Memory Loss

August 25, 2010 admin No comments

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Hi,

Last time we saw how a simple supplement can help stop brain shrinkage. But, what about memory loss?

Brain shrinkage doesn’t really have anything to do with memory loss. Yet, we all suffer from it at one time or another.

Every forget where you left your keys? Ever forget your wife’s birthday (for you female readers I already know you never forget your husband’s brthday)?

As you get older these memory lapses sometimes get worse.

Yet, just like vitamin b-12 can help with brain shrinkage, there is a supplement that can help with memory loss.

This supplement is called PS. The real name is phosphatidylserine. Since no one can remember that name, let’s just stick with PS.

PS is an interesting nutrient. It makes up over 50% of your cell membranes, so it is obviously important.

Most athletes and body builders know about PS because it is considered anti-catabolic.

This means that it will help minimize the negative effects of exercise and keep you in an anabolic (or muscle building) state.

It does this by negating some of the effects of cortisol, which has been called the muscle destroyer hormone. This is a bad rap for cortisol, because we do need it.

However, I am getting off track here.

The main good point about PS is that it really helps the brain. It has been called the ultimate brain food by some nutritionists.

That is because it protects the brain from the ravages of time and mental decline.

An eye-opening study conducted by medical researchers at Stanford University, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Memory Assessment Clinic in Bethesda, Maryland.showed that PS can reduce up to 12 years of cognitive decline.

It does this by keeping the brain nourished. That way the dendrites can continue to grow even until you are in your 90′s. The dedrites are involved in carrying the electrical and neural impulses in your brain. Pretty important.

In another randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study at the University of Catania in Italy, taking PS supplements showed a 44% increase in memory after only 90 days.

Based on all of that and over 2800 other studies I think PS is a pretty good supplement to take.

So now you have a way to stop brain shrinkage and memory loss with a couple of supplements.

Thanks,

Mike Val