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AGE RELATED MEMORY LOSS PROBLEMS

Volume 1: 31

* Memory Jokes

* Mission Statement

* The Age-Related Memory Loss Problems

* Humorous Anecdote: Our Future Ailment

* Familiar Territory? Available--The Possible Solutions

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"I saw the doctor today about my loss of memory."

"What did he do?"

"Made me pay him in advance."

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Hello Welcome to the Doctor's Hotline:

If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.

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Welcome to "TheMemoryDoc.Com," the Internet magazine for

people of all ages who want to learn more about preserving

and protecting the brain from memory loss and also for

those who want to help persons who already have memory

loss to recover and overcome this problem.

* The Memory Doc's Mission Statement is: To inform people

in simple terms about ways to prevent and overcome memory

loss using the most professional and therapeutic methods

possible by offering awareness, education and new research.

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* The Age-Related Memory Losses

The following humorous description that fits many age-

associated memory problems was sent to me this week

via John Adams, a dear friend of my Aunt Bernie's.

And though this anecdote is not a scientific piece,

it certainly is a valid expression of the progressive

changes people experience as they age, related to

their memory.

Typically, when you visit your doctor, the symptoms

of this story will be labeled for you in any of the

following three ways:

1- Age Associated Memory Impairment (AAMI)

2- Age-Related Cognitive Decline (ARCD) or

3- Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI).

Just realize, there is a great deal one can do to avoid

an ongoing experience like the one you will read about

here.

So let's talk about the road to freedom from this

dilemma. I will join you again at the end of this

thoroughly enjoyable sketch . . .

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* Humorous Anecdote: Our Future Ailment

Do you know what A. A. A. D. D is? Age-Activated Attention

Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car

and decide my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on

the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the

garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out

the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when

I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills

first.

I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only

one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the

house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been

drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the

Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see

that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it

in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke a vase of flowers

on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading

glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm

going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container

with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left

it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be

looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the

kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it

belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills

on the floor.

So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels

and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was

Planning to do.

At the end of the day:

. . . the car isn't washed,

. . . the bills aren't paid,

. . . there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,

. . . the flowers don't have enough water,

. . . there is still only one check in my check book,

. . . I can't find the remote,

. . . I can't find my glasses,

. . . and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm

really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm

really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some

help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you

know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

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* Familiar Territory? Available--The Possible Solutions

What a great thread! Though humorous, this is a dilemma

that more and more people are experiencing.

Can I offer some possible helpful suggestions that have

worked for other people???

I am thoroughly amazed at how well a memory loss such

as the one depicted responds to great vitamins, organic

foods if possible, vegetables, fruits, fish, omega oils,

antioxidants, many amino-acids, minerals, and clean water.

But how do you put the puzzle pieces of nutrients

together and come up with what you really need?

Well, first off--there are now liquid vitamins with a

95% absorption rate which flow right into the brain.

These serve the state of our memory, focus, well-being

and mental status the best.

The ones of which I speak, Biometics liquids, are on the

cutting edge. Why? Because the Biometics developers

learned how to get liquid vitamins across the blood-brain

barrier by reducing the size of the vitamins at a molecular

level.

By contrast, dry vitamins only achieve about a 25-35%

absorption rate. Because I had heard about this absorption

problem, which only gets worse as we age, I began searching

for liquid vitamins over three years ago.

I wanted to offer everyone helpful memory loss solutions

that would be more palatable than the dry vitamins and wheat

grass my mom started out on.

Not that dry vitamins or wheat grass are bad. On the contrary,

wheat grass is great and relatively inexpensive, but most

people don't keep taking it because they don't love the taste,

which is why I offer palatable wheat grass recipes on my

website-- http://www.DontForgetmemoryLoss.com.

And though I figured liquids would do better. I never knew I

would find liquids that could achieve such superior absorption.

There is even a tad bit of caffeine in their product,

GetGoNPlus to increase the uptake through the brain barrier

of those difficult to absorb B Vitamins, like B-12. It's a naturally

occurring caffeine though, the kind that's found in spinach.

Ever wonder why people get B-12 shots? It's because B-12 is

such an important Vitamin, but so difficult to absorb.

And by the way, if you skip out on Magnesium many of your

needed Amino-Acids and your Calcium won't be absorbed either.

By the way, the Cal/Mag product at Biometics along with one

called "Flex-Care" is wonderful for aching bodies.

Anyway, now that I've found these liquid gems, I've opened

another website and offer the Biometics there at:

http://www.TheMemoryDocVits.com.

These tools for preventing memory loss and other focus problems are

absolutely incredible. I'm just thrilled to be able to offer them and to

have found them.

Needless to say, the makers did not only emphasize memory loss so you

will find many other types of products there like the

Flex-Care mentioned above and another called "Daily Harmony"

which reduces anxiety when taken with the main program.

May I suggest a main program of Bio-Fuel, Aloe-Plus, Bio-Alert,

and Get Go N Plus in the morning and the Cal/Mag 100 with

Bio-Nite at night.

I cannot believe the remarks I am getting from middle-aged

to elderly people about how they feel about their focus,

memory, and energy after getting on this liquid program.

However, whether you go liquid or not, at the very least,

remember this. You must take Phosphatidylserene (100-300 mg). This is

also called PS. Also take Phosphatidylcholine (500 mg) called PC. And

always take Omegas (up to 1000 mg per day), 100% Vitamin B Complex,

and a Multi-Vitamin every day.

If you can, take 3 tablespoons of wheat grass daily also to

increase alkalinity, which is very helpful to memory. That

is why all leafy green veggies and especially spinach,

(which also has a naturally occurring caffeine), help the

memory.

Don't misunderstand. I am not telling you drinking coffee all

day long helps memory, because too much of it only increases

insulin which is hard on the brain.

However, the amount of naturally occurring caffeine in spinach

or in the Get Go N Plus from Biometics is equal to about 1 cup

of coffee, but it is natural to high performing B Vitamin

foods.

You can get any of the other items mentioned here (except

Biometics) at a health food store or order your Omegas, PS and

PC from us.

Just E-mail me with questions about how to order if you like.

The Products Page at http://www.TheMemoryDoc.com offers PS/PC &

Omegas.

We will call you back if you need help to place orders!

So leave a message toll free at 1-877-490-3538 if you

have any difficulties or questions.

But please don't think you can get the needed vitamins

by eating a few eggs and taking a Multi-Vitamin from your

grocer!

However, your diet of leafy greens, green tea, antioxidant

berries, fish, eggs, almonds, avocadoes, tomatoes, olive

oil, and even red wine on occasion and plenty of water

always remains important.

Finally, get some exercise and keep using your brain in

daily activities of your choosing--reading, writing,

journaling, memorizing, studying, and/or playing word

games.

Thanks for reading and thank you, John Adams and Aunt

Bernie, for your contribution this week. Please let me

know if there is another author to reference besides--

'Anonymous' for that great tale on the future ailment--

AAADD - Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

Best regards to each of you. Have a wonderful week.

Warmly,

Dr. Jill

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*Jill Joyce is author of "Don't Forget: What Drug and Insurance Co.'s Don't Want You To Know About Memory Loss." (Still Waters Publications). Now, in addition to her book and E-book, you can purchase her CD's, coming products, and powerful memory vitamins at: http://www.thememorydoc.com & http://www.dontforgetmemoryloss.com.

There are many places to purchase similar products & nutrients. However, additional vitamins, etc. are on the way to this site. You see, Jill only picks products that she finds to be of serious therapeutic value and assistance after her 30 years of working with memory loss & memory loss prevention. Plus, she is attempting to share the best ones with you at the best prices she can get.

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The Memory Doc by Jill Joyce, PhD

Volume 1: 30 April 5, 2005

* Today's Simple Memory Quote: "For such a time as this"

* Russian Men Fear Their Doctors! Let’s Not Do Likewise

* Not Enough Time To Heal: My Father-In-Law's Death After Surgery

* Hope in Serious "Global" Memory Loss Cases

* Why I Wrote "Don't Forget: What Drug & Insurance Co.'s

Don't Want You To Know About Memory Loss" or "Help!"

* The Right to Live Issue for Serious Memory Loss, etc.

* Joni Eareckson Tada's Spinal Cord Injury

* Florida Society of Neurology--Neurologists Want More Therapy

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* Russian Men Fear Their Doctors! Let’s Not Do Likewise

Dear Friends,

In the years 1989-1996, I was graced with the good fortune

of helping my now ex-husband bring Russian airplanes into

the US at the beginning of a period known as "perestroika"

and "glasnost."

The hot little sport aerobatic airplane with the coveted

guttural engine and fantastic vertical penetration is

called the "Sukhoi."

The difference in doing business with Russians was that

they never came alone one CEO at a time. No--we hosted

33 Russians all at once!

The group included pilots who helped cargo the planes

over, mechanics, engineers, and even the original designer.

The planes had been designed using Russian aerospace

technology and American pilots wanted this airplane

--badly.

Hanging out with these Russians always led to some

interesting events.

One I recall was when a Russian mechanic wanted to

try out the motorcycle of one of our employees, a

female pilot.

Though he knew Russian equipment, he knew nothing of

our motorcycles and due to the language barrier between

himself and the female pilot, he managed to slam the

bike into a wall.

A few days later, when I saw he was in pain, I asked

my husband if he noticed that Evgeny was limping?

We asked Evgeny if he was okay, but he seemed very

reluctant to discuss his limp with us at all.

Finally we were able to find out by talking to others

about his motorcycle mishap.

We went to Evgeny and offered to take him to the hospital.

He said "Oh no, no doctors!"

Clearly, Evgeny was afraid to go to doctors in his own

country and did not realize he would get some relief if

he allowed us to take him in our country.

The next odd thing that happened was the day the chief

designer for the aircraft complained that he had a

toothache. We offered to take him to the dentist.

He disappeared for a few moments in the back of our

shop at the airport. Then he reappeared holding the

tooth up clamped in a pair of pliers and proudly smiled

as he displayed it for us!

He had managed to pull the tooth out all by himself

with the pliers rather than to be taken to any dentist!

These Russian men were made to be very afraid of their

health care system. It did not represent a place to go

for healing.

Both men let us know beyond a shadow of a doubt that

the idea of going to any doctors anywhere was

unacceptable.

Please--I hope we never become victims of such thinking

in the USA, where our doctors have been such wonderful

healers--but I am afraid we are on the doorstep.

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* The BBC and A Father's Death After Surgery

As I reviewed the BBC news last week and learned a

little of Europe's lack of sympathy over our handling of

one woman's brain-injury, I once again realized all the

forces operating which made me want to offer people

personal help about the brain and write a book.

It was 'for such a time as this' that "Don't Forget: What

Drug and Insurance Co.'s Don't Want You To Know About

Memory Loss" was born.

And though I realize we have great science to help

with brain ailments, common folks must learn more

about the difficult topic to protect their loved

ones and have intelligent communication with their

doctors.

This is especially true because the interests of

insurance and drug companies are pushing any scientific

agenda more and more out of the realm of practical

do-ability.

Confusing problems of memory loss and brain ailments

are confronting people everywhere.

Consider--in my own family, in 1996--my own father-

in-law. He was given only 5 weeks to heal from triple

by-pass surgery before the insurance company insisted

medical treatment be pulled and he died.

This occurred after one doctor began to insist my father-

in-law had a stroke. However, he could not conduct tests

to prove his theory. Still, he would not wait until my

father-in-law was well enough to be certain of the stroke

diagnosis.

Obviously, even the presence of a stroke should not

determine such a drastic measure anyway.

When his doctor insisted on holding back the needed dialysis

treatments and used his living will as justification, he

convinced everyone in the family (except me) that there

was already nothing more that could be done.

Without any tests, this doctor began calling his movements

"reflexes" even though they corresponded properly with our

interactions with him.

This doctor also spoke of him as though he was already

dead--right in front of him--where my father-in-law might

have grasped what was being said. Not wise, kind, or helpful!

You see, after years of working with cases like my father-

in-law's, I saw a man lying there who needed a doctor who

was not under such mandated time pressure--who could give

him time to heal a bit more.

However, our family is not the only one with tragic

traumatic end-of-life experiences these days.

But I can point to that singular event as being very

significant in tearing our family apart.

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* There is Hope in "Global" Memory Loss Cases

In therapy rooms for 20 years, I saw lots of severe cases

take longer than 5 weeks to become responsive after strokes

and other serious conditions like surgery or head trauma.

I spoke out in staff meetings for many of them if I saw

bodily responses, allowing many of them to eventually

go home, and kept many of them from going into nursing

homes after receiving more therapy.

Since I hate using the word "vegetable," let me give

you the correct medical term health professionals are

supposed to use in discussions of brain-injured people.

We normally prefer to speak of a "global" state of

non-responsiveness rather than to just call them

"vegetables."

With that said, many people, who look "global," do get

well enough to function, communicate, and go home again

in a short period of time.

Other people may look and act terrific at first, but then

often do not get well.

Go figure! There is often no visible rhyme or reason as to

why one person improves and another does not other than

therapy and family involvement.

Needless to say, the ones who have the chance to improve

will often be offered at least 3-6 months of therapy before

their future progress or lack of it can usually be

properly ascertained.

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* "Don't Forget: What Drug & Insurance Co.'s Don't Want You

To Know About Memory Loss" or "Help!"

One reason my book, "Don't Forget" was written was because

I witnessed this surprising healing process on a regular basis.

And in research interviews--the families told me about

their major problems with health care for memory loss.

My interview subjects, (families with a member with memory

loss), seemed almost beside themselves to receive more

information and education about memory loss problems.

The common request in the vernacular was "Help!"

Just prior to the 90's, Speech/Language Pathologists(SLP-CCC)

were doing a lot of successful brain and cognitive recovery

work--much more than they are able to do today.

However, the needs are much greater now.

The period of time for such therapy has been so greatly

reduced by insurance carriers that it significantly impedes

the possibility of healing to acceptable levels--where

people can return to whatever their station in life was--

as people often used to do.

That is why families ought to understand some of these basic

therapy techniques and offer re-training for at least 6 months

through a therapist to ascertain the status of the disorder.

However, if no therapy is available, there are many things

families and friends could do for people with memory loss

or learning problems with the assistance of a book like

mine and just occasional consultations from a speech/language

therapist (SLP-CCC) and visits to their neurologist.

Now, more than ever, the family's personal touch is

necessary. The world we are living in is not going in a

therapeutic direction when there is brain injury, memory

loss, or weakness of mental capacities.

If anything the problems involved in stimulating these

people to achieve improvements are getting much worse.

Certainly, the events and happenings all around us in

recent weeks are already having other unintended affects

and reverberations.

So let's consider . . .

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* Disabled Americans [and Discrimination] in US Politics

--JAMES TARANTO

-OpinionJournal.com

-of The Wall Street Journal

What lasting effect will the Terri Schiavo saga have on

American politics? Probably not much. . . .

However intense the emotions of the past two weeks, for

most voters they’re sure to prove fleeting. But there’s

one important exception: Disabled Americans.

. . . Mary Johnson, a left-leaning editor of Ragged Edge

magazine, says: "There isn’t a single disability rights

activist I’ve heard from ... who isn’t afraid that this

will make liberals hate them even more than they now do."

And Joe Ford, a Harvard undergraduate with severe cerebral

palsy, was quoted as saying: "Like many others with

disabilities, I believe that the American public, to one

degree or another, holds that disabled people are better

off dead."

"To put it in a simpler way, many Americans are bigots."

. . .Then Eleanor Smith, a self-described liberal agnostic

lesbian, whose childhood bout with polio left her confined

to a wheelchair, argued that "At this point I would rather

have a right-wing Christian decide my fate than an ACLU

member."

. . . In fact, surveys of disabled Americans suggest a

strong tilt towards the Republican Party. According to the

campaign group, the National Organization on Disability,

back during the 2000 presidential elections, the Democratic

candidate, Vice-President Al Gore, outpolled George W Bush

among disabled Americans by 56 per cent to 38 per cent.

But only four years later, at the 2004 presidential contest,

Mr Bush beat Senator John Kerry by 52.5% to 46%--a 24.5 point

shift.

As late as last August, Mr Kerry had a ten-point lead, which

vanished by September, coinciding with the Florida Supreme

Court’s striking down "Terri’s law", referring to Terri

Schiavo.

Polls last month suggested that most Americans favored Mrs

Schiavo’s death. It was natural for an able-bodied person to

think: I wouldn’t want to live like that.

But someone who is disabled and abjectly dependent on others

was more apt to be chilled by the talk of her "poor quality

of life" and to think: I wouldn’t want to [die]. . . like that.

Liberalism once championed the interests of society’s most

vulnerable members. Today, it increasingly champions their

"right to die". No-one should be surprised if this affects

their decisions as they exercise their right to vote.

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* Joni Eareckson Tada's Spinal Cord Injury

The following comments are partial and come from an

article by Joni Eareckson Tada, who--similar to the

late Christopher Reeves--lives with a disabling neck

injury.

She is well-known for helping people with disabilities

and operates an organization called "Joni and Friends."

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni

and Friends, AGOURA HILLS, CA, March 31, 2005

". . . We are asking society to stop using the term

“persistent vegetative state.”

"Too many people with severe disabilities have

been called “vegetables” – this is not only

demeaning, but dehumanizing."

"When severely disabled people are stripped of

life-dignity, the discussion too easily turns

to death or the warehousing of that individual

. . ."

". . . We believe there should be a “cognitive

assessment review” as a minimal standard before a

feeding tube is removed."

". . . We have observed that media discussions have

centered around whether or not a severely disabled

person is “going to get better some day” as though

that fact is a criterion for life."

"However, for millions of Americans, disability is

a fact of life; many will “never get better” by

society’s standards."

"We assert that the quality of one’s life should never

be a criteria to put them to death. Life is the most

irreplaceable and fundamental condition of what it

means to be human and it is an express gift of God,

the Author of life."

"Disabled people have the right to life."

"The moral fabric of our country will be strengthened

as we support the right of all disabled people to

humane treatment, rehabilitative therapy, and most of

all, the right to life."

To read this article in its entirety click here:

http://www.joniandfriends.org/apcm/APCMviewer.asp?a=128&z=4

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* Florida Society of Neurology--Neurologists Want More Therapy

The neurologists I talked with last December at the Memory

Loss convention put on by the Florida Society of Neurology

admitted: Cognitive therapies are terribly lacking after

memory loss disorders and other disabling brain ailments

occur.

Many of the doctors there discussed with me this very real

need admitting that they constantly concur on this lack of

therapy amongst themselves for their patients with memory

loss and brain disorders.

Just because insurance is not paying for therapy right now,

does not mean it doesn't work.

Nor does it mean those who need this therapy are not still

out there somewhere. They are everywhere!

I hope that if you know one of them you will not succumb

to the belief being purported by the present mentality

that there is no possibility of healing for them.

It simply isn't true.

Warm Regards,

Dr. Jill

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The Memory Doc by Jill Joyce, PhD

Volume I:26 March 15, 2005

In This Issue:

* St. Patty's Joke, Reagan Optimism & Memory Quote

* Editor's Note: Celtic Woman Concert PBS

* Why Alzheimer's Is Not Just Genetic

* Ronald Reagan, Blood Sugar, the Irish, & St. Patty's!

* P.S. Terri Schiavo-Schindler Update

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* St. Patty's Joke & Memory Quote

Q: Why did God invent alcohol?

A: To keep the Irish from taking over the world.

--Anonymous Old Irish Joke

* Reagan Optimism

There's a story about two little boys who wake up

early one Christmas morning and sneak downstairs to

check out the presents.

They get a surprise when they come around the corner

and see that someone has dumped a load of manure over

the tree and all the presents.

The older boy is very upset and shouts, "This is awful,

who would do such a thing, it's terrible, it stinks"

and on and on he whines doing nothing about it.

The younger brother goes to the shed in the back yard

and gets a shovel. He comes into the house and starts

digging in the mess saying,

"All this manure in here, there's gotta be a pony in

here somewhere!"

--A Ronald Reagan Favorite

" . . . Many conditions that result in severe memory

loss or dementia--such as vitamin deficiency, thyroid

disease, certain infections, drug reactions, circulatory

disease, brain tumors, small brain infarcts, head injuries,

and depression--are arrestable, reversible, or even pre-

ventable . . . "

--Crook and Adderly

From "The Memory Cure"

**********************************************

Dear Friends,

As I embark on some health issues of my heritage, first--as

an Irish-American lady, I must insert--Happy St. Patty's

week to all!

I love to celebrate my Irish ancestry. This past week I

enjoyed an Irish festival in West Palm Beach with my mom

and new step-dad.

We also listened to the "Celtic Woman" concert on PBS. I

was totally wowed by 5 incredible Irish women! If you get

a chance, please take their powerfully moving music in. You

will be amazed!

http://www.celticcafe.com/Music/Celtic_Woman/

On to the questions of memory health and some penetrating

thoughts for all of us (especially the Irish) that jarred

within me as I thought about St. Patty's Day and the story

of a wonderful, charming, intelligent Irish-American,

President Ronald Reagan.

*********************************************

* Why Alzheimer's Is Not Just Genetic

Before talking about President Reagan's case, to make my point,

I'd like to review the many leaks in the theory that

Alzheimer's is just a genetic problem you can't do anything

about.

In fact, believing Alzheimer's is inevitable is as bad as

letting yourself get fat so you can have liposuction treat-

ments.

Instead, perhaps you might want to review some researched

facts . . .

For example, did you know that those who avoid head-injuries

or minor strokes, also avoid Alzheimer's?

David Snowdon's research shows that even persons with the

genes for Alzheimer's do not acquire the symptoms if

mini-strokes do not occur first.

Researchers like Ann Wigmore found that green vegetable

products like wheat grass proved helpful to dementias

as early as the 1940's. Many other doctors like Robert

Young M.D. and Gary Null Ph.D. agree.

Eat green veggies. They decrease acid, increase alkalinity,

and get oxygen to the blood.

Many report that simply getting proper Omega 3 daily

is an absolute must. Since the body cannot produce Omegas,

this must be achieved through outside sources like eggs,

fish and vitamins. By the way, children need Omegas as much

as adults do.

Anti-oxidants, high in berries, are also very important to

protect us from free radical damage.

Then there is the huge problem we all share of not drinking

enough water.

Many neurologists increase hydration before deciding on any

other course of action when Alzheimer's or other dementia

symptoms first appear.

And after autopsies, the shrunken brains of Alzheimer's

patients look very much like what they needed was more water!

Look at your plants. You know when they're dry because they

look it.

Plus, the lack of vitamin absorption increases as we age

and contributes to Alzheimer's development. Use of liquid

nutrition, sublingual vitamin tabs, and vitamin sprays are

now popular for this reason. I even sell liquid nutrients.

Many people still believe they can get all their nutrition

from food.

However, what they don't realize is that since the environment

today is so highly toxic, there are fewer nutrients in the

ground than ever before. Our food supply is becoming more

and more vitamin deficient and toxic.

Even our government has informed us that supplemental

nutrition is required for prevention of disease in the

world we live in today, while at the same time they want

to regulate our consumption. Sigh . . .

Then toxins like--alcohol, drugs, legal drugs and anaesthesias

rob us of our vitamins. Even worse, incorrect mixtures of

medications, like heart drugs and psychiatric meds often

cause memory loss problems.

And, of course, stress hurts memory deeply and causes people

to be unable to process information. Anxiety and depression,

for example, send a hormone to the brain called "cortisol,"

which then attacks the memory center.

That's why exercise is so helpful to memory, because it

reduces stress and cortisol. Plus exercise also fills the

blood with needed oxygen.

ADD, ADHD, lack of thyroid, estrogen, or testosterone and

other hormone problems, plus other brain illnesses and

mental disorders, all contribute to memory loss and can

contribute to Alzheimer's.

Not surprisingly, those who engage in fewer educational

pursuits have weaker memory skills and a greater risk of

dementia and Alzheimer's.

At first, I disagreed with this point, lest we forget all

the educated people--like President Ronald Reagan--who have

succumbed to Alzheimer's.

However, there is more than one way to develop Alzheimer's.

So now, let's look at what we know of Ronald Reagan's case.

****************************************************

* Ronald Reagan, Blood Sugar, and St. Patty's Week!

Ronald Reagan was from an Irish family with an alcoholic

father and a loving mother.

Alcoholism's presence, in and of itself, affects dietary

habits. To start, alcohol contributes to depression and the

depletion of B vitamins. Both are very harmful to the memory.

When the father of the family is alcoholic, as was the case

in Reagan's family, it is typical that the children are the

recipients of a lesser diet. Why?

The family's budget for food is usually spent on alcohol and

the concern about a good diet is reduced with the lack of

sobriety. Thus, there is less attention to proper nutrition--

though I'm sure President Reagan's mother did her best.

Children's eating habits are determined by the parents. When

the importance of procurring healthy food for children is

not understood or cannot be the focus due to a distraction

like alcoholism, children are reduced to searching for sugars

and easily accessed refined carbohydrates.

These offer empty calories without vitamins for the growing

brains. Such habits form early and are not easily broken.

Thus, Ronald Reagan's love of jelly beans started long before

he was President, but seemed harmless enough, and probably

helped him feel normal until his aging process kicked in.

Other young people might not have fared as well as he did in

a similar environment. He had a very positive bent encouraged

by his mother and often told the old story above about how he

kept searching in that manure because he was sure there had to

be a pony in there somewhere!

You see--since low blood sugar can make us feel unable to

think clearly, most people are confused by this problem.

They believe they can aid their blood sugar by adding sweets or

refined carbs instead of fruits or veggies to clear up the

foggy moments of the day.

I'm sure Ronald Reagan must have felt this way throughout his

life. Yet, this type of thinking is unfortunate.

High sugar foods cause us to produce insulin and send us

running for more sugar. At their worst, they lead to

abnormalities like Alzheimer's, weight gain, diabetes,

bi-polar d/o, irritability, etc. At best, they get us through

the moment.

Instead, maintain a healthy blood sugar level by eating a

healthy diet. Then blood sugar will stay normal and balanced

throughout your day. As a general rule, avoid skipping meals

so your blood sugar will remain steady and even-keeled.

Healthy blood sugar comes from balanced proteins, lots of green

vegetables, low sugar fruits, and healthy whole grains eaten at

about the same time and in the same amounts each day.

By the way, all food eventually turns into sugar. That's why

it's called "blood sugar." The slower this occurs, the better

for your health and memory.

Unhealthy blood sugars occur from sweets, alcohol, white

refined carbohydrates like white sugar, white flour, white

rice, and even white potatoes--a staple of the Irish people.

Unfortunately, the availability of the white potato to the

Irish, which produces fast sugar helps keeps the Irish in the

habit of eating foods that turn into sugar rapidly.

Though low blood sugar disappears for the moment, healthy blood

sugar will not be maintained this way. People in this habit

must return for more fast sugars like sweets, bread, and alcohol to

normalize their systems again and again. A persistent cycle

develops.

So as for St. Patty's week--here's to your healthy memory,

mild alcohol consumption, and balanced eating habits! Try to

steer clear of white sugar, white flour, white rice and

white potatoes. Look for carbs that are called "whole grains."

If you plan to celebrate St. Patty's with alcohol this week,

please take extra vitamins, especially B vits!

Happy St. Patty's!

Dr. Jill

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The Memory Doc by Jill Joyce, PhD

Volume 1: 25 March 8, 2005

* Memory Quotes

* Editor's Note: Terri Schiavo-Schindler Update

* Article: Clearing The Clutter by Dr. John C. Maxwell

* Decluttering for an Elderly Family

* Final Memory Tip!

**********************************************

* Memory Quotes

"Concentration is the secret of strength in politics,

in war, in trade, in short, in all of human affairs."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

--Leonardo daVinci

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see

the whole staircase, just take the first step."

~-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives

as to make happiness impossible."

-~St. Augustine

"For the most part, we, who could choose simplicity,

choose complication."

-~Anne Morrow Lindbergh,

in "Gift From the Sea"

"Your house is your home only when you feel you have

jurisdiction over the space."

-~Joan Kron

"One needs focus in order to concentrate. Concentration

is on one thing, but focus is needed first in order to

gain that concentration."

--Andrew Sternberg

***********************************************

Dear Friends,

This past week I spoke to various people from the Terri

Schiavo-Schindler camp, who used the information from

myself and 13 other professionals to elicit cooperation

from the judge in the battle to save Terri's life.

The judge was surprised that there are health care

professionals out here who believe Terri, who has been

sitting idle since 1991, could improve with therapy and

stimulation.

Whether the input will help her family in their precarious

situation I do not know. Presently, a bill may be passed

protecting her constitutional rights. It will only help

her if there is enough time. Please keep her and her

parents in your prayers at this time.

So on to the message of the day . . .

Lots of people have commented to me just what they think

is important to a discussion of memory and memory loss.

Often their memory ideas boil down to about two sentences.

That obviously does not work for me! I only wish the human

mind and memory was that simple!

However, there are many principles related to increasing

simplicity and focus that affect memory.

This week's article by John Maxwell emphasizes this point.

At first glance, it appears to be a motivational piece.

But at the bottom of it all lies the issue of focus and

memory.

Enjoy!

**************************************************

* CLEARING THE CLUTTER

-- by Dr. John C. Maxwell

“. . . While many people squander their physical and mental

abilities, successful people learn how to focus, concentrate,

and persist.

Yet even those with a clear sense of purpose sometimes lose

their focus and their ability to concentrate on priorities.

Why? I've found it is usually the result of too much internal

clutter.

I've identified four types of clutter that I strive to keep

out of my life. The benefit is that I'm much better able to

concentrate on that which I do best.

1. Emotional clutter. This is the relational baggage that can

accumulate when we don't forgive those who have wronged us,

when we hold a grudge, or when we carry a chip on our shoulder

because of a grievance long past.

The price of holding on to emotional clutter is too high. Not

only will it steal energy from your focus, but it has serious

emotional and spiritual consequences as well.

2. Administrative clutter. Early on I discovered the need for

a system to help me deal with multiple projects and multiple

deadlines.

I have at least 20 things to accomplish in the next three days,

and I will be able to get them all done because I have learned

to organize so I don't waste time looking around for things or

wondering what comes next.

There's nothing magical about my system. Find one that works

for you and do it.

3. Calendar clutter. This is simply mastering the basic

principle of time management; you must prioritize your work

and spend your best effort on that which will yield the most

return.

Take a few moments to start listing all the things you've

done in the last 24 hours that gave you no return whatsoever.

Why did you do them? Do they need to be done at all, or can

someone else better do them for you? I haven't mowed my lawn

in over 30 years. Some people like working in the yard. I

don't.

Why would I give a couple of hours a week to something that

has no payoff for me when I could give those same hours to

concentrate on my priorities?

4. Trivia clutter. I always lose at Trivial Pursuit (TM)

because I don't commit to memory anything that I can find

quickly in a book or from someone else.

It's not that I have a bad memory - I just don't see the value

in allowing insignificant things to detract me from my focus.

Most people try to live in the path of a flood of trivial

phone calls, emails, and meetings. I say get rid of the trivia.

With clutter-free living, you'll find your focus clear and

your anxieties diminished.

More importantly, you'll see a level of productivity that

you've never experienced before.

You are set free to concentrate on that which you were

created to accomplish.”

*****************************************************

Wow! I couldn't agree with John more about simplifying your

life to improve your focus. It's important to get rid of

needless distractions!

But based on this article you may ask--why do I encourage

people to learn names and trivia to assist memory loss, if

some people, like John, think the extra information

interferes?

When memory is not being exercised daily, recalling names

and trivia strengthens the naming muscles. Trivia, jeopardy,

crossword puzzles, and word games do not add memory clutter

when they are played as extracurricular activities anymore

than study would hurt a student who needs it.

Remember, those in school, certain careers and retirement

do not necessarily utilize linguistic memory to its fullest

capacity everyday.

When someone is steeped in their work at the mid-life stage

and too much is on their plate, they may not need to acquire

useless trivia during that period. Enough is already going

on that taxes the memory muscles.

Obviously, John Maxwell's memory is still working very well

and he is talking about keeping an overloaded data base to

a minimum.

Nothing wrong with that if your ability to collect information

is still strong, and if you are going a mile a minute like he

is--using language skills regularly as he does in being a

speaker and writer.

But when you notice your naming ability decreasing on normal

days when you are not stressed--that would indicate a need to

recharge the naming center of the brain by practicing trivia

and other word games and activities. Or you may just need to

study, read, take a class requiring memory work.

And don't forget your exercise and vitamins, especially PS.

(See p. 248 of "Don't Forget" book for vitamin data.)

************************************************

* Decluttering for an Elderly Family

Also, there is another kind of clutter that John has not

mentioned at all that I believe affects most people's memory

terribly--and especially the memory process of the elderly

and young people.

You know--the real thing, clutter around a home. I constantly

strive to reduce my son's. He loves to collect things, and it

can be a real struggle between he and I because it stresses

me out and causes him to lose his focus.

Stress hurts memory! Focus is vital. So, of course, I hate

clutter and like everyone else, I have to work to eliminate

it.

If you have difficulty with clutter, as John Maxwell suggests

above, don't try to handle it all by yourself if you hate the

task. Pay someone to help you once in awhile and throw it out.

Or ask a friend to help you. Offer to do the same for them in

return.

Cleaning out is much easier when you team-up. For example, I

once helped a friend clean out her elderly parents' home.

It was loaded with excess items her mother saved as though

she was still living during the depression.

You could hardly move in the home, much less sit down

comfortably or think with any clarity in there.

Her mom and dad went away for a week, and we went in and

removed clutter and extra furniture that were keeping the

house unlivable.

The Salvation Army came. Her brother-in-law filled two U-Hauls

for the dumpster. Then we painted. Afterward, my friend, her

sister and brother-in-law and I went out and found them some

new furniture and redecorated.

Now naturally her mother was taken aback at first. Her father

was thrilled. Sometimes it take a family member like this

oldest daughter to see when clutter is hurting an elderly

person or couple.

Naturally, we were careful to be discerning about what

we removed.

Tons of old plastic bags and office supplies, beat-up pots,

pans, small appliances, and tupperware, piles of magazines and

junk mail, broken lawn furniture and shelves, chipped dishes,

and old tattered couches and chairs were all easy to decide

upon. And of course, the pantry needed to be cleaned out.

Now my friend made all the decisions, I just helped. This

was her idea. These were her parents, not mine. I was there

because she asked for my help. I actually enjoyed the process.

So don't be afraid to enlist a friend or barter with a

neighbor to complete such a project.

Do I think it was a great idea? Yes! And the positive

change in her parents' lives was really obvious. Improved self

esteem was the first obvious change. They felt loved!

If you know someone like this, you could do a wonderful service

by offering a helping hand if you have time and are able.

It's quite daunting for an elderly person to consider doing

this alone, and often, they will not do it with family members

simply out of embarrassment.

It's hard to concentrate if you cannot focus. Where there

is too much clutter, one will never focus on things of

importance.

Instead, everything will become unimportant--even those

things which are vital or lead to valuable concentration,

memory, and life will get lost in the shuffle.

Good luck! And remember, spring is around the corner. No

time like the present for this project to assist your

memory and life!

************************************************

* Final Memory Tip:

Open your mail over the trash can. Don't even bring junk

mail into the house if you can help it!

Best Regards,

Dr. Jill

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The Memory Doc by Jill Joyce, PhD

Volume I:23 February 14, 2005

* Memory Quotes

* Tina's Story: You Can't Believe Everything You Hear

* Tina Joins A Support Group

* When Tina Learns Her Brain is Healing

* The Diagnosis Dilemma--Being Stuck in a Box

* Never Give Up!

* Moral to Tina's Story

***********************************************

* Memory Quote

"As the good book says, good news will stay and

bad news will refuse to leave."

--Tevya

The Papa; Fiddler on the Roof

“We never treated my husband as an invalid,

Fortunately Franklin never wanted to be treated

like one."

--Eleanor Roosevelt

"Never, never, never give up."

--Winston Churchill

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Dear Friends,

This past week I've been honored by many people

asking me to bring my message about memory loss

to seminars for their organizations. These

include:

AAMFT (the Marriage and Family Therapy Association),

Oxywater (a distilled water that increases oxygen

absorption), Biometics.com (a dramatically effective

liquid vitamin line), and Dr. Phil's online continuing

educator, Professional CEU Online Learning.

The article written about Alzheimer's and my book

by Susan Grundner for the Miami Herald has also

been translated into Spanish for the newspaper

"Diario Las Americus."

And "VozCristiana.com," a Christian radio station

out of Miami wants to translate my memory loss

data for their listeners.

Thank you all for helping with this cause and

the mission of this non-profit institute.

Today I will present the story of Tina, (fictitious

name) a former client of mine who suffered memory

loss.

Hers is a fascinating, though not unusual story and

happens to people with all kinds of memory losses.

******************************************

* Tina’s Story—-You Can’t Believe Everything You Hear

This story reveals: People begin to believe in and hold

on to memory disorders even when there is huge evidence

they are improving.

Unfortunately, this often continues until a professional

exonerates them.

Tina came to a support group describing her irreparable

brain damage due to a head injury. She had been an

elementary music teacher, proud of her career, who had

recently remarried after being divorced for many years.

An unfortunate accident occurred at her public school

work place and over time she began to deteriorate and

eventually became unable to function.

The accident involved a heavy piece of equipment that

fell and hit her on the head. During a four-year period,

she began to have memory loss and other symptoms.

She was forgetful and easily confused, plus her

vocabulary and ability to focus and think began to

shrink.

She became unable to work, drive, organize, or do

normal every day errands.

Many doctors tried to be helpful. Then one doctor

told her the situation was hopeless, and she would

continually decline for the rest of her life and

end up in a nursing home.

This was the last thing she needed to hear.

Believing that one doctor, she went to bed and told her

new husband to leave her. (When we feel ill, it's so easy

to believe the worst.)

After a year of that behavior, he did leave, encouraged

to do so by two psychiatrists.

Over the next six years, Tina says, all she did was sleep

her life away.

***************************************************

* Tina Joins A Support Group

Then she appeared at my support group one day and reported

in a surprisingly animated and charming fashion how her

life was ruined, and she was going to decline continually,

growing progressively worse until her death.

This was what she firmly believed. She and others at the

group wondered if she should have surgery for her injury.

I asked her if she was driving, and she reported that she

had driven herself to our meeting place that day. Very

quickly, it became obvious to me that she had either

received bad information, or that over the years, it was

unknown to her that she had very much improved.

**************************************************

* Tina Learns Her Brain is Healing

Only after I pointed out to her that she was healing and

not degenerating, did Tina's life begin to make a complete

turn around.

You see, until another professional convinced her that

she was getting better, she treated herself according

to the hopeless diagnosis: As a degenerating brain

injured woman with memory loss waiting to get

progressively worse and worse until her death.

At first, she simply could not believe me when I told

her she was getting better and went running back to

see her neurologist.

Her neurologist agreed that she was indeed doing fine.

Tina was dumbfounded.

Of course, this was exciting that she improved over the

six years, but it was also sad that she sent her husband

away and was alone and he was with another woman.

Then, with a great deal of encouragement and therapy,

she finally began teaching music again.

Believe me, it took enormous courage for her to begin

her previous work again. Her self-esteem was severely

eroded. My main work with her was to restore her

confidence, not her memory.

**************************************************

* The Diagnosis Dilemma--Being Stuck in a Box!

Sadly, this type of story is not uncommon to therapists.

People are told they will or will not get better for

many reasons including:

Liability issues, poor insurance coverage, lack of

certainty or expectation for healing on the part of

the doctor, poor communications with the doctor, or

they simply avoid the ongoing doctor appointments all

together out of fear.

Others are getting better just as Tina did, but still

believe they are sick. Thus, they act accordingly,

because they are holding onto their hopeless diagnosis

and a poor prognosis of what will happen in the future.

It's always wonderful when one of them begins to realize

the truth of their improvements, the fragility of a

permanent diagnosis, and moves on to a bright new path

of life again like Tina finally did.

***************************************************

* Never Give Up!

Actually, this whole problem could be solved if our society

would stop believing that the brain does not heal!

If you leave the doctor with a broken arm, you still expect

it to improve even if the doctor can not tell you exactly

how long it will take to be perfect.

Granted, all disorders are not the same, but as a culture,

we simply refuse to believe the brain has the healing

abilities of the rest of the body. And we are wrong!

We give up on the brain first, prompting it to shut down.

It responds accordingly as does our behavior.

Giving up is the last thing one should do, and then, only

after degenerative illness has one ready for hospice!

Recognition of improvement and healing opportunities do

not arrive in the vacuum of idleness.

Thus the quotes above by Tevya, Eleanor Roosevelt, and

Churchill.

*****************************************************

* The Moral to Tina's Story: Encourage those who claim

they have memory weaknesses and illnesses to believe in

themselves again!! And remember, brain cells heal!

*****************************************************

By noticing a person's remaining strengths you will help

them build up from there. If they are to succeed, that

is where they must begin.

Check my research sources (Claire; Marks; Rossi; Sachs;

Snowdon)! Also, my book offers many testimonies of brain

healings in Chapter 6.

You can read more about Tina in Chapter 7 of my book:

"Dont Forget: What Drug and Insurance Companies Don't

Want You To Know About Memory Loss."

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Volume I:22 February 8, 2005

Vitamin/Supplement Law in Crisis!

You can help yourself and your family prevent

major Memory Loss through proper diet and

nutrition.

It is now an established fact with incredible

research to back it up.

This week you have the opportunity to help the

citizens of the USA keep access to nutrients

that protect a strong memory.

Please forward this letter on to others who

would help with this cause!

We are all facing possible loss of vitamin

supplementation at this time due to an upcoming

law in congress.

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* From a 1970 New York Times Article

* Editor's Note

* Letter for Your Congressman - Please Send!

* Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

* Additional Links on this Crisis

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* From a 1970 New York Times Article titled:

“Dear Vice President Agnew” by Nicholas Johnson

October. 11, 1970, sec. 2, p. 17, col. 1

"Our entire consumer-manipulating economy is based

on a dishonest, destructive exploitation of human

emotions and motivations.

Television teaches -- with continuous, air-hammer

effectiveness -- the dangerous and debilitative

lie that the solution to all life's problems and

nagging anxieties can be found in a product,

preferably one that is applied to the skin or

taken into the body.

It has so distorted and demeaned the role of women

as to make it almost impossible for either men or

women to relate to each other in other than a

sex-object, manipulative way.

It has educated our children to go for the quick

solution, to grow impatient and disinterested in

developing skills and solutions requiring

discipline and training.

And it has urged us all to seek "better living

through chemistry." . . .

But we can't wait much longer if history is not

to record our presiding over the decline and fall

of the American empire -- complete with words,

music, and a drug culture sold to the American

people by large contributors to Presidential

campaigns."

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Dear Friends,

When I think about things that upset me, fewer could

be higher on my list than the current problems in

the health care industry.

But this one, on memory loss, is one I have witnessed

and been a part of now for over 30 years.

From the article above, one realizes our dilemma of

believing pharmaceuticals can save us from all our

ills did not start yesterday. We have been educated

systematically by wealthy entities for decades!

And we have unfortunately avoided simple, sane

solutions that offer memory and mental health--like

injesting proper nutrients to enhance and increase

the brain's effectiveness.

It is tragic that we continue to have so little

understanding of the brain, the bodily organ which

controls so much of our lives!

Over my career, I have watched people, up close and

personal, get their brains healed on a regular basis

from memory loss and other mental, cognitive &/or

learning problems. How? By changing some negatives

and improving their nutrient intake, diet, exercise

and mental stimulation and activities.

Then I watched normal help erode via insurance and

the continuing sorry bandaids that drug companies

place over any problem to do with the 'mind.'

"Better living through chemistry" has been their motto

and method of caring for the public ills!

What a mess this has created for our human minds! We

exist amongst a culture loaded with raging unsettled

brain neurotransmitters for this reason.

Those same wealthy forces that have moved us to become

a culture embedded in dosing ourselves with legally

prescribed drugs now seek to erode your ability to

deal properly with problems like memory loss even more

by removing vitamins from your reach.

This is happening right now in congress.

How important is nutrition to memory loss issues you may

ask? It's huge!

That is why I am urging you to visit:

http://www.saveoursupplements.org/about.html

Learn who you can contact in your state to prevent

laws from being passed that will take normal vitamin

supplements for memory health away from us.

And then, please consider sending out a communication

like the following one to your congressmen.

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* Letter for Your Congressman - Please Send!

Dear ______,

More than seven out of ten Americans use dietary

supplements to fortify their bodies and improve

their health. I am alarmed by the discussions in

Congress to change the law governing these safe,

affordable and effective products, including

vitamins, minerals, herbal and specialty products.

Although the safety record for dietary supplements

far surpasses many conventional foods and most drug

products, some in Congress seem intent upon imposing

standards that in some cases exceed those for

over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

This translates into higher costs and fewer product

choices for me, the consumer.

The law governing supplements, the Dietary Supplement

Health and Education Act (DSHEA), clearly gives the

Food and Drug Administration all the authority it

needs to police the marketplace and keep bad products

from being sold.

Congress surely recognizes that there is a healthcare

crisis in this country. By supporting changes to DSHEA,

you would limit people's access to products that help

keep them healthy. Please keep this law intact.

I urge you to support DSHEA and vote against any

legislation and amendments that would modify the law.

Thank you. I look forward to your response.

Your Name

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Again, if you would like more information on how to hold

onto the basic freedom we have to use vitamins and a link

that will connect you to your constituents, please

click on the following link:

http://www.saveoursupplements.org/about.html

Or read on to review part of our present Dietary

Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994:

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* Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

Signed by President Clinton on October 25, 1994, the

DSHEA acknowledges that millions of consumers believe

dietary supplements may help to augment daily diets

and provide health benefits.

Congress's intent in enacting the DSHEA was to meet

the concerns of consumers and manufacturers to help

ensure that safe and appropriately labeled products

remain available to those who want to use them.

In the findings associated with the DSHEA, Congress

stated that there may be a positive relationship

between sound dietary practice and good health, and

that, although further scientific research is needed,

there may be a connection between dietary supplement

use, reduced health-care expenses, and disease

prevention.

The provisions of DSHEA define dietary supplements

and dietary ingredients; establish a new framework

for assuring safety; outline guidelines for literature

displayed where supplements are sold; provide for use

of claims and nutritional support statements; require

ingredient and nutrition labeling; and grant FDA the

authority to establish good manufacturing practice

(GMP) regulations . . .

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* Additional Links on this Crisis

Or follow this link for more on the Laws in place

at the present time:

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dietsupp.html

And this one to contact your lawmakers:

http://www.saveoursupplements.org/about.html

Be well and . . .

Thanks so much,

Dr. Jill

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The Memory Doc by Jill Joyce, PhD

Volume I:21 January 31, 2005

* Memory Quote

* Editor's Note About Acronyms and Acrostics

* Article: Diary of a World Memory Champion

by Andi Bell

* Summary of 12 Memory Pointers from Andi

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* Memory Quote

"I do the very best I know how--the very best I

can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end."

--Abraham Lincoln

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Hi, Friends,

When I review what people discuss with me about

memory, I recognize that memory loss is such a

misunderstood and incredibly subjective phenomenon.

What one person considers horrendous for their memory,

another person doesn't even notice or attempt to change.

Among my clients, recently, one person came looking

to improve short-term memory, who believed they did

not have any recall or short-term memory of any kind

at all.

This belief was accompanied by the fact that there

was no significant life changing event or brain injury.

When the person came into my office, their natural

abilities revealed plenty of short-term recall.

This can easily be seen in the ability to hold onto

ideas and concepts while conversing, (especially on the

topics we discussed.)

To improve short-term recall, one must simply gain

greater control over their attempts to focus and

practice the desired skill.

So I started this person with some needed exercises to

increase focus and gave them information about the

vital nutrition and vitamin protocol so necessary.

Next, short-term recall exercises will be helpful. Even

games like concentration or studying vocabulary, verses,

poetry, famous quotations or book passages will help.

When I encouraged the person to use memory aids and

techniques, they came back with an interesting question.

'Isn't it kind of like cheating to use extra help from

diaries, PDA's, journals--or even from mnemonics aids

like acronyms and acrostics?'

Now most of you know PDA's are small hand-held Personal

Digital Assistant computers.

Acrostics are sentences like "Every good boy does fine."

This one aids in recalling notes of the treble cleff

"E-G-B-D-F."

Whereas, acronyms are just words or short abbreviations

like USA. Here's another: "FEAR" can often be considered

"False Evidence Appearing Real." One might refer to

"F-E-A-R" to bring forth the memory of that idea.

But to his question, isn't it like cheating to use

these aids, my answer is an unequivocal "No!"

Students and professionals have always used these

types of aids and many others. The more helpful

methods you have in place to flex your memory muscles

the better chances you have of building more memory

and succeeding in your ventures requiring good memory.

If your pride is standing in your way of developing

additional memory strategies, you are like a person

who refuses to use weights at the gym or do other

exercises and then expects to suddenly be able to

lift heavy furniture without any problems.

Let me give you an example from someone who flexes all

possible memory muscles everyday as part of his normal

routine.

Read from the Diary of a World Memory Champion and

then you may realize, as he does, memory responds to

many factors.

[I will add numbers to each of his memory aids to

review and summarize them below. I will also delete

unnecessary data.]

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* Diary of a World Memory Champion by Andi Bell

1.] 11:00 am - I've just woken up. This is because I was

awake until four o'clock last night practicing with

playing cards.

The world championship is just five weeks away and

I've still got to find a few improvements if I'm to

retain my title comfortably.

2.] 11:14 am - First task of the day, as ever: read my

emails. I get a mixture of enquiries from media

organizations and requests for memory advice from

individuals . . .

3.] 11.39 am - While the computer is still on, I decide

to practice the spoken number test . . .

A random decimal digit is heard every second. I have

to sit there, committing each and everything to memory,

thereafter writing the entire number down correctly.

The best anyone in the world has done is 128 . . .

I end up making a single error – not too bad given

there's still time to improve.

4.] 12.27 pm - Time to eat. When I’m at home, I always

cook my own meals.

I've been a vegetarian for about fifteen years and I

normally opt for something either Indian or Italian.

2:16 pm - I am contracted to do some promotional

radio interviews on behalf of a telephone company that

possesses one of the new directory enquiries' numbers.

I have partly taken the work on as a challenge.

5.] I want to see if I can get their number into the public

imagination by telling people how to remember it instead

of hitting them over the head with the conventional

advertising methods that the other companies are relying

on--hardly anyone can remember those numbers anyway!

6.] 4:54 pm - I find some time to practice for the names

and faces event in the world championship. We get fifteen

minutes to look at a hundred full names and faces.

Then, in recall, we see them again in a different order

and without the names which we have to fill in underneath.

The task is easy enough for me; I will score about

8 percent.

This is okay because we are not punished for errors in

this one; but training for it is tricky as I have to

find the names and faces to practice with.

7.] On this occasion, I use a newspaper that shows about a

hundred local council members. And it goes really well

considering I haven't done this since last year's

championship.

8.] 6:37 pm - I eat only lightly in the early evening

because I don't want to be lethargic for one of the

key parts of my training - hitting the road.

9.] Every night I make sure I run for at least a quarter

of an hour - a jog interspersed with short sprints . . .

I bet my rivals weren't out running, though!

Physical fitness alone won't help your memory on its own,

but since I need to sit and concentrate for hours in some

disciplines, surprisingly that is where this helps.

Afterwards, I lift some weights.

10.] 8:56 pm - I must sleep properly tonight. Disrupted

sleep--especially jet lag--is the worst thing for

damaging your memory performance.

The championship is in Malaysia, so I will start

adjusting to the different time zone long before I go

out there . . .

11.] Before I turn in, I make notes of a few mundane

things I have to remember to do tomorrow.

I must work out roughly what I'm going to talk about

when I do a Guardian interview.

I need a new battery for my stopwatch – all the events

are timed memorizations, so I always need to time what

I'm doing.

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* Let's review 12 points I found in Andi Bell's diary:

1. He stayed up until 4 AM the night before practicing

memory skills with cards. Don't underestimate flash

cards when improving memory skills!

2. He communicates with people. He does so by email.

However, the fact that he communicates with others

in his day is what is important.

3. He practices recalling digits and attempts to recall

over a hundred digits--something one could only learn

to do by practicing at it rigorously and long-term.

4. He likes vegetables. He admits to being a vegetarian.

Vegetables are extremely important to good memory.

He also likes Indian food which has a lot of curry and

turmeric and Italian food full of olive oil.

All of these ingredients are excellent for memory

and remove plaques that create Alzheimer's.

5. He teaches his memory techniques to others. Many of

his ideas include mnemonic systems to help him and us!

I will review some of these here in the future.

6. He practices putting Names and Faces together for

that memory championship event, but only expects to

get 8 percent of the answers correct in his practice

time. Thus, naming is a hard skill even for a memory

champion.

7. He uses the local newspaper's photos of local council

members to practice the names and faces memory event.

8. He eats lightly in the evening to avoid being

lethargic so he can get some exercise.

9. He jogs 15 minutes each night and then lifts weights

after jogging because, as he says, he sits for hours

concentrating and practicing his skills!

Make sure you get exercise and some mental concentration

in each day.

10. He has started the process of protecting himself

from jet lag at the championship which is 5 weeks away

by getting to sleep early way ahead of time! Wow! Is he

dedicated or what! Plus, he realizes how vital sleep is

to memory skill!

11. #11 and #12 may be the most amazing points

of all! He MAKES NOTES to himself to remember.

He might even keep them in his PDA or a computer!

First, he writes notes about what he will speak about,

and second, he makes a note to buy a watch battery!

12. Finally, from reading what he has written

above, you can see he also does one other vastly

important thing--he keeps a diary--a written

journal of his daily activities.

There are some interesting points here about human

memory. This is the story of a person with an

incredible one.

So I hope his diary has offered some helpful tools

and tips!

Warm wishes,

Dr. Jill

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