| According to the ANU Centre for Mental Health | | | | recommended above, it can protect you from |
| Research, your brain cells will shrink and die after | | | | brain damage and cancer. |
| you turn 60 and beyond. The study by the Mental | | | | Exercise at least 30 minutes a day |
| Health Research reveals that it doesn't matter | | | | Cardiovascular diseases like strokes or heart |
| what kind of education, social background or | | | | attacks are due to your lifestyle. If you lead a |
| profession you have, you are equally susceptible | | | | sedentary life, you won't have blood flowing |
| to geriatric brain damage unless you follow | | | | freely around your body and brain. A stroke |
| specific preventative measures. People who have | | | | happen when blood flow stops or when there is |
| geriatric or age related brain damage/shrinkage | | | | bleeding in your brain. To prevent this, all you |
| suffer from a loss of short term memory, | | | | need to do is to exercise at least half an hour a |
| physical stamina, increased confusion and poor | | | | day. This could be simple as walking around the |
| thinking or processing. People who have geriatric | | | | park with your dog or a quick tai chi lesson. |
| brain damage will most likely succumb to dementia | | | | Perform a problem solving activity or a puzzle at |
| in the future. But if you protect yourself now | | | | least for one hour a day |
| from damage to the brain, you can prevent and | | | | Have you ever heard of the saying, 'Use it or lose |
| geriatric brain damage in the future. | | | | it'? It's the same with your brain. If you don't use |
| Here are some cures to prevent brain disease: | | | | it then your brain cells will waste away. You need |
| Increase your Iodine intake | | | | at least one hour every day challenging and |
| The United States government recommends that | | | | exercising your mind. You could do simple things |
| you take 1.5 mg/day which is at least 3 eggs or 1 | | | | like filling out the crosswords in the newspaper or |
| serving of fish. Seaweed has an abundance of | | | | playing cards with your friends and family. The |
| Iodine. Iodine protects your brain from damage; | | | | television is a passive medium that doesn't really |
| regulate normal blood pressure and cancer | | | | challenge your mind. Instead, read a good |
| (especially brain and breast cancer). The research | | | | American novel or poetry. |
| has found that if you take the daily amount | | | | |