Your brain is a very important part of your body. It is the main control center for every function that happens in your daily life. The brain is also a surprisingly delicate and fragile organ that should be healthy at all costs at all times.
Here are brain damaging habits that you need to avoid to boost your brain power.
1. No breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Those people who do not eat breakfast will have low blood sugar levels. After a long night without eating, this can lead to an insufficient supply of nutrients to your brain. If repeated often enough over a long time, it can cause brain degeneration.
2. Overeating
Overeating can cause the hardening of brain arteries which can decrease mental power.
3. Smoking
Smoking is bad for your health. It also causes brain shrinkage. It is also a suspected cause of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related diseases.
4. High sugar consumption
High sugar consumption has been shown to disrupt the body’s ability to absorb proteins and nutrients which causes malnutrition and issues with brain development.
5. Air pollution
The brain needs an incredible amount of oxygen to function properly. Constantly inhaling polluted air decreases the oxygen supply to the body leading to a decrease in brain efficiency.
6. Sleep deprivation
Long term sleep deprivation increase the rate at which brain cells die. Sleep gives your brain a chance to get some rest and repair itself after a long and stressful day.
7. Working your brain during illness
When your body shows signs of illness, it is often the body’s way of telling you that your brain needs a break. Pushing through sickness, continuing to work or study can actually decrease the effectiveness of and damage the brain.
8. Multitasking
It is often said that the good thing about a woman is her ability to multitask. Studies have shown that those who often multitask are more likely to suffer from brain damage, than those who don’t as we tend to over-strain the brain when we multitask.
9. Talking rarely
People who rarely talk may end up suffering from brain damage. This is because the brain cell tends to become dormant, making it shrink. Involving yourself in intellectual talks tends to stretch your brain and strengthen its processing power.
10. Covering your head while sleeping
When you cover your head with a pillow or any other thing as you sleep, there is buildup of oxygen and carbon dioxide around the head area. When these two are concentrated in one area, inhaling the mixture of the air leads to brain damage effects. Oxygen deprivation prevents brain growth. Sleeping in a warm room may prevent you from the need to cover your head at night, minimizing the risk.
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