Taking care of your body and mind involves having healthy habits, and one of them is reading.
At Biosalud, we advocate for all habits that are good for our health. Small routines such as reading help delay dementia and anti-aging. It has been proven that reading is very good for the mind. And what influences the brain influences our health, both now and in the future.
Here are some of the health benefits of reading:
Health benefits of reading
- More organized thoughts: Some novels demand almost complete concentration from the reader. Can you imagine reading "The Name of the Rose" or "The Da Vinci Code," for example, without being fully focused? This concentration exercises our neurons and forces us to organize our ideas, clarify concepts, and exercise our memory.
- We respond more quickly: When reading a book or novel, we tend to imagine, with all that this entails in terms of putting our brain into gear, which will be more active and respond more quickly to external impulses or sensations. We tend to imagine the characters, what they will be like, the settings, the buildings, the thoughts, sometimes associating them with movies we have seen, comparing them, etc.
- Weapon against stress: Any type of reading can be recommended, but to combat the stress we accumulate every day, it is best to read fiction. Putting yourself in the shoes of Indiana Jones, for example, will make you so focused that you'll forget you have to go to sleep. And when you do go to bed, you'll be tired and sleep soundly, which will help improve your sleep patterns if you read every day.
- Greater cognitive reserve: Reading and writing activities prevent the onset of dementia, as they increase cognitive reserve in individuals .
