As the saying goes, "The book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the book has its own golden house". Many friends like reading books, which health experts think is a good health care method. Do you know the health benefits of reading? Next, experts will explain the health value of reading for you. If you are a book lover, you might as well make a reading plan for yourself and read books often.

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Specific benefits of reading books

1. Prevent brain aging. Just like the muscles in the body, the brain needs to become stronger and healthier through exercise. Studies have found that reading can keep the brain active and busy, thus preventing aging.

Decompress. The British Book Club commissioned the "Mental Laboratory" of the University of Sussex to conduct research and found that reading is the best way to relieve stress, which can reduce the stress level by 68% within 6 minutes, which is better than listening to music and walking. Psychologists believe that when reading, people's thoughts will focus on words, which will relax the nervous body and mind.

3. Improve memory. Each book has hundreds of millions of information points, including story background, characters' names, detailed descriptions and so on. When reading, the brain will easily remember these things and store them, and at the same time make your memory better.

4. A healthier lifestyle. A study in the United States found that people who love reading have more reasonable schedules and healthier eating habits. On the one hand, they learn more health knowledge from books; On the other hand, reading makes them love and cherish life.

5. Pay more attention. In the Internet age, we have to complete many tasks in a short time: checking emails, chatting with many people and answering phones at the same time ... This way of working will weaken people's attention. When reading, everyone's attention is focused on the book, which can help you become more focused and improve your work efficiency.

6. Relieve the pain. Italian research has found that reading can help patients with advanced cancer to relieve pain and forget the pain. At present, doctors are trying to use reading as an auxiliary method to treat pain.

7. Treat depression. British psychiatrists are trying a new way to treat depression, that is, giving patients a reading list on prescriptions. Experts believe that reading has a positive effect on patients with mild or moderate depression.

Therefore, reading is very beneficial, and developing the good habit of reading regularly is good for your self-cultivation, edifying sentiment and health care. There are many kinds of books, you can choose according to your personal needs. Reading some useful books often can increase your knowledge. Bian Xiao suggested that reading regularly is a good thing for men, women and children.