If your older parent or friend (or spouse) enjoys doing puzzles like crossword puzzles or sudoku, you might be best off going out and buying more of them to keep him or her busy. They do help many people keep their minds strong, say researchers.
Of course, this isn’t new news. We’ve read a few times about how “use it or lose it” also works for the brain, but a new study from New York has backed this up even further. The results were published in the most recent issue of the journal Neurology.
Researchers followed 488 people who were between 75 …read more

I discovered that my grandchildren had no prejudice when it came to the elderly with Alzheimer’s.  They accepted my mother as she was. 
The fact that she might not know them seemed to have no bearing upon the youngsters, who began visiting her at the nursing home when they were 2- and 6-years old.  They were 8 and 12 when she passed away. 
To the younger child, Mother’s ramblings were a language he said only he understood.  “Grandma talk to me,” he said, when I wondered what she was saying. 
When asked why she visited a great grandmother who didn’t know her, my granddaughter once replied, …read more

The life expectancy in Japan is one of the highest in the world. The Japanese people and their children were never obese until western food was introduced into their country.
On the island of Okinawa the people live a very long and healthy life. The history of the island shows that chronic diseases are practically non-existent. Their elderly do not suffer from dementia, heart attacks or strokes and cancer is almost unheard of.
Along with a much healthier diet the Japanese people drink green tea as their drink of choice, because of the powerful antioxidants it contains.
Drinking green tea puts the Japanese …read more