There are some things we know we shouldn’t do, but we can’t help doing them. Maybe after reading today’s article, you can make up your mind to change one or two bad habits.
The following 9 bad habits will harm the brain and cause irreversible effects. Please pay more attention to them in your life.
1. Lack of sleep
Long-term lack of sleep can lead to Alzheimer’s disease , so you need to maintain a regular sleep schedule. If you don’t sleep well at night, avoid caffeine.
Try to use electronic devices as little as possible at night, and do something quiet and peaceful before going to bed, such as yoga and meditation.
2. Loneliness
It is good to enjoy one’s time alone, but too much loneliness is not good. Interaction with people is very important for brain health. It is not enough to have many friends in your social media. You need to have real connections with others.
A few very close friends will make people happier, live more efficiently, and have a lower chance of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in old age.
Studies have shown that introverts have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. If you often feel lonely, contact your friends immediately, make a phone call, or send message, and ask your friends to go dancing, play ball, or play cards together.
3. Junk food:
People who eat too many hamburgers, potato chips, French fries, and carbonated drinks have smaller parts of their brains responsible for learning, memory, and cognition than others.
Eat more nuts, vegetables, whole grains, fruits, and other organic foods , which can protect your brain and slow down its decline. Next time you go to the supermarket, resist the temptation of corn chips and potato chips and buy a bag of nuts.
4. The sound is too loud
If you turn up the volume of the headphones to the maximum, your hearing will be permanently damaged after 30 minutes. In fact, it is not just hearing that will be damaged, there are more serious problems.
Scientific research shows that brain degeneration and hearing degeneration are closely related. When hearing is reduced, the brain needs to work harder to distinguish the sounds around it. Scientific experiments have shown that the development of Alzheimer’s disease will slow down in the elderly who wear hearing aids.
Fatigue will cause a decline in brain function, and brain nerves and glial cells will become inflamed due to fatigue. So quickly turn down the volume and do not exceed 60% of the maximum volume . After listening for up to two hours, be sure to give your ears a rest.
5. Sit for a long time
People who sit for a long time and do not exercise for a long time are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Of course, people who do not exercise are also more likely to suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. All these diseases are related to Alzheimer’s disease.
Paying attention to exercise and strengthening exercise does not mean that you have to run a marathon. Remember that half an hour of exercise three times a week can make your brain healthier.
6. Smoking
The Smoking shrinks the brain, reduces memory, and doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Smoking also makes you more likely to get heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke . Quit smoking now.
7. Overeating
Even if you eat healthy food, overeating can damage your brain. In addition to damaging your memory, you will also suffer from obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes due to overeating.
Remember to control your diet and eat until you are 70% to 80% full.
8. No sunlight.
Sunlight can regulate the brain’s rhythm and make brain cells work more healthily. Staying in a dim place for a long time will affect sleep, lead to low mood, and even cause depression.
Depression is also an important trigger for Alzheimer’s disease. Through rigorous research, scientists at Harvard Medical School found that depression in middle age and brain lesions in early Alzheimer’s disease develop synchronously.
Depression can cause atrophy of key brain areas, and Alzheimer’s disease can also cause brain atrophy . Brain inflammation is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, and it is also a risk factor for depression.
9. Ignoring oral hygiene
Periodontal bacteria can cause Alzheimer’s disease, and long-term exposure to periodontal bacteria can cause inflammation and degeneration of brain neurons.
Oral hygiene is an important test indicator for disease, and treating your teeth well is treating your brain well.
Unknown Brain Theory
9 common bad habits in life can harm the brain and cause irreversible effects on the brain.
Starting from small things, developing good living habits can protect brain health.
