Delay aging! Refuse to be a "brain overworked" person

Office workers compete for the economy, students compete for their studies, be careful not to overload your brain! The survey found that nearly 60% of Taiwan's office workers work an average of 10 hours a day, and nearly 90% of middle school students attend classes for up to 9 hours a day, resulting in a serious "brain overwork" situation. Doctors recommend that in addition to adequate rest, exercise, and stress relief, it is also important to establish the correct "brain protection" concept as early as possible to delay the occurrence of brain aging.

In addition to adequate rest, exercise, and stress relief, it is also important to establish the correct concept of "brain protection" as early as possible.

According to the "Taiwan Office Workers and Middle School Students Brain Overwork Survey" commissioned by the 104 Market Research Center, white-collar workers aged 25-39 in Taiwan and those with middle school students aged 13-18 in their families are experiencing serious "brain overwork". Hu Chaorong, chief physician of the Department of Neurology at the Shuang Ho Hospital, said that in outpatient clinics, it is often found that young people often suffer from "pseudo-dementia" due to brain overwork, and the main reasons are mostly related to long working hours and stress.

In fact, using the brain for a long time may cause brain damage. The physiological mechanism of brain overwork is that after long-term intensive work, the brain will accumulate a lot of metabolic waste, causing an increase in harmful substances, leading to a decline in learning ability, memory, and concentration. These are all manifestations of mental decline. If this problem is not faced up to early, this high-risk group may be exposed to the risk of brain damage.

Wang Mingfu, chairman of the Taiwan Anti-Aging Health Association, said that brain power is equal to national strength. If a country wants to be strong, it must have mentally healthy people. Currently, the concept of brain health and prevention of brain aging among countries and people is still very weak, and the resources invested in this area are far lower than other major diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

However, due to the combined effects of external environmental factors (such as stress, environmental toxins) and unbalanced nutrition (such as high-fat, high-sugar diets), modern people are prone to accumulation of peroxides in the brain (i.e. accumulation of amyloid proteins), which in turn produces "oxidative stress" and "changes in calcium ion homeostasis in brain cells", leading to the cause of "brain neurotoxicity" and "Alzheimer's disease". Up to 50% of such patients will become patients with "dementia", causing the most important health problem and social crisis of this century.

As for how to delay brain aging, Chairman Wang Mingfu suggested that, first of all, one should get enough sleep, at least 6-8 hours a day; exercise moderately and follow the 333 exercise principle (exercise three times a week for 30 minutes each time with a heart rate above 130); the focus is on relieving stress, cultivating leisure activities, and paying attention to nutrition, taking brain-benefiting ingredients in a timely manner, such as vitamins A, C, E, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and high-quality peptides in chicken essence.