Why People Become Forgetful
Good memory is important to everybody. It is an essential part of intelligence. Most people need good memory – in schools, in the work sites, and even at homes.
Why do memory fail?
There are various reasons why people become forgetful. The following are some of the reasons or causes of forgetfulness: senility, alcoholic drinks, unbalanced diet, wrong lifestyle, diseases, lack of exercise, and accidents.
As we grow older, we tend to become more forgetful. This may be due in part to the acceptance as truth of the conventional belief that almost all old people become forgetful.This may be due to the slowing down of the myriad of processes in the human systems as people grow older. But this belief system is reversible. People can be old and still have sharp, retentive memories.
Drinking liquor and other alcoholic drinks is very harmful to the brain. Thousands of brain cells die permanently during every drinking bout, and they are irreplaceable.
The brain thrives mostly on glucose, a sugar found naturally in honey and sweet fruits. This sugar can also be made artificially from carbohydrates by hydrolysis. For a brain to function excellently, it must be feed with food rich in glucose such as fruits, nuts, grains, and vegetables. Avoid flesh meats, milk, and sugar. They destroy the memory.
You may wonder why milk and sugar are not good for memory. Milk and sugar combination is not good for memory. When sugar (not from fruits) are taken into the body, the pancreas is stimulated to secrete insulin to neutralize the excess sugar in the bloodstream. This causes a temporary deficiency of sugar, thus starving the brain of needful glucose.
Animal flesh meats are saturated with harmful chemicals, such as growth hormones and feed additives. They also contain stress hormone called 17-hydroxycorticosteroid that blocks the neurotransmitters to the brain. Animal products have chemicals or substances that have mind-altering effects such as thyramin in cheese; tryptamine in fish and sausages, and arachidonic acid. Junk foods and carbonated drinks are loaded with excitotoxins such as monosodium glutamate, aspartame, and caffein that are detrimental to the brain.
Staying late at night, and other forms of insomnia impair the memory, Accidents and diseases too can destroy the memory. And most off all, lack of exercise. Regular physical exercise enhances good blood circulation to the brain to supply glucose and oxygen. Most important, the brain must be trained to memorize regularly. Constant practice makes memorizing easier.