Keep your brain active, the more you use it, the more agile it becomes. Don't retire and live a life of excessive labor or leisure, as both are detrimental to your health.
The key to maintaining good health lies in exercising your brain, especially for older people who have already retired. Modern medicine has already proven that life begins with brain activity, and the aging process starts with the brain. Research has shown that if you consistently exercise your brain, i.e., use it more, you can slow down the aging of your brain and prolong the lifespan of brain cells. Those who frequently exercise their brains in their sixties and seventies continue to have sharp thinking just like middle-aged individuals. Conversely, those who refuse to use their brains in middle age will experience accelerated brain aging.
Experts have conducted an experiment where they divided 75 individuals above the age of 80 into three groups: naturally thoughtful group, slow-thinking group, and supervised group. The results of the experiment showed that the naturally thoughtful group had the best blood pressure, memory, and lifespan. After three years, all the individuals in the naturally thoughtful group were still alive, while 12.5% of the slow-thinking group and 37.5% of the supervised group had passed away. This demonstrates that having aspirations is an important factor for people's health and longevity, especially for older individuals who cannot spend their days in idleness. Besides regular physical exercise, older people should also keep their brains active and learn how to use their brains scientifically to keep them healthy.
