All three sections of the Memory Program are important. Most of you will accept the idea that a sound diet with moderate, regular physical exercise supplemented by memory training techniques will help pro tect against memory loss. Some of you may also recognize the value of taking medications of one sort or another.
But those who have a specific, reversible cause of memory loss are of particular concern to me. Depression is an obvious example, because it is often unrecognized by both the person suffering from this problem and the physician. Another common, often unidentified, culprit is alcohol, because with age the brain becomes more sensitive to even small doses— for example, your regular two to three drinks every evening can gradually cause brain toxicity as you grow older. Therefore, although only a minority among you will have a reversible cause of memory loss, if you do belong to this category it is imperative that the specific cause be identified and tackled head-on. And if you suffer from memory loss due to a reversible cause, general health improvement or memory training techniques or memory-enhancing medications won’t do you much good until the actual cause is treated appropriately— for example, no amount of diet or exercise or memory training or promemory medications will cure memory loss if it is caused by thyroid deficiency; thyroid hormone replacement therapy is required.
I am emphasizing potentially reversible causes of memory loss precisely because they can often be fully reversed. For the more common problem of age-related memory loss, neither general health measures nor specific medications provide a perfect solution. These approaches will help slow down or block further decline in your memory, but they are unlikely to bring your memory back to what it was when you were twenty years old. This key fact makes it all the more important that you consider adopting this Memory Program before you develop significant memory loss.
Taken From: The Memory Program How to Prevent Memory Loss
and Enhance Memory Power
