Walking
or jogging, simple exercises
At
previous post (How
to Keep our Memory to Work until Age 90? - Part 1 | Tanza Erlambang
Update), we talked little
bit about role of diets (fish and green vegetable) to maintain our
memory until age 90s.
We
discuss about other topics in this post, they are:
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exercises
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friendships
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blood pressure control
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sleeping enough and well
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stress management
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learning a lot
Exercises
such as walking 10,000 steps everyday will spur brain cells to grow.
In addition, body movement known to maintain healthy brain and
improve our physical conditions.
Friendship,
just for illustration (credit to tribunnews)
Good
friendships enduce a “specific molecule” called as “Brain
Derived Neurotrophic Factor”
(BDNF) which function to repair and create new connection of brain
cells. Hence, it will increase memory to work efficient.
Blood
pressure relate to increase the risk of many diseases including to
get brain suffer or loss memory in older age. It is important to
maintain our blood pressure at normal level.
Sleep
well will produce hormone to keep brain healthy and processes well.
Deep sleep also clean brain waste called as beta amyloid.
Aggregation
of beta amyloid in the brain may block neural communications, then
lead to Alzheimer diseases.
Managing
stress is important to maintain cognitive and mental health. It is
said that stress contributed to decline cognitive performance after
age 70s.
Finally,
learning new skills such as writing classes could improve the memory
up to age 90s or even more.