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The truth about poor memory and bad nutrition?
The truth about poor memory and bad nutrition?
Its been long accepted that if you begin to develop a poor memory
you would have to live with it.
Memory loss can start occurring
from our thirties so don't believe it's just old people who can
suffer. However, there is no reason why we shouldn't have a good
memory into our old age if we take the right
vitamins and minerals.
So why the reason for memory loss in the first place?
There are lots of reasons why our memory can fade in the first
place. This ranges from poor concentration on what it is we are
trying to remember to having additional ailments such as stress,
high cholesterol, allergies and poor circulation to the brain.
How can memory loss be improved?
There are many who believe that an increase in certain vitamins
and minerals can help improve matters and outlined below are some
of the things you should try.
Increase your nutritional intake by:
- Eating a lot more raw or steamed vegetables
- Eating brown rice, millet, organic eggs, wheatgerm, soybeans,
nuts and seeds
- Eating oily fish such as mackerel, salmon, herring, sardine,
pilchard at least three times per week. When not eating these, take
fish oil supplements.
- Try and avoid sugar and anything containing sugar, white flour,
white rice and all refined food.
- Avoid alcohol.
All of the foods above are high in flavinoids (found in
vegetables and fruit), iron (found in meats and some fruits),
Vitamin C (found in some fruit and veg) & Vitamin E (found in
nuts and veg such as broccoli), zinc (found in most meat, barley
& wheat), omega-3 fatty acids (found in fish such as salmon,
tuna and trout)
Recently more and more people have begun to rely on supplements
and the following is a list of those most highly recommended to
help with memory loss.
Try the following supplements:
- Acetyl-L-carnitine: As well as helping improve memory this
supplement also seems to enhance the communication between the left
and right sides of our brains. People with left-brain dominance may
report enhanced creativity, while those with right-side dominance
may notice an improvement in their analytical thinking.
- DMAE: Believed to work by stepping up production of the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine, a chemical in the brain required
for proper mental functioning.
- Huperzine A: Helps prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine, a
brain chemical essential to memories.
- Phosphatidylserine (PS): Helps to keep the memory-related
pathways in the brain functioning smoothly.
- Vinpocetine: Similar to ginkgo, vinpocetine may help guard
against disorientation and memory lapses by increasing blood
circulation in the brain.
- Ginko: May help reverse mental decline and optimize brain
function, possibly due to ginkgo's ability to increase blood flow
to the brain.
NOTE: Any supplement you take should be treated as if it were
any form of medicine i.e. please stick to the recommended dosage as
although not as potent as medicine, if taken in the wrong dosage
can do more harm than good.
There are also a number of nonfood/supplement related things you
should do:
- Do more exercise. A healthy body means a healthy and active
mind.
- Exercise your brain a bit more by reading, doing puzzles
etc.
In conclusion there are lots of things we can clearly do to
improve our memory and a mix of the above will certainly go a long
way to ensuring you keep a well tuned memory for many years to
come.
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