Men’s Health: Tips for Keeping Memory Sharp

There are Some ways to beat back memory loss include:

Keep your brain active. Challenging your brain and mental abilities is believed to stimulate brain cells and keep your thinking sharp. Reading, writing, developing a new skill, or relearning old skills are ways to give your brain a workout. You also can work on stimulating problem-solving and brain games and puzzles. These mental challenges should be a regular part of your life.
Let go of stress. Prolonged stress over many weeks has been shown to cause memory loss by altering brain chemistry and damaging the hippocampus, which is where the brain stores new memories.

Stay socially active. Relationships with other people can improve your mental performance. Social activities often are intellectually stimulating, which prompts good memory function. Friends also can provide support when you're feeling stressed. Research has linked loneliness with an increased risk of memory loss and dementia.
Exercise. Working out can keep blood flowing to the brain, leaving your brain cells well-nourished with oxygen and nutrients.
Don't smoke or abuse alcohol. Smokers have been shown to perform worse than nonsmokers in memory studies and tests of thinking skills. Heavy alcohol use is also known to cause memory loss.

Trauma. Head trauma is one of the major causes of memory loss, as well as something that can cause dementia later in life. Always use a helmet and other protective gear when participating in high-speed activities and contact sports.


Men’s Health: When Memory Loss Is Serious

How can you tell when your memory loss has become something worse, like a symptom of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease? Here are some warning signs:

Forgetting things at a noticeably increased rate. Everyone occasionally forgets about plans they have or where they’ve put things, but if you find yourself missing scheduled activities much more frequently or misplacing items a lot more than you used to, that could be a sign that you need to have checked out.
Forgetting how to perform activities you've done many times before. No longer being able to balance a checkbook is one example.

Finding it difficult to learn new things. You just can't grasp something that's being explained to you, even though you feel it should be simple.
Repeating yourself. Telling the same stories, asking the same questions, or repeating the same phrases during a single conversation could be a sign of advanced memory loss.

Confusion. If you're suffering serious memory lapses, you might end up getting lost in a familiar place. You might also put something in an inappropriate place — your wallet in the oven, for example — because you can't remember where it should be kept.

If you find yourself experiencing any of these symptoms, you should go see your family physician. The doctor will ask you questions to objectively test your memory and thinking skills, and do a physical exam and possibly other diagnostic tests. He may have suggestions to help you improve your memory function, and might even be able to prescribe medications known to help with dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

Cross Post from Rose Blog

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Husband vs Wife :-)

I found following jocks on a facebook group, hope you will enjoy it:

Husband: everytime I hit you, you never fight back. how do you manage your anger?
Wife: I clean the toilet seat.............
Husband: how does it help
Wife: I use your toothbrush!!!!

-- ShArIf.

How did the human race appear?

I found following jocks on a facebook group, hope you will enjoy it:

A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race appear?"
The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so was all mankind made.."
Two days later the girl asked her father the same question.. The father answered, "Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved."
The confused girl returned to her mother and said, "Mom, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?"
The mother answered, "Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his."

-- ShArIf.

Where is God?!

I found following jocks on a facebook group, hope you will enjoy it:

A couple had two little boys ages 8 and 10, who were very Naughty. They were always getting into trouble and their Parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town, their sons were probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that a priest in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The prist agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the prist in the
afternoon.

The prist, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, "Where is God?"

They boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the prist
repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God!!?" Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the prist raised
his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE IS GOD!?"

The boy screamed and run off from the room, ran directly home and Dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his
older brother found him in private, he asked, "What happened?

The younger brother replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time, dude. God is missing - and they think we did
it!"

TINY DEER SO CUTE

This deer is too cute and too little!!! Image Credit: badaparda.com and Jeff Moore