your life to improve your brain memory and power.
1. Physical workout and leisure activities cut chances of memory loss
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The various studies carried out in 2015 related brain function have traced a link between the Alzheimer’s disease and the physical exercises. It has been found that all types of physical exercises, including cardiovascular, Yoga and weight lifting, cuts the risk of Alzheimer’s disease multiple times. The study that was published in the initial part of 2015 even pointed out that leisure activities, dancing and gardening have the tendency to cut Alzheimer’s chances.
2. Adult education keeps memory loss at bay
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A study carried out by Australian scientists in 2015 has found out that book reading habit of people has a tremendous ability to cut the chances of dementia and cognitive decline. The study laid an emphasis on the college education of adults to improve their Alzheimer’s and dementia chances.
3. Smoking directly linked with dementia
A study carried out in 2013 by some Welsh researchers had found a direct link between smoking and dementia. These researchers had claimed that smoking counts among the main factors responsible for dementia.
4. Heart diseases erase brain memory
A healthy heart is necessary for a healthy brain. Heath experts say that people suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes or any other heart disease have more chances of suffering from dementia in the later stage of their life. So if you want a powerful brain memory, it is necessary for you to take care of your heart in a better way. Eat a balanced diet daily, have a proper workout and the most important try to live a stress-free life in any circumstances.
5. Physical injury to the brain may play havoc with memory
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Always wear a helmet while riding a vehicle or while playing cricket or any other sport. Because a physical injury to the brain may heal after sometimes, but it’s after –math can be dangerous. You can, later on, suffer from dementia or cognitive decline. Millions of such cases have been reported in the last one decade throughout the globe.
6. Healthy diet vital for both body and brain
Like our body, our brain also needs a healthy, balanced diet to reduce the chances of dementia and cognitive decline. For a healthy brain, include more and more fruits and vegetables in your diet. A diet rich in good fats like olive oil, nuts, fish, sea foods and omega-3 nourishes your brain properly.
7. Seven hours of a good night’s sleep compulsory
If you are not able to sleep well in the night, your chances of suffering from memory loss increase many times. So it’s better for you to get your insomnia and apnea like conditions treated today so that they didn’t trouble you later in the life.
A seven-hour of shut-eye a night is compulsory to keep dementia at bay.
8. Keep your stress, depression and anxiety at bay
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Stress, depression and anxiety like unwanted conditions apart from eating your physical health play a havoc with your brain. So it is necessary for you to live a stress-free life in any condition. You should mean it that depression and anxiety are nothing but our self-created negative perceptions in our mind. Try to socialize with others, spent your time during exercise, meditation and social works. It has been seen that people who love to be social tend to have an active mind than the people who live in isolation.
9. Spend your time in your most favourite hobbies
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It is important to remain busy in life because of an idle mind is said to be devils workshop. If you have nothing to do in life, help others, build a piece of furniture, and create some art on paper, etc. etc. In short anything that keeps you busy and happy.
