Fight against memory loss

Susun S. Reed states the following are helpful in the fight against memory loss:

• Meditation- Take 5 minutes a day to practice putting the mind and body at ease; this allows a person to distress.
• Practice Mental Exercises- Solving word puzzles or reading a book and even writing can help in the prevention against memory loss. The more you exercise your memory, the better chances you have of protecting memory loss.
• Lower Blood Pressure- While some people may have a family history of high blood pressure, there are many ways people learn to lower their blood pressure naturally. High blood pressure has been correlated with decrease in memory.     Learn effective ways to deal with stress, eat healthier and exercise can all be combined to help lower high blood pressure. If these natural methods to lower high blood pressure do not work the doctor can prescribe high blood pressure medication to control this.

According to the Science News Daily, in the article “High Blood Pressure Linked to Memory Problems in Middle Age,” Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, stated that, "It's possible that by preventing or treating high blood pressure, we could potentially prevent cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to dementia.”

In Conclusion

Although some sort of memory loss will most likely occur the older we become, there are ways that we can help fight against detrimental memory loss such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. Some of the causes of memory loss include factors that are within our control as well factors that are out of our control. There are even factors that can be considered to be neutral in nature. In order to take proactive steps towards improving memory, we have to understand why memory loss occurs and educate ourselves about ways we can learn how to improve memory. Some of the techniques we have discussed in this article such as how to eat healthy, exercise, play games that exercise the memory and cognitive functioning of the brain all help with improving memory. We can also expand our knowledge by reading books and writing on a regular basis. There are even vitamins that can be added to our diets on a daily basis to help keep our minds sharp and improve memory. Although some of us may have a family history of Alzheimer’s or dementia there are still natural treatments that we can implement into our lives to give us a better chance of preventing the development of such diseases that take form later in life.