Vacation and brain health

Jobs or tasks of everyday often make us feel stressed, depressed, even to the point of depression. When was this, rest is a must do. Usually we fill this time with a holiday break with family. However, do you know that too long a vacation can make our brain capacity declined?

From 2004 to 2008, The Hartford, an insurance company in Connecticut to conduct a survey and analyze more than 1 million cases of brain deterioration or 'short-term disability' due to the long vacation. Experts suspect it is because the brain seldom sharpened during the holidays.

In America, short-term disability known to a lot happened in November and December. However, in January and February, the decline of brain diseases that just a moment followed by a variety of illnesses such as depression, respiratory illness and injuries. As many as two-thirds of participants are known to have symptoms. 

Such symptoms are not something strange in there again because at that time was the winter where temperatures can be very low so that it can increase the risk of colds, coughs, respiratory disorders, accidents and depression.

Instead of summer, respiratory problems occurred two times more in the winter. Those who have respiratory problems is that more experienced short-term disability, especially those who suffer from pneumonia. 

Benefits of blueberries for our health

Blueberries can provide increased capacity to remember and learn the significant. Blueberries are also shown to reduce damage to brain cells, thereby reducing the risk of dementia or other problems in the brain. Blueberries effects of increased brain power not only been tested on mice, but researchers also proved that in humans.

Researchers from The University of Cincinatti doing tests on two small groups consisting of 18 participants aged 70 years. At the beginning of the study, participants reported to have signs of memory disorders. One group was given two cups of blueberry juice every day for 3 months, whereas the other group was given only a placebo drink (pseudo) but thought the drink contains blueberries. 

Both groups were given the same test, the memory test to determine the effects of blueberry beverage to brain function, especially memory. Only within 3 months after eating blueberry juice, the participants could remember names more quickly, produce high scores on tests of words and tend to decrease depression.

Researcher Robert Krikorian reported the results of these findings in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. He concluded that blueberries can provide increased capacity to remember and learn the significant. 

Blueberries contain chemical compounds known antosianin that can accelerate the delivery of messages or information to the brain and inhibits the cells from damage associated with age. Blueberries are one super fruit because of other properties that can fight cancer, heart disease, asthma, cataracts and more.