Age is a state of mind. You better believe it. It appears that cognitive abilities shift as we get older, but not in a negative direction. I can attest such with my own situations.
As I hit upward at age 80, my cognitive functions such as knowledge and vocabulary in Chinese and English are likely to stay the same or even better. In a Chinese class this year ,I said :"I am not aware that I do know the vocabulary and idioms in Chinese but I do have in my gray matter." My student comments:" I do know that I don't know" Confucius stated centuries ago that the passing years improve our brain-functioning ability.
Our mental abilities become sharper over the years. It is attributable to brain's neutral networks develop shortcuts that provide us a mental template of how we use new info based on long terms memory stores.
Blogging as a complex reasoning skill that can plan and apply such habit to remain intact.
The advance of age:Amalgamation of experiences with knowledge. This is geriatric psychiatry working at best for homo-sapiens. Time makes us wiser and more creative.
As we have more and more assaults on the nerve cells damage caused by stress and diet as the process of oxidation within cells,the biological changes can cause the brain to retrieve and transmit information more effectively.
Stay smart and practice good health habits and exercise our mind to protect brain and push back later into life.
Fruits and veggies are among the best foods because they are rich in antioxidants, nutrients that protect our brain and body. Perhaps Adolph Hitler was aware of such remedy as a vegetarian but he was certainly an extremist.
Hypertension/high cholesterol can be treated with "Caduit" medication serving the purpose to reduce high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Blood circulation and available oxygen are essential for healthy living. Walking can be useful for our aging years as the best exercise.
The healing clout of art: Chinese language is a form of art. Studying or teaching the Chinese language can be healing per se. This is not a joke but a case in point.
Watch chronic fatigue syndrome(CFS) Such illness may be caused by nervous conditions. It's known that lifestyle/lack of sleep or environmental factors would have a bearing of such ailment.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, a student of health as human capital for folks in USA and China.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 1.28 p.m.
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