In the 21st century, brain health will be closely combined with the knowledge economy, China launched the concept of “brain health” to the society, the China Medical Association Professional Committee on Brain Health was established, and more than 100 famous experts and scholars, such as Wang Loyalty, issued an initiative to set September 16 every year as China Brain Health Day.
Factors affecting brain health
1. Cerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease is one of the most important issues affecting brain health, and it is one of the three major diseases threatening human life with its dangerous onset.
2. Mental illness
With the change of social structure and lifestyle, the influence of psychosocial factors on people is increasing, not only cerebrovascular diseases are significantly increasing, the incidence of mental diseases is also increasing.
3. Diet
Not eating breakfast makes a person’s blood sugar lower than the normal supply, the nutritional supply to the brain is insufficient, which is harmful to the brain in the long run. If long-term satiety, it will lead to cerebral atherosclerosis, premature brain aging and mental retardation and other phenomena.
4. Smoking
Long-term smoking can cause cerebral arteriosclerosis, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain, nerve cell lesions, followed by brain atrophy.
5. Lack of sleep
The main way for the brain to eliminate fatigue is sleep, long-term sleep deprivation or poor quality, will accelerate the decline of brain cells, instant smart people will become confused.
6, less speechless
The brain has a specialized language lobe area, often speak will also promote the development of the brain and exercise the brain function, the whole day silent, unsmiling people are not necessarily smart.
7. Air pollution
The brain is the body’s largest oxygen-consuming organs, only an adequate supply of oxygen to improve the efficiency of the brain, brain, especially the need to pay attention to the air hygiene of the work environment.
Which cases need to be brain health check
1, age 40 years or older.
2, feeling in a “sub-healthy” state.
3, people with risk factors for cerebrovascular disease: including hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke), metabolic syndrome, long-term smoking, long-term alcohol consumption.
4.Persons with limb weakness or numbness (even transient weakness or numbness is included) .
5.People with headache, dizziness, tinnitus .
6.People with poor mood and poor sleep.
7, memory loss .
8.People with cervical spondylosis.
How to maintain the brain
1.Food for the brain
Generally speaking, any food that can promote the alkaline state of human blood has a good effect on brain health. Modern medical research has found that foods containing lecithin, ceruloplasmin, glutamate can improve brain function and slow down brain aging, such foods are egg yolk, dates, soybeans, honey and various fish. In addition, the great enemy of the brain is alcohol and tobacco, because alcohol and tobacco can “poison” brain cells, resulting in abnormal brain metabolism, accelerating brain cell death, for this reason, the first element of brain health anti-aging, must be determined to quit smoking and alcohol!
2, abstinence and brain health
Traditional health care is concerned about the “heaven and man corresponding”, requiring people’s lifestyle and habits change with the seasons, and advocate moderate abstinence from sexual desire, in order to accumulate people’s essence, which is conducive to brain health and tranquility.
3.Adequate sleep
The main way for the brain to eliminate fatigue is sleep, so in order to maintain a healthy mind, we must regulate sleep, so that the brain gets sufficient rest, to ensure that there are 7 to 8 hours of sleep per day.
4.Scientific use of the brain
The brain should be a combination of work and rest, brain (learning or thinking) after an hour, rest 10 minutes, rest in a variety of ways, you can listen to relaxing music, or a distant view of the landscape, or meditation.
5.Good environment
The work or study environment is very important for the conservation of the brain, in summer to choose a quiet and cool environment, while the winter requires warm, airy environment, and the environment should be sufficient light.
6, good sitting posture
Scientific research has found that sitting posture will affect the blood supply to the brain, slow blood flow leads to insufficient oxygen supply to the brain, which affects the efficiency of work and will harm the brain nerves, the correct sitting posture is to straighten the back, waist, head, feet, of course, work for an hour or two to rest and activities, otherwise it is easy to suffer from shoulder and neck disease.
7.Still cultivate and practice
For brain care, ancient health practitioners advocate quiet cultivation and dynamic practice. “Meditation” is to sit quietly and meditate, so that the whole body and mind to relax. “Dynamic practice” can not only enhance physical fitness, but also improve the mental state. The simplest is to play iron ball, play shuttlecock, climbing, jogging, etc. Some simple exercises can achieve the effect, and even knitting is also beneficial to the health of the brain.