Posted by Michael DuBay on Mar 24, 2015
Brain Cell Death
Eyes Watching Me Sleep Many of you know that I’m 60 years of age and even though I have been researching things for 30 years, I now focus on how things will affect me. I don’t mean to be selfish here but let the truth be told. What affects me will also affect you. When you go to bed, do you look at the clock and count how many hours of sleep you’re going to get? I do, and maybe you could jump on the “just right amount of sleep” band wagon. Our government has a Sleep Foundation, (yes) that suggests about seven hours of sleep per night and (eight being too much) allows our brain to adjust and finish our stages of sleep called REM or rapid eye movement. This is when our brain works hard and exercises the part of our brain that helps us learn. Folks who sleep five or fewer hours per night were 50 percent more likely to become obese – just wanted to throw that in. I went to a sleep clinic a few weeks ago because my wife says that I started to talk in my sleep, and punching my pillow. I believe that this has been brought on because of my Krav Maga training. Oh great! But I have been told that my REM stages are completing. But now, how do I stop punching my pillow? Don’t short change your sleep if you want a healthy brain, get the sleep. The “Smoking Brain” If over 42 million adults smoke cigarettes in our Country how many more are affected by second hand smoke? Besides, all of the toxic chemicals you inhale may be directly linked to cancer; chronic bronchitis; stroke and like my deceased father, heart disease and emphysema. Not only does Stroke cause brain damage, many of those toxins affect the brain by causing the brain’s white blood cells to attack healthy brain cells as well. Okay! We know that smoking messes with our brain but how many people have you seen that smokes with facial skin showing more age than it should? HYDRATION – Caps mean it’s that important If we have been dealing with each other for some time you know that I’m crazy big on Hydration. Water–the most plentiful substance in our body, (Protein is second). Please remember,...
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