Re: Study: Extra folic acid may protect brain


"William Wagner" <b2wagner@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b2wagner-1F9DA0.17392523062005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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 ;))
>

Sun!! :)

Bill

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