Playing mahjong is a very familiar entertainment program. Playing mahjong for the elderly, can prevent Alzheimer's disease, which seems to be a common knowledge, but then, in fact, playing mahjong for some of the elderly has a great harm.
Dementia, also known as Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's disease, AD), is a kind of degenerative encephalopathy that occurs after the age of 65.
Common use of the brain to do interesting things, can keep the mind sharp, exercise the brain cells responsive, while the whole day to do nothing, the proportion of Alzheimer's disease is higher.
Elderly people should maintain vitality and use their brains more, such as reading more books and learning new things; cultivating hobbies and active brain cells can prevent the brain from aging; they should pay attention to a wide range of contacts in all aspects of the people, chatting with friends, playing mahjong, chess and so on, can stimulate the vitality of nerve cells.
First of all, why can playing mahjong prevent Alzheimer's disease?
Because playing mahjong can help the brain movement and promote the intellectual activity of the elderly. The brain is the more you use it, the more flexible it becomes, and once you don't use it, it doesn't slowly deteriorate. Therefore, playing mahjong can prevent Alzheimer's disease. On the other hand, playing mahjong will inevitably communicate with others, and in the process of speaking, the brain is also running fast. If an old man lives alone for a long time without communication, then the loss of language is also the loss of everything. Slowly the brain will become sluggish and the eyes will become dull.
But, after all, playing mahjong can only sit and play, can not be the whole body movement. Therefore, playing mahjong can only be occasional entertainment, can not be addicted to it every day. If you sit from morning to night to play mahjong, the elderly will lack of movement, for itself has high blood pressure, diabetes and cerebrovascular disease, arteriosclerosis disease of the elderly, long-term sedentary, this static lifestyle is very dangerous!
For the elderly, on the one hand, we should communicate with people more, let their brains flexible, on the other hand, we also need to develop the habit of exercise, so that the body to move, so as to maintain a good physical condition.
Also, diet is extremely important for the elderly. Diet should strictly follow the principle of seven minutes full, to prevent constipation. Because the elderly constipation can cause serious consequences. In case of hypertension, salt intake should be controlled. And obese patients should control calories. If the diet structure in accordance with the meat and vegetables, light flavor, the amount of food in accordance with the seven or eight minutes of satiety so as to control, basically can keep the body healthy.