Re: Study: Extra folic acid may protect brain


"Rita" <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:34:07 GMT, "Bill" <xxx@xxxxx> wrote:
>
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>>"Rita" <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> 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:)
>>
>
Yes, I do that kind of thing too. Most typical is doing something - like
writing here - and saying I'm going to have to look up something on Google.
Than a total blank 5 mins. later. Very often it comes back within a couple of
hours or so, however.

Bill


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