Stay Alert: Memory Gymnastics - The most likely causes of a forgetful memory include poor concentration due to brain-chemical imbalance, tiredness, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders.
It is normal to become more absent-minded as we age, and in fact, most people over the age of 40 experience some memory loss.
If you find you are more forgetful than usual, try these steps and see if there isn't some improvement in your cognitive clarity:
1. Get an uninterrupted eight hours of sleep each night. 2. Do a half an hour of cardiovascular exercise every day, such as brisk walking, slow jogging, biking, or swimming. This will improve circulation and increase blood flow to the brain. 3. Stand on your head (if you can!) or lay on the bed and allow as much of your body as you can to droop over the edge for a couple of minutes a day. The idea her is to literally turn yourself upside. This is also a great exercise to help with balance as it breaks up any inner ear disorder 'crystals' that may have formed, and, in time, they do in all of us! 4. Mental fitness activities are imperative to prevent age-related cognitive decline. Read about and learn to participate in new things, find new hobbies, do crossword puzzles, add up your bill in your head while shopping, memorize a set of phone numbers forward and backwards; all these can stimulate brain cell activities and in some cases even grow new brain pathways. 5. Work with your physician to find a supplemental regimen that helps improve your cognitive capabilities. 6. Work with a good health care provider and learn about memory-enhancing natural supplements and herbs include B-complex vitamins, magnesium, CoQ10, alpha-lipoic acid, fish oil, flax seed oil, chinese club moss, ginkgo, and ginseng. 7. Try a supplement that has been well-documented in Europe for reversing age-related dementia and memory loss: it is phosphatidylserine (PS), a compound made by the body from the amino acid serine. Taken in supplement form, PS lowers stress response and promotes the release of neurotransmitters in the brain that facilitate thought, reasoning, and concentration.
While it is common knowledge that pharmaceuticals rule most of the medical professionals thinking, if you are not informed about the tremendous value that natural supplements can provide do make the effort and take the needed time to learn! Natural supplements were used back in Biblical days. In those days people's life expectancy was much longer than it is today. Natural supplements do not put the chemicals in one's body that prescription medications do. I am personally not against the use of prescription medicines. I believe that one should use them only when absolutely necessary and in moderation. Too many people are taking prescription drugs who could be helped with natural supplements.
Another natural supplement source for memory as well as a great natural antibiotic, cancer and goiter fighter is iodine. More information can be found at:
http://www.iodine-news.info
And one final thought: if you must take prescription medicines be sure and eat plenty of organic yogurt. Organic yogut can be found at your local health food store. Organic yogurt replaces natural substances in the body that the chemicals in prescription drugs strip away. Here's to your long, strong and happy life! ~ Ms.CiCi ~ http://www.cici-online.com
Ms. CiCi has a gift of teaching, is an accomplished author and world traveler who enjoys sharing her life's experiences with others, making their life, their world a bit easier. Her writings expose her wealth of "secret information" so derived from her travels as well as drawing from her own personal wealth of wisdom. A great lover of nature, a visit to her website is a true delight. http://www.cici-online.com
