| BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS | | | | • Not urinating in the morning. |
| By | | | | • Too much eating. |
| Dr. Muhammad Imran Yousuf | | | | • Skipping breakfast. |
| Lecturer | | | | • Consuming too much medication. |
| Division of Continuing Education | | | | • Consuming too much preservatives, |
| University of Arid Agriculture, | | | | additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener. |
| Pakistan. | | | | • Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much |
| Abstract | | | | as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which |
| There are various brain damaging habits like no | | | | includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do |
| breakfast, overeating, smoking, high sugar | | | | not consume fried foods when you are tired, except |
| consumption, air pollution, sleep deprivation etc. We | | | | if the body is very fit. |
| should try to prevent all of these. We just have to | | | | • Consuming raw (overly done) foods also |
| adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. | | | | add to the burden of liver. |
| Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are | | | | Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. |
| very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid | | | | Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not |
| of unnecessary chemicals according to "schedule. | | | | store. |
| BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS | | | | We should prevent this without necessarily spending |
| No Breakfast | | | | more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle |
| People who do not take breakfast are going to have | | | | and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and |
| a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient | | | | time condition are very important for our bodies to |
| supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain | | | | absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals |
| degeneration. | | | | according to "schedule." |
| Overeating | | | | Because: |
| It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a | | | | Evening at 9 - 11pm : is the time for eliminating |
| decrease in mental power. | | | | unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (detoxification) from |
| Smoking | | | | the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time |
| It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to | | | | duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to |
| Alzheimer disease. | | | | music. If during this time a housewife is still in an |
| High Sugar Consumption | | | | un-relaxed state such as washing the dishes or |
| Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of | | | | monitoring children doing their homework, this will |
| proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may | | | | have a negative impact on health. |
| interfere with brain development. | | | | Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process in |
| Air Pollution | | | | the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep |
| The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our | | | | state. |
| body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of | | | | Early morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the |
| oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in | | | | gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state. |
| brain efficiency. | | | | Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. |
| Sleep Deprivation | | | | Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough |
| Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation | | | | for cough sufferers during this time. Since the |
| from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells. | | | | detoxification process had reached the respiratory |
| Head covered while sleeping | | | | tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as |
| Sleeping with the head covered, increases the | | | | not to interfere with toxin removal process. |
| concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease | | | | Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you |
| concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain | | | | should empty your bowel. |
| damaging effects. | | | | Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small |
| Working your brain during illness | | | | intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. |
| Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to | | | | Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those |
| a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as | | | | who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very |
| damage the brain. | | | | beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who |
| Lacking in stimulating thoughts | | | | always skip breakfast, they should change their |
| Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in | | | | habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 |
| brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage. | | | | - 10am rather than no meal at all. |
| Talking Rarely | | | | Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt |
| Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency | | | | the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. |
| of the brain | | | | Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time |
| The main causes of liver damage are: | | | | when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, |
| • Sleeping too late and waking up too late | | | | have a good sleep and don't sleep late. |
| are main cause. | | | | |