There are several practices or behaviors that can reduce your mental function and can cause mental retardation to the children. The following are the major causes of poor brain functions:-
1.BAD EATING HABITS.
Eating habits play great role in brain functions. If you practice poor eating habits your brain become poor as well. The following are among the poor eating habits :
(a). Too much eating. Food digestion is controled by the brain therefore if you eat more than the required amount you give extra duty to the brain.
(b). Eating food that lack or with low nutrients. Brain requires nutrients in order to build new neurological channel every day, therefore if the food eaten lack nutrients it will not form those channels.
(c). Eating food which block the mind. Some foods are not good for the health of your brain. For example food with animal fat which contains cholesterol, also foods with large amount of sugar, sugar affect blood pressure and hence affect also the flow of blood to the brain.
2.POOR SLEEPING HABITS.
Brain control all the vital activities within the body, therefore it also need rest for it to repair and preparing for the next day. The following are among the poor sleeping habits.
(a). Insufficient sleeping time. For proper brain growth, development and function normally healthy person is required to have a sleep of at least six (6) to nine (9) hours a day.
(b). Sleeping with lights and TVs ON. There are some hormones such as moody hormones which is only produced in the absence of light. Therefore it is advisable to sleep in the dark room in order for your brain to function properly on the next day.
3.POOR DRINKING HABITS.
Some drinks such as alcohol affect directly the function of the brain.
Lack of enough water. Water perform several functions in the brain for example transportation of nutrients to the brain and waste products from the brain where the blood perform this and its main composition is water.
Taking drinks which contains stimulants such as coffee and tea leaves also affect the functions of the brain.
4.REFRESHMENTS.
Brain is affected by the refreshments we use. There are three things to consider in refreshments for proper function of your brain.
(a). What types of refreshments you use? Are they recreating your brain or destroying it?
(b). Environment for refreshments. Choose the environment with enough oxygen where your mind can see natural things such as flowers, trees, water flows, Animals and birds. This environment can refresh your memory.
(c). Time for refreshments. Refreshments must not be too much. Some people spend most of their time watching TV, playing games on their phone or computer, Yes it is refreshment but most of them make it too much.
5.CLEANLINESS .
cleanliness of external environments such as clothes and surrounding reflects the cleanliness in the mind. Cleanliness also prevent diseases which not only affect the body but also the brain.
6.OTHER BEHAVIORS.
Apart from those main habits which reduces brain functions and cause mental retardation, there are also other behaviors such as STRESS AND EMOTIONAL also affects brain functions. SMOKING also damaged the brain hence the brain will not process the informations properly.
Those are some habits which should be avoided for proper function of the brain. If students would have proper eating habits, proper sleeping habits, proper drinking habits, taking good refreshments and maintain cleanliness they could rise their performance.
Prepared by Mwl Lucas Robert
Contacts :0764075392 /0713056903
lucastrngwakwa@gmail.com
"I
