Practice your brain
The more people use the brain, the more connections between various nerve cells in the brain, the more conditioned reflex is formed, and the more flexible the brain is. Slow-paced activities help to slow down the occurrence of cognitive impairment. Experts point out that simple activities such as walking, cooking and cleaning have amazing effects on the brain, and the scores of sedentary people in cognitive ability tests are declining every year; For those who do slow activities, 90% can keep their scores unchanged for many years. Although the brain can't be seen or touched, we should always do mind gymnastics and do more activities. Chew slowly and chew a few times when eating, which can increase blood flow to the head and ensure blood supply to the brain, and often have the same effect.
Practice blood vessels
To protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, besides paying attention to a light diet, it is also necessary to help blood vessels do moderate exercise, avoid sedentary, stand up and exercise for 10 minutes every hour, or lift their legs from time to time and put a small stool under their feet to relieve blood vessel pressure. When the weather is getting colder, you can also do a cold-resistant exercise for blood vessels. When people are cold, skin and blood vessels contract, and a large amount of blood flows into internal organs and deep tissues. After entering a warm environment, the skin adapts, blood vessels dilate again, and blood flows from internal organs into the body surface. This contraction can exercise the blood vessels of the whole body.
Practice your mouth.
Talking with more mouths can make the elderly logical and flexible, while being silent all day is easy to feel depressed and lonely. Old people are eager to talk and accompany, and need to be cared for. The best way to improve is to let your children talk to the elderly more and be patient.
Practice your hands.
Clever finger movements can not only make people have dexterous hands, but also make the brain react more quickly and sensitively. When watching TV, you might as well move your fingers more and do a simple set of "finger exercises": make fists with both hands, then gradually extend your fingers from the little finger, and then make fists in turn from the little finger. You can also calculate "three times five divided by two"; Do some manual work, such as knitting sweaters, plastic flowers and sewing.
Practice breathing
To practice breathing, you first need to choose places with clean air, such as street gardens, Woods, rivers and so on. And if possible, you can often exercise between the green mountains and clear waters in the suburbs. Secondly, rhythmic deep breathing helps to increase vital capacity. Experts recommend "fancy deep breathing method": take a deep breath like smelling flowers, so that after the abdomen bulges outward, the chest expands slightly upward and outward to the maximum. When exhaling, the lips tighten and whistle, and when exhaling slowly, the chest and abdomen are completely tightened.
Practice meditation
Traditional medicine has always advocated quiet health preservation. In leisure, you sit quietly in a chair, put your hands on your thighs, palms down, and close your eyes slightly or not for several minutes. If you are calm, don't look elsewhere, ignore others and eliminate interference, you can achieve the purpose of relaxing your mood and unblocking your blood vessels.
Exercise bones
After middle age, people often have backache and backache, and they are prone to fracture if they accidentally fall, which is caused by calcium loss and osteoporosis. In addition to adequate calcium supplementation, healthy bones need proper exercise. Jogging, skipping rope and walking can all have a * * effect on bones and promote the absorption and utilization of calcium.