Top Habits for Better Brain Health
Keep Moving
Staying active as we age helps your brain produce the hormones needed to fuel the rest of your body. Activity also helps improve your balance, energy, mood, and strength! Adding exercise into your daily routine can help increase your brain health while increasing blood flow to the brain. Stay active by taking a stroll outside, trying chair yoga, garden for an afternoon, or dance with a friend!
Stimulate Your Mind
Just like the rest of your body, your brain needs exercise too. Intellectual engagement can improve your thinking ability, and make you feel happier and healthier. Stimulate your mind by staying social, playing a card game, completing a puzzle, or just trying something new! Brain games, puzzles, hobbies, and critical thinking opportunities are great exercises for cognitive recollection.
Be Aware of the Physical and Mental
Health Problems
Health conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, dementia, depression, and stroke pose a risk to brain function. Staying aware and educated on conditions that you or a loved one may have or develop can help increase your mental health. Knowledge is power!
Healthy Diet
Healthy body equals a happy brain! Avoid high fat or high sodium foods, as these types of foods can lead to health problems. Try eating more dark leafy greens, fish, and berries rich with antioxidants. Those kinds of foods have key nutrients that help fuel your cognitive health!
To learn more, contact the Providence Life Service Team.
