4. Smoking It Up
New research published in the Journal of Neurochemistry suggests that there is a direct link between smoking and brain damage[5].
The research team discovered that the reason is due to a compound found in tobacco that provokes white blood cells in the central nervous system to attack healthy cells, leading to severe neurological damage.
Smoking is not just deadly for your health, but the chemicals in cigarette smoke pollute the planet and can cause lung cancer in passive smokers. Is this something you feel you can live with?
5. Living Under a Dark Cloud
Research now shows that unresolved depression can severely damage your brain permanently.
This can have such an effect that a person has difficulty remembering things and focusing well, and up to 20 percent of patients with depression never make a full recovery.
Researchers at Stanford University are also compiling evidence that shows that stress has the ability to shrink a crucial part of the brain[6].
Professor Robert Sapolsky of biological sciences said in a review article in the Aug. 9 edition of the journal Science, that the work of several research groups at the university has found links between long-term stressful life experiences, long-term exposure to hormones produced during stress, and shrinking of the part of the brain involved in some types of memory and learning.
Depression is a very serious disease that can end in suicide.
So if you suspect you or a loved one has depression – then please speak to your doctor immediately and don’t be afraid to ask for help.