Forgetfulness affecting your life: What to do to boost your memory
By Zuko Komisa
It can be scary when we start to lose our memory, forgetting faces or not being able to remember important things such as where you put your house keys, how you got where you are, did you switch off the lights before you left home?
A constant fog where you are living in a dream-like state, unable to hold and keep information feeling semi-conscious, forgetting things that matter.
The Drive 959 family shared many of the everyday forgetful moments that catch us all at the worst possible times.
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What are the causes of memory loss?
The many causes of memory loss include excessive use of alcohol, tobacco, or drug use. When you excessively smoke you decrease the levels of oxygen entering your brain, and it has been proven that smokers have trouble remembering people’s faces at a higher rate than non-smokers. The chemicals from the use of drugs, whether prescription or recreational, changes the chemistry of your brain, which makes memories fussy in the long-term.
Depression and stress also play a big part as you begin having difficulty focusing or paying attention as your mind is overwhelmed and distracted. Over a long-term, emotional trauma affects your ability to remember. When you have crippling social anxiety due to memory loss it leads you to not trust your own thoughts to a point where you are constantly frustrated.
Your nutrition has also been cited as one of the causes of long-term memory loss. If you don’t have sufficient B1 and B12 vitamins, it can lead to forgetfulness. To avoid this, you need to pack your diet with food that is high in proteins and fats, which is superb for your brain function. Keep reading for more food that’s good for brain power.
Sleep deprivation
When you don’t rest your brain you get fatigued, which makes it difficult to consolidate, retrieve and reconcile information.
Thyroid Gland
Your a thyroid gland is in your neck and produces hormones that regulate growth and development when you have an underactive or overactive thyroid gland, it can affect your brain. There are a few ways you can combat and reverse forgetfulness that isn’t due to a medical condition, they include the following.
Keep You brain active
The best way to keep your brain sharp is to give it a workout. Do puzzles, take a different route to work, learn people’s cell numbers by heart and write your thoughts down. Laughter, meditation, and physical exercise are all very important for a healthy brain.
Eat right.
Get the right foods that are good for your brain as part of you diet. These foods include fatty fish (Omega 3 acids), green tea, dark chocolate and coffee (caffeeine has antioxidants), berries (anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects), tumeric, brocolli (Vitamin K), pumpkin seeds (magnesium, iron, zinc and copper). Also eat nuts and eggs as they contain nutrients that support memory and brain development.
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