Maintaining physical health is just as important as taking care of your mental health and brain. The brain helps balance all the functions of your body. In such a situation, a little neglect of the brain can be very harmful not only to your mental health, but also to your physical health. However, there are many routine activities that are not good for your brain health at all. On the other hand, if you don’t improve these activities in time, it can have a bad effect on your mental health. So let’s talk about some such regular activities that can harm your brain (habits that damage your brain).

Indian Yoga Guru, Director of Yoga Institute and popular TV personality Dr. Hansji Yogendra talks about 6 such common habits that can have a bad effect on the brain. So let’s learn about those activities and start improving them today.

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These 6 habits can harm your mental health and brain

1. Working while sick

Due to excessive work, people’s mind is usually subjected to mental stress. At the same time, because of this, your health begins to deteriorate, which we ignore somewhere and continue our work. And in doing so, we are harming our mental and brain health.

Performing any physical and mental work in a state of stress and illness has a negative effect on the body. So when you are sick, give your body enough rest. Because doing so will help your body and brain to rest properly.

2. A large amount of sugar consumption

Consuming large amounts of refined sugar reduces the ability of the brain and body to absorb essential proteins and nutrients. Therefore, problems such as memory loss, learning disorders, hyperactivity and depression have to be faced. In such a situation, to maintain the health of the brain as well as the whole body, consume the least amount of sugar.

3. Smoking habit

You all must know how harmful smoking is to our health. But it not only affects the lungs and heart, but also causes many brain cells to shrink. At the same time, it causes many problems of other brain disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s.

4. Excessive consumption of entertainment

Engaging in recreational activities such as listening to music, chatting with friends on social media, watching TV programs throughout the day is beneficial for mental and physical health. At the same time, there is a possibility of developing brain disorders such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, self-destructive thoughts, loneliness, etc. due to excessive and long-term involvement in entertainment.

To avoid such discomfort, spend your free time with suitable activities. At the same time, it is important to take care of the quality and quantity of your entertainment.

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5. Spending long hours of the day in closed rooms and dark places

Lack of sunlight and spending a long time in the dark reduces the production of serotonin in the body. This hormone keeps your mood balanced. Darkness and darkness suppresses melatonin production in your brain. Melatonin is a chemical that regulates your sleep patterns.

Many studies believe that there is a possibility of changes in the structure of the brain due to being in the dark for a long time. Therefore, memory and learning ability are negatively affected. In such a situation, to avoid all these inconveniences, enjoy the rays of the sun and keep your doors and windows open.

6. Lack of enough sleep

Sleep is very important for our overall health. Getting proper sleep is especially important for maintaining mental health. In such a situation, not getting proper sleep can have a bad effect on your memory. Along with this, your decision-making ability is also affected somewhere. During sleep, cerebrospinal fluid floats in your brain. This helps to remove available proteins.

Due to lack of enough sleep, this protein cannot be released, so there is a possibility of brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and memory loss. To avoid such inconveniences, take 7 to 8 hours of healthy sleep every day.

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