7 Dangerous Brain Damaging Habits

(Suhail Ahmed, Karachi)

We drink couple of glasses of wine, some mindless TV watching or a few extra hours of sleep, results our brain to shut off. Our lifestyle choices can threaten the health of our brains significantly, even when the connection isn’t obvious.

Our habits dislike our brains important nutrients or rapidly kill brain cells that causes mental disorders like anxiety or depression, as well physical ailments such as, stroke or cancer. There are seven dangerous habits that damage your brain.

Skipping Breakfast: It is considered as important meal of the day. More than 87 percent people suffering heart disease by skipping breakfast. If you skip can result in low blood sugar levels that is result damage to the brain because brain uses more energy than any other organ in the body.

Sleep Deprivation: Majority of peoples who work multiple jobs, perform shift work, or who work in a profession that has demanding work causes sleep deprivation.
As concerned for children need nine hours of nightly sleep or more depending on their age, and teens need an average of nine hours sleep per night. A research study carried out that revealed “about one in five adults fail to get enough sleep”.

Overeating: Overeating can lead to an obesity and unhealthy weight gain. Whereas obesity has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and other deadly illnesses.
Studies has shown a surprising connection between obesity and dementia. we can see that by 2015, the number of patients diagnosed with dementia hit almost 45 million, a number that has doubled since 1990. Go to the jogging or gym while you have the time. Wear tight clothes, they’ll remind you not to overeat.

Smoking: Cigarettes are addictive as heroin. When the brain stops getting the nicotine may feel irritable and anxious. Various research has been carried on the damaging effects of smoking, it clearly damages cell membranes. Smoking can also cause heart disease and lung cancer.

Dehydration: Dehydration cause dizziness, diabetes, head ache, and fewer. Human body is made up of 70% water, so it is critical body function, including brain function. Researchers has determined that even just two hours of heavy exercise without water can cause cognitive decline. To keep your brain happy keep drinking water drinking throughout the day.

Too Much Sugar: Consuming too much sugar increases heart disease risk factors i.e. high blood pressure, inflammation, obesity, and head ache.
Our brain need sugar in order to function, but our modern diets include way too much of it. When you eat too much sugar your brain cells, are in a state of chronic inflammation.

Stress: Stress can play a part in problems such as high blood pressure, heart problems, skin conditions, and headaches. This has been declared as hazard of the workplace in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

We hope that given information has not scared you but rather left you feeling empowered to make vital changes for the health of your brain. it is necessary to carve out the time to sleep, eat breakfast, and relieve stress.

You should say no to requests that overwhelm you. In the end, your family, boss, and friends will enjoy a happier, healthier when you draw some boundaries around your basic needs.


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