| When your body grows older, so does your brain. | | | | disease. By age 50, blood flow to the brain can be |
| Difficulty remembering every day things like where | | | | reduced by 20 percent. Reduced blood flow |
| you left your car keys, personal phone numbers you | | | | translates to less oxygen and nutrients going to your |
| call frequently, or even day-to-day choices can | | | | brain.Other saboteurs in memory loss include:attention |
| accelerate brain aging.A state of depression is said to | | | | deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| exist when the brain tries to face a stressful | | | | diabetes, thyroid disease, failure of the lungs, liver, or |
| emotional problem, and finds it difficult to cope with | | | | kidneys |
| other attention-demanding actions at the same time. | | | | prescription medications |
| The occurrence can become so all-absorbing as to | | | | vitamin B12 deficit |
| incapacitate the individual. Over time this stressful | | | | alcoholism |
| drain on brain activity can produce different | | | | infections such as encephalitis and meningitisSo how |
| symptoms that are labeled illnesses according to how | | | | can you improve your brain functioning? Smarter |
| a person behaves.You need to be concerned when | | | | lifestyle and nutrient changes can affect the way you |
| memory loss or emotional stress begins to interfere | | | | remember, think, feel, and behave.Get moving with |
| with daily functioning. Forgetting where you are going | | | | physical activity by exercising regularly. Avoid social |
| after you get in your automobile to travel, or | | | | isolation and get a little help from your friends. Learn |
| forgetting why you went to the store. Problems | | | | something new, work some crossword or jigsaw |
| associated with social functioning such as fear, | | | | puzzles, read something besides fiction, these and |
| anxiety, persistent emotional and relationship troubles | | | | other mental activities will stimulate cognitive |
| are cause for concern as well.Several factors can | | | | functioning.Relax often, try some meditation. |
| inhibit normal brain functioning these include: insomnia, | | | | Meditation relieves stress and memory problems. |
| anxiety, depression, stroke, dementia, and Alzheimer's | | | | |