Care and Feeding of Your Brain

How many times have you heard the word "senior moments", "fuzzy thinking", a veteran of the disease "or" mental breaks "? How many times have you moved in connection with the car keys and an attempt to shake off, was the fear that perhaps is beginning to "lose it"?

In mid-life men and women are about what happens in our minds, concerns. We look at diseases and conditions affecting older people and wonder what will become of us? I have heard many people say:they would rather have a heart attack or develop a car as the suffering of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) or any of the dementias strike fear in almost all middle-aged, and virtually all older adults. Many have compared it to a body with a mind that does not work anymore ... like someone took away the key and got it.

AD is a serious problem and will become a more serious problem of our generation - the Baby Boomers - age. Even if you do not have answers tocauses of which are things you do to protect our brain.

In short, Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease of the brain that causes a gradual loss of memory of a man. It goes beyond this, that changes and the causes and personal behavior. While there are various forms of dementia, AD is the best known. The damage is irreversible and the date of this writing, there is no cure.

Forget where the keys or something leftwas in the oven is not necessarily a sign of AD. More likely, the signs of stress are destined to live a life and do too many things at once. Despite popular belief, we are not multi-task very well.

Although the cause is unknown, we have a couple of pieces to the puzzle.

On average, it seems that one third of the risk for dementia due to the fact genetic. This means that two thirds of our risk management only on our environment and lifestyle choices we have today! In other words, it seemsmay be a good amount of choice in reducing the opportunity for development is our AD.

Here is a list of things you can do now to keep your brain happy.

Keep your body healthy. Protect your body against the disease that damages the blood vessels (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, smoking, stroke, etc.) is also contributing to the health of your brain.

Avoiding substances that cause, have a toxic effect on the brain, such as air pollution, smoking, excessiveAlcohol, drugs and street. Think about these things as "brain pollution".

to avoid injury. This means that falls prevention, wearing helmets and seat belts and avoiding motor vehicle accidents.

Learning to manage stress. Excessive exposure to stress causes negative effects on long-term brain and body.

Exercise your brain - use it or lose it applies here! (See below)

Include foods in your diet that are rich in antioxidants, such as prunes, raisins, blueberries,Cranberries, spinach, broccoli, avocados, oranges, peppers and eggplant to name a few.

Consider antioxidant supplements in protecting the brain. This can be an MVI, vitamin C and E and omega 3 fatty acids. (Talk with your doctor to see what works for you).

Your brain is no different than the body. He needs exercise to keep fit. There are many programs that are under different names, and which are basically the same things. You want to burn new neural pathways that stimulate the release of chemicals and only give him a good workout. Make sure it is very difficult.

Here are some tips to help you get started.

With the other hand, if you brush your teeth and hair in the morning.

Go through a certain part of your routine with your eyes closed.

Travel on a different route to work.

Learning a new language

Puzzle books - words, maths, brain> Teaser

With proper care and feeding of your brain, it should nevertheless provide for years to come.