How to keep your brain young even as you grow old

Table of Content

• Get mental stimulation
• Get physical exercise
• Improve your diet
• Improve your blood pressure
• Improve your blood sugar
• Improve your cholesterol
• Consider low-dose aspirin
• Avoidsmoking                      
• Do not abuse alcohol
• Guard your emotions
• Protect your head
• Build on social networks

Every brain changes with age and the intelligence function changes with it. Depression is common, and it is one of the most devastating effects of old age. But cognitive impairment is inevitable. Here are twelve ways in which you can help keep your brain working.

Get mental stimulation

By researching mice and humans, scientists have found that brain activity stimulates new connections between nerve cells and may even help the brain produce new cells, improve plastic nerves and build a functional repository that provides a barrier against cell loss.

Any stressful experience should help build your brain. Read, take courses, try "mental gymnastics," such as word puzzles or math problems Exercising with objects that require writing skills as well as mental experiments, such as drawing, painting, and other skills.

Get physical exercise    

Research shows that exercising your muscles also benefits your mind. Regular exercise animals increase the number of small blood vessels that bring blood-rich blood protein to the brain region that stimulates thinking. Exercise promotes the growth of new cells and enhances connections between brain cells (synapses). This results in a more efficient brain, plasticity, and repair, which translates- into better performance in older animals.

Exercise lowers blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels help regulate blood sugar levels and reduce stress, all of which can benefit your brain and heart.

Improve your diet

Eating well can help your mind as well as your body.

For example, people who eat a Mediterranean diet that fortifies fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, unsaturated fats (olives), and protein-rich plant systems are less likely to have cognitive and depressive disorders.

Improve your blood pressure

High blood pressure in midlife increases the risk of cognitive decline in old age. Use lifestyle modification to keep your pressure as low as possible. Be careful, exercise regularly, drink plenty of alcohol daily, reduce stress, and eat well.

Improve your blood sugar

Diabetes is an important risk factor for mental retardation. You can help prevent diabetes by eating well, exercising regularly, and staying lean. But if your blood sugar continues to rise, you will need medication to get proper control.

Improve your cholesterol

High levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol is associated with increased memory risk. But if you need more help, ask your doctor about medication.

Consider low-dose aspirin

Other research studies suggest that low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of depression, especially vascular dementia. Ask your doctor if you are a competitor.

Avoid smoking

Avoid tobacco in all its forms.

Do not abuse alcohol

Drunkenness poses a high risk of dementia. If you choose to drink alcohol, stop limiting to two drinks a day.

Guard your emotions

People who are distressed, depressed, sleepless, or tired often score less well in performance. Limited schools do not necessarily anticipate an increased risk of cognitive decline in aging, but good mental health and restful rest are important goals.

Protect your head

Moderate to- severe head injuries, even without a diagnosis of impairment, increase the risk of cognitive impairment.

Build on social networks

A strong relationship was associated with low viral load, as-well-as low blood pressure and longevity.