{"id":239820,"date":"2023-02-02T08:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T08:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimists.in\/health-hub\/?p=239820"},"modified":"2023-05-16T10:25:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:25:52","slug":"read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimists.in\/health-hub\/read\/","title":{"rendered":"Read | Episode 12 | One Simple Thing | Optimists Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-12px|||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Inter||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-hero__summary\">\n<h2>Read<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Inter||||||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-hero__summary\">\n<p data-v-3d999b90=\"\" class=\"author-item__content__name fw--regular\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/optimists.in\/health-hub\/dr-priyanka-shekhar-mbbs-md-microbiology\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"bka3u-3-0\">Dr Priyanka Shekar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-v-3d999b90=\"\" class=\"fw--regular\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">02<sup>nd<\/sup> Feb 2023 \u2022 03 Min and 51 Sec<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-2px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Inter||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Reading is an excellent habit. 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Is it a morning walk? Or drink a cup of coffee to increase your alertness? Or eat beetroot to improve cognitive skills? Welcome to the Optimists podcast, I&#8217;m Dr. Priyanka, and this is &#8220;One Simple Thing.&#8221; Here you will learn just one thing to improve your health in ways you might not expect.<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">You can do something to increase your empathy and boost your mental health, and even could help you live longer, which is reading.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Taking time out of your day to read a novel or any book can improve connectivity, create neural pathways, and protect against dementia. It can even help you sharpen your social skills.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">So reading a book is something you have already been doing or have never been into?<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Reading something with characters in the story seems to deliver a remarkable number of benefits to your brain, well-being, and life. Most of us probably think reading is a silent activity, and only in the last 400 years have people shifted to silent reading, building worlds in our minds.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Reading out loud has surprising benefits for your memory; a study found that speaking text out loud gets into your long term-memory better than reading in silence. That said, reading even silently boosts your brain activity and functions. When researchers at Standford University scan the brain of people reading Jane Austen, a British Novelist, they found a dramatic and unexpected increase in blood flow across the entire brain.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Reading can increase the connectivity in your brain and create new neural pathways. When we read, imagining the settings, sounds, smells, and tastes described, the areas in the brain that process these experiences in real life are activated. Words like Rose, Lavender, and Cinnamon, trigger responses not only from the language processing areas of our brains but also those devoted to dealing with smells.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It&#8217;s good to know that reading can even help with mental health. There was an international study from rest test, where reading came out top as the best way to find respite or rest from the pressures of modern life, not a spa day.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Not only that, a recent analysis of depression and reading found that participants who read benefit for up to three years afterward. Best of all, it might also protect against cognitive decline as we age.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Research from The US, China, and Taiwan have all found that reading every day might be protective against dementia. 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