Human Resources Learning of the Month: Healthy Habits for a Healthy Brain
Check out these tips to develop healthy habits for a healthy brain:
1. Nutrition
The brain is negatively affected by excess sugar, unhealthy fats, high salt intake and low fiber conent.
- Tip: Try replacing refined sugars for 30 days, satisfy your sweet tooth with dates, monk fruit or applesauce.
- Tip: Reduce salt by seasoning with herbs and spices (freeze fresh herbs in ice cubes).
2. Exercise
Poor blood flow, oxidative stress and inflammation negatively affect the brain.
- Tip: Take a walk. Studies show a daily 25-minute brisk walk reduces your chance of Alzheimer's by 45%.
3. Unwind
Altered dopamine and serotonin levels cause anxiety and depression.
- Tip: Write in a journal for 20 minutes. Examine the things that cause you bad stress.
- Bad stress is defined by activities that do not serve a purpose, do not have a clear direction or do not result in clear victories. Good stress on the other hand is purpose-driven, time-bound and results in a clear victory or success.
4. Restore
While you are sleeping, your brain enters a different metabolic and processing state.
- Tip: Go to bed at the same time every night for seven days and get up seven to eight hours after. Condition your brain.
- Sleep reorganizes your brain for the next day. It is the most important source of cleansing for your body.
5. Optimize
Cognitive reserve is the brain's intellectual store that may resist or offset damage and decline.
- Tip: Have a structured conversation with a friend by phone or invite them to walk and talk.
- Cognitive reserve can be developed and sustained through lifelong mental and physical activity.
Contact: Sharon Hillns in new t
July 2, 2025