4 Pillars of Brain Health: Sleep, nutrition, activity and lifestyle

The human brain is responsible for functions of thought, movement, memory and sensation besides regulating identifying signals from the human body like temperature, pain and at what pace the heart beats. However, with changing lifestyles, such as increasing prevalence of harmful sedentary habits, brain health is given low priority. The daily diet and physical activity are among the several factors affecting brain health.

Dr. Bharath Kumar Surisetti, consultant neuro physician, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, says in Interaction with News Meter publication, “The everyday routines, which range from our diet and physical activity to our sleep patterns and stress management, are significant investments in our cognitive future. It has a lasting effect that begins in childhood and lasts into old age since it is woven into the very fabric of our neurological resiliency.”

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