By Jodi Chapman From Advanced Wellness and Behavioural Centre
What if your declining and poor memory is not an ageing problem? Forgetting a name or word is common, though when you’re forgetting recent conversations and not recognising faces easily, it’s time to deal with it, as it really can be quickly resolved.
When your fading memory begins to affect your work, it’s often coupled with distraction, poor focus and feeling disorganised.
Not only does this put your work at risk, stress then impacts the problem further, being the main contributor to memory loss, not necessarily ageing.
Starving the brain of sleep, missing key nutrients from the diet such as calcium, magnesium, B complex and proteins, hormonal imbalances, and brain inflammation are all causes of memory loss that will occur at any age when you’re not living a balanced healthy life.
Short term, we accept it as part of life, though it shouldn’t be. Long term depression, Alzheimer’s or dementia are risks we take if we ignore it.
Start by increasing sleep, reduce stress with exercise or downtime, resolve conflicts and spend time with friends, eat healthy, treat your body like you love it, and ask for help if it’s beyond your ability. Choose to live the life you deserve.
