Going round the bend

Tuesday 17th April 2018 17:17 EDT
 

In these days of longevity where people live beyond the ages of 80 or 90 years, where centenarians are becoming a norm, where modern science and medicines are keeping people alive for longer span of life, people’s brains are no longer able to keep pace with the ever increasing technology and other information they are constantly bombarded with.

With the excellent health care available in advanced countries like the UK, more and more of us live much longer.

As we get older, dementia and Alzhaimer diseases, the scourge of modern living, get a grip on us and even though our limbs are in working order through hip and knee replacement operations, our brains are unable to keep pace with today’s fast moving life and modern technology like computers and mobile phones to name but the most in daily use.

We are unable to make use of these modern devices and have to seek help of others in order to fill on line forms or respond to e-mail enquiries.

We need to keep our brains ticking through mental exercises like the solving of puzzles such as sudoku or doing the weekly crosswords in Gujarat Samachar, by taking part in various activities or by mixing with a lot of people in our peer groups.

Almonds are considered brain food and we may make good use of them as they are available in plentiful supply. Going for long walks release good hormones and lubricate the brain.

Dinesh Sheth

Newbury Park, Ilford


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