Re: Study: Extra folic acid may protect brain

In article <l99mb1dq8cbu0na0icslnit0ejlrcb7qm2@xxxxxxx>,
Rita <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:34:07 GMT, "Bill" <xxx@xxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Rita" <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:poblb1l3co67cc14s3rma178a9rssfrbqi@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:54:35 GMT, "Bill" <xxx@xxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Study: Extra folic acid may protect brain
> >>>
> >>> WASHINGTON (AP) -- High-dose folic acid pills -- providing as much
> >>> of
> >>>the nutrient as 2.5 pounds of strawberries -- might help slow the
> >>>cognitive
> >>>decline of aging.
> >>>
> >>> So says a Dutch study that's the first to show a vitamin could
> >>> really
> >>>improve memory.
> >>>
> >> I wonder if the study addresed short term memory loss, the
> >> phenomenum those of us who experience it call "senior moments"?
> >>
> >
> >They talk about cognitive speed, so maybe. I think long term memory would be
> >harder to test. I'll keep a look out for more on this.
> >
> >> I don't believe my reasoning powers have begun to fail, nor my
> >> ability to read and absorb fairly challenging material.
> >>
> >
> >For me, I think time of day may be a factor. :)
> >
> >>
> >> But I do momentarily forget names of people and books and other
> >> facts I know well. In a converation I find myself stumbling to
> >> recall a name -- sometimes I have to menally recite the alphabet
> >> to see if coming across the letter with which the name begins will
> >> "job" my memory. I am age 75 and this has been going on for
> >> a few years now. Usually, even if I do nothing to stimulate
> >> memory, the name pops up in my mind a bit later. This happens
> >> to me far more often when talking to someone than when writing.
> >> Although I do make use of Google to give me clues sometimes as to
>
> >I do forget the day sometimes. But have various things that keep me in
> >control
> >on that.
> >
> >Bill
>
> Yes, it is helpful to have the date on my computer:)
>
> Other than forgetting names and other scraps of data temporarily,
> my biggest memory problem is forgetting what it was I was going to
> do next. A few minutes ago I walked into the kitchen to get something
> out of the freezer, and now I'm back at my computer and didn't do it.
> I could not remember why I had gone into the kitchen. It just came to
> me -- whole wheat bread for breadcrumbs to coat some fish. Let's
> hope I can make it through this time around:)
> >

You are not alone. I cut up 3X5 cards with things to do. Leaving notes
about something I had to do after 7 hours for CABG four years ago.
Before that I also went thru the alphabet for memory clues as it works.
Long term is wonderful and I have not got lost yet ;))

Personal opine is that any drug can have an impact as well as traumatic
experiences on our minds. One reason why I avoid horror movies and
Stephen King Books. ;)) Photographic memory yes but short term like I
once wrote is so important and now amiss. If I added sugar to my
coffee in the am trivial but other questions arise like did I turn off
the grill ?

Double check for safety is the rigor.

Bill 58 rotations about the planet I Think ;))

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