British Doctor Reveals How to Make Your Brain '30-50 Years Younger', So Simple Anyone Can Do It

Experts say doing this regularly every day can help the brain "look 30-50 years younger" .

As you age, your entire body, including your brain, undergoes aging and changes. As aging progresses, one of the biggest and most obvious changes you will begin to notice is the aging of your brain. Problems such as memory loss, inability to remember information, and decreased ability to concentrate may become more common.

However, Dr. Michael Mosley, UK, shared that people can completely "rejuvenate" their brains by doing one very simple thing: learning 3 new skills at the same time.

Speaking on the Stay Young podcast, Dr Michael Mosley said: 'Scientists conducted a study involving people with an average age of 70 and found they could perform as well on memory tests as people decades younger after learning new skills.'

Learning new skills can help "rejuvenate" the brain. (Illustration photo).

Also in this podcast episode, Dr. Mosley invited the author of the above study, Dr. Rachel Wu from the University of California Riverside, USA, to explain the "rejuvenating" benefits of learning new skills for the brain.

Sharing about the research, Dr. Rachel said: 'My research focused on the elderly group (from 60-80). The research period lasted about three months.

Study participants will have to learn three new skills at the same time, spending about 15 hours a week doing homework and attending classes.

New skills include learning a new foreign language, or photography skills, etc. Participants will learn both in-depth theory and creative practice. All of these skills are completely new to the study participants.

'We found that at the end of the study, the cognitive abilities of the study participants were equivalent to those of middle-aged people 30 years younger,' Dr Rachel shared.

One year after the study ended, the results were even more surprising.

'The cognitive abilities of the study participants were similar to those of people 50 years younger than them,' says Dr Rachel .

While learning new skills, study participants also significantly improved both their memory and their ability to concentrate.

Based on the research results, Dr. Rachel said that to help the brain "look" decades younger, people can consider finding 3 new skills, challenging their own limits to learn.

For example, people can combine learning a new language, learning to play a new musical instrument and a new sport at the same time to receive the benefits of "rejuvenating" the brain.

Dr Rachel added: 'We always encourage people to spend as much time as possible learning new skills every day. The effect of learning on brain health depends on the amount of time you spend learning. So this means that the more time people spend learning new skills, the more 'rejuvenating' the brain benefits they get.'