Scientists reveal 5 daily activities to boost brain health

Anything that is bad for the heart is bad for the brain, including smoking cigarettes, or having a sedentary lifestyle, or having diabetes.

Your blood sugar, body mass index, diet and blood pressure all contribute to the health of your heart, and your brain.

We consume a lot of disposable information every day. Reading the news, or social media, makes our brains overloaded with irrelevant stuff we don’t need.

This also includes past memories that are no longer serving us. Too much information clouds your judgement and decision making.

Consuming low levels of alcohol is associated with a lesser risk of dementia. The key is ‘low dose’. Heavy drinking leads to cognitive decline.

If your alcohol intake is well within limits and occasional, it will improve overall brain health.

Running, jogging and aerobic exercises also help the brain. If you can’t take out time to exercise, a simple walk will do.

Exercise is far better for the brain than sitting and solving brain games, which, according to new research, doesn’t help as much as previously thought.