Having a young and vital brain allows us to enjoy a better memory and feel that we are more lucid. However, with the passage of years and age, the brain also sees its faculties depleted. Therefore, today we will discover some tips to keep you young as long as possible.

As we get older, more things are forgotten and we have greater difficulties to memorize. However, we can delay all this if we put into practice certain habits.

Exercise, key to neuroplasticity

The Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the brain to change and adapt to the environment. This is achieved thanks to neurons that can regenerate and create new connections.

Why can physical exercise help neuroplasticity? When we perform physical exercise our brain flow increases, as well as the volume of blood in the brain and the number of blood vessels.

This causes an increase in oxygen and glucose in the brain, that is, a greater contribution of nutrients that will help the cell growth processes. All this will allow an improvement of the cognitive processes, which are:

• Attention
• Perception
• Memory

The Mindfulness is an essential

The mindfulness should be an imperative to keep our brain young and vital. This practice has many benefits, among them it helps us reduce stress. Because, although in low doses this can be good, the usual thing is that its frequency causes us more harm than good.

The problem of suffering stress is that its impact on our brain is very serious. When we are stressed cortisol levels increase causing memory loss. If the stress becomes chronic, the neurons can be injured forever.

When our brain receives high doses of cortisol, the connections between the neurons are affected. If this is not resolved in time, they may die, finally. This will have an important impact on our memory.

Keep your mind awake

To enjoy a young and vital brain is essential that, in addition to putting into practice all the above, keep our mind awake. This is achieved by working with exercises and putting different habits into practice:

• Memorize phone numbers: Although today this is not a must, it is a good exercise to force the brain to work memory. You can also try to memorize other items such as the shopping list or the street names of the place where you live.
• Learn something new: A course, a new language, a word… There are several options at your disposal to learn something new every day. Choose the one that suits you best and that suits you.
• Read books: Reading favors the imagination and has great benefits for the brain. Also, when you acquire the habit you will notice that every time you read faster. It is a very pleasant activity.
• Write a journal: Writing by hand in a notebook or journal that we like also helps the mind stay awake. You do not have to write too much, the important thing is that you are constant.

Caring for food is necessary

Finally, if we want a young and vital brain we must pay attention to how we feed ourselves. The brain uses as the main energy to function glucose. Therefore, it is essential to consume enough carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins…

The lack of an essential nutrient can affect the nervous system and a poor diet lacking some vitamins or minerals can cause apathy, lack of attention, nervousness or fatigue. Therefore, we must feed ourselves properly.

In addition to everything mentioned, we must remember that to have a young and vital brain is necessary that we do not fill it with worries, anguish and pessimism. A mind full of negative thoughts can lead to stress and anxiety.

Seek welfare, peace and activities that can help us stay active and healthy is important for our brains to be as well. Although we can not stop the passage of time, it is in our hands to adopt certain measures to age in a healthy way.

Do not expect to have a certain age to put these tips into practice, because they may not take effect by then. Let’s start to acquire good habits right now.