An 80-year-old brain can easily be almost as active as a younger brain. The brain does not get stuck just because it gets older. But as you get older, you need to make more effort to keep your brain healthy than you needed when you were younger. As with the body, the brain needs healthy eating and exercise.
In the sections below, you get good advice on how to fit your brain and to learn faster and remember more.
The brain’s greatest enemy is laziness. Age is no threat to your brain. Therefore, you must challenge your brain daily to keep it fresh. As you explore new things, learn new things, and get experiences you’re not used to, you challenge the brain while giving you more energy.
Sudoku and cross are strength training for brains. You strengthen your memory, your ability to learn and counteract dementia if you activate your brain every day in new ways.
When you challenge the little gray and keep yourself in physical shape, you maintain the brain’s resilience. At the same time, you reduce the risk of getting diseases that reduce brain function.
Listen to music
Listening to music is stimulating. Music increases blood flow in the brain and it activates several different areas of the brain. Listen to background music as you handle the household duties or sit down and listen actively to the music.
Play an instrument
It’s even better to play an instrument. It increases the ability to concentrate. You activate the spots in the brain that have to do with emotions, motor skills and creativity.
Talk to people
A good discussion keeps the brain healthy. You also activate the areas of the brain that have emotions, motor skills and emotions when you speak. The more you are actively involved in conversations and discussions, the more you keep the brain sharp.
Learn a foreign language
It’s almost the best thing you can do to keep your brain healthy. It has been proven that people who master two languages have a sharper brain than people who have one language. You strengthen your brain if you use a foreign language. The same applies if you start learning a new language. It is never too late to learn a new language.
Pump brain weights
Reading, crossword, sudoku, bridge, chess and involving radio and television programs are strength training for your brain. When you put the brain to the test, the tension in the brain increases and it keeps it sharp. Play fun games that strengthen the brain.
Move
Daily physical activity is a good means of strengthening the brain. This means, for example, that with at least 30 minutes of daily exercise where your heart rate is rising, you can improve your concentration, learning and memory. At the same time you decrease the risk of developing diseases such as depression and dementia.
Sleep well
Make sure you have a good night’s sleep. Seven to eight hours of sleep at night is good for the brain. During sleep, you repeat what you have been dealing with during the day. The better you sleep, the more you can remember what you have learned.
Shake up old routines
Change out the daily routines. Drive another way to or from work or the grocery shop. Challenge your sensory and fragrance senses. Buy a bouquet of flowers somewhere you don’t usually would. Then try to recall some of the many fantastic fragrance impressions the following days.
Eat brain food
Rough, fresh, green and organic. It’s the secret words for a good and healthy brain diet.
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