Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Memory disorders – Diet and Lifestyle

Ayurveda, a Science of life states that most important thing that helps in dealing with memory disorders is a proper diet that nourishes brain tissues accompanied with a healthy lifestyle. It recommends the following:

Lifestyle:

Wake up early in the morning and go for a brisk walking. Then do an abhyanga (oil massage) which removes the toxins from the body. Physical activities like playing outdoor games help a lot.

During your leisure hours always be active by involving yourself in reading, crossword puzzles etc.

It has been found that sleeping for eight hours after learning helps the brain to transfer the learnt skills to its permanent memory banks.

Peace of mind helps a lot to enhance the memory power. Hence try to cultivate it by leading a healthy and a balanced life style. Learn to handle the stressful situations in life tactfully without affecting yourself, if you cannot do it then avoid those situations.

Be regular in yogic practice as it balances mental, physical and emotional stress and its breathing exercises help a lot in improving memory power.

Diet :

Take a lot of green vegetables, fresh organic fruits, whole grains, high protein, high quality fatty foods, milk and its products in your diet as they nourishes brain tissue.

Take walnuts, sunflower seeds, turmeric, almonds, cashews, blueberries as they boost memory. Organic ghee and olive oil should be used for cooking.

Include ginger, garlic, cinnamon, clove, black pepper, basil, thyme and rosemary as they help in stimulating the Agni. (Digestive fire).

Vitamin B 12, vitamin C , vitamin E and magnesium too are found helpful in keeping the memory sharp. As they has anti-stress ingredients in it which is important for learning and retrieving ability.

Take ayurvedic herbal products like brahmi, triphala as they improve the flow of nutrients to the brain and nerve cells.

Also Ayurveda asks us to avoid working for long hours/ doing a very difficult mental work/work that does not need mind application at all, as these are also the reasons for memory loss.


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