Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity.
The meaning of this sentence is: Books are like medicine. Reading them properly can cure stupid problems. In fact, reading does have miraculous effects in "preventing" and "curing" diseases. There are countless celebrities at home and abroad who have been with books all their lives and used them to cure diseases and keep fit.
Confucius had a rough life, wandering around, and finally lived to the age of 73. His love of reading was obviously a health regimen that benefited Confucius a lot. Lu You, the great poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, lived in poverty in the countryside in his later years, and often relied on reading to make himself happy; his personal experience said: "Books can be a good doctor when you are sick" and "reading makes you forget your old age".
Extended information:
Reading in modern society can bring many benefits:
1. Reading and health are closely related. Reading can relieve people's sense of loss, loneliness and loneliness. It can make people concentrate, eliminate distracting thoughts, feel calm and stable, which is beneficial to health.
2. Reading is the best way to treat mental illness. Experienced psychologists often use reading as an auxiliary means of psychotherapy. Because reading can increase medical knowledge and eliminate misconceptions, allowing patients to better understand their psychological and physiological reactions to setbacks.
3. Reading can delay aging and prevent dementia. Medical research shows that Alzheimer's disease is ultimately caused by a decline in brain function and a loss of memory ability. Reading diligently can promote "brain exercise", and constant brain exercise can directly promote brain health.
4. For women, the unexpected gain from reading is weight loss. The French "Food Habits and Weight Observatory" conducted a 10-year study on 6,666 residents in the Pas de Calais region of northern France. The results showed that most of the women suffering from obesity are women with very low educational levels.
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