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It has been proven in scientific studies that our brains begin to age as early as our 30th birthday. There is no reason to panic though because we have something that will help.

Not everyone develops dementia or Alzheimer’s as they age, we know that, but there are some things you can do to keep your brain exercised and healthy and you can start at any age. There is no reason to ignore the health of your brain just because you can’t see it.

Playing brain games will allow you to keep your brain running at top efficiency and is good for your overall mental capacity, it will help you not only at work but at home too and all you have to do is play games!

You may be asking if playing games for your brain is really that important, the answer is yes. When you notice that you are taking longer than you used to come up with ideas, and your reflexes have become somewhat slower than that of other family members or friends, then it maybe time to look into some brain games for adults.

It’s as the old saying goes: ‘if you don’t use it you lose it!’ That is so true, and if you do not exercise your brain everyday it becomes less effective. That means you are going to start having memory lapses, and who wants that anyway?

Just by playing brain games for adults you can start to improve brain function from the very first time you login to play.

One of the first signs of an aging brain of course would be memory loss, not long term, but the short-term memory that will get affected. You start to lose that sharpness you once had and everything seems to be a little less organized for you. This can create havoc at home and especially at work. With all the demands placed on you it would be very inconvenient for you to start suffering from the short term memory loss.

When you play brain games for adults you will see marked improvement after the very first game, it will teach your brain how to work at its peak once again and besides, it’s so much fun! Your brain will once again be forced to store information and retain it for later use. There is nothing better for a tired brain than a great round of brain games for adults.

Working on puzzles, memory games, problem solving games, math and cognitive games will help your brain develop the ability once again to make decisions quickly, and allow your brain to once again be able to store memory on the short term basis. You can’t go wrong by playing brain games for adults that will definitely get your brain back to running as it once did, you will once again be quick to the draw with just a few minutes taken out of your day to do something you enjoy and that is playing brain games for adults.

It is very hard not to appreciate the necessity of a higher being to the creation and existence of the human brain. Scientists have recently increased study of the relationship between a higher being, God, and the human brain. Why do patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or schizophrenia sometimes report hyper-religiosity, delusions of grandeur, and belief that they are God? Is there something about the Temporal Lobe and appreciation of God?

New research (see March Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) suggests that our own belief systems regarding God trigger different parts of the human brain. It appears that we use our cortex and higher order processing systems to think about God’s thoughts or emotions or even the metaphorical aspects of God or religion.

Of interest is the field of Neurotheology that studies the relationship between our belief systems and brain function. We most likely need to pay more attention to how religious beliefs and practices may help to promote quality of life and then integrate such practices into our standard prescribed health care therapies. For example, even in a brain ravaged with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) the person can sit still and appropriately for nearly 30 minutes to hear a religious service or mass, to sing religious hymns, and to pray. This activity soothes the agitated brain in ways some, if not most, medications do not.

Spirituality

Pray on a daily basis as it enhances your immune system.

Attend regularly a formal place of worship at it relates to better quality of life and longevity.

Learn to meditate in order to slow down. Animals exposed to environments that are too stimulating demonstrate slowed brain development.

Learn relaxation procedures with deep breathing and muscle relaxation.

Slow down and do not be afraid to say “no”.

What is your greatest personal resource? Maybe you think it’s your winning smile, pleasant personality, quick wit or intellect. What makes each one of these possible is healthy balanced brain function. It is a healthy brain that allows a one-year-old to point out objects of delight and smile, or a parent to find delight in the simple things their child does. It also allows the grand parent to remember and celebrate the grand child’s birthday. It is having balanced brain function that allows us to be a fully integrated member of society and a happy individual.

Furthermore it is the human brain, especially those of the next generation that may hold the answer to our most challenging social and environmental problems. What would happen to our society or us as individuals if we were to allow this precious resource to become metabolically broken and even degenerate? Our brain is the most complex and most misunderstood organ of our body! This is especially true in regards to keeping the brain functioning optimally. When you damage the brain you damage the mind, and the mind is the source for all the magnificent things you do in your life.

Treating the Brain as the Organ It Is

We realize that the health of any organ, such as the liver, is maintained by proper diet, necessary nutrients and that it can be harmed by toxins such as environmental chemicals and alcohol. The brain is actually one of the most metabolically active organs in the body and therefore it is more readily damaged by any of these above mentioned factors. At a mere 3 pounds it is only 2% of the total body weight, but utilizes more than 20% of the oxygen and at least 25% of the available calories one consumes. To perform all its complex functions, like any organ, the brain needs its cells to be maintained in optimum health.

The brain is composed of 100 billion neurons with more synapses to each other than there are stars in the universe, all contained within the walls of the cranium. For an infant to develop properly or a child to behave normally in a social setting, they must have a magnificent mind that comes from balanced brain function. For you to realize all your dreams and health goals, to overcome whatever is holding you back, you need to create and maintain healthy brain function.

Imagine the world’s largest most talented orchestra of 100 billion members playing very complex but harmonious music all at once. What if some members of this orchestra were sick or ran out of energy, you can imagine the music would become stressed and disharmonious. The orchestra within your patient’s cranium is a ravenous group demanding more energy and nutrients than any other organ. This is especially true in the rapidly developing brain of the fetus and infant.

Our National Epidemic of Broken Brains

What if as a society we were not maintaining optimal brain health, what if we were starving our brains, would that look like? Today the most common brain health disorder in children is ADHD. In some US cities, the incidence of ADHD has reached an astounding rate of 10 to 15% of school-age children. Autism was relatively rare in the US before 1990, after which its prevalence skyrocketed by three to five times, a rate increase that experts now agree cannot be explained by genetics or improved diagnosis. According to a CDC governmental report published February 8, 2007, about 1 child in 150 develops autism or a related disorder like Asperger’s syndrome by the age of eight. Whereas the autistic rate for children of Amish people around Middlefield Ohio is only 1 out of 15,000 births. Nearly 45% of the US population suffers from some form mood disorder with about 30% of them affected by depression and 15% with anxiety syndromes.

Today the most feared disease is no longer cancer, but Alzheimer’s disease and for good reason, it is a devastating disorder that steals your memories and personality. Alzheimer’s disease is now the number one neurodegenerative disorder in the US today, every 72 seconds someone develops this disorder. Parkinson’s disease is now the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the US today. The majority of Parkinson cases is not inherited, but instead is now related to environmental factors. Parkinson’s disease is now increasing by more than 50,000 new cases each year in the US.

But what about the myofascial pain that you experience on a recurrent basis? A recent study utilizing functional MRI of the brain found dysfunction in 5 pain-related areas of the brain in chronic low back pain patients-but not in healthy controls. Therefore your chronic low back patient is not just in your back, but actually in the brain itself. In the future I will explore other research that shows the more brain inflammation present, the more likely an individual is to develop recurring muscle and joint pain problems and even fibromyalgia

What is the cause of these alarming statistics and what can you do to protect yourself and your family? This will be the subject matter of a series of articles written to assist you in bringing about real healing by keeping your brain healthy and balanced with the latest research in brain nutrition.