Oxidative Stress Affects Cognitive Function

by Jeffrey H. Reinhardt, MSc

Just as a lack of physical exercise and inadequate nutrition leads to the loss of strength and muscle tone with the passage of time, the brain loses processing speed and the ability to process high frequency sounds. The age-associated reductions in short term and long term memory abilities are of great concern to many elderly people and their families.

There are many deleterious, interacting causes associated with the loss of dynamic, youthful brain functions with aging. Reduced circulation, certain drugs, exposure to environmental toxins and poor diet, especially decreased levels of fat and water-soluble antioxidants, each contribute to the decreased effectiveness of the brain’s nutritional antioxidant system, leading to the accumulation of unquenched free radical molecules in the brain. Any of these situations, alone or acting together, can generate oxidative stress conditions that lead to inflammatory imbalances in the whole brain or in isolated regions of the brain that control specific functions.

Protecting the aging brain from oxidative stress is vital in order to achieve a long, productive life while maintaining independence and the ability to maintain good vision, acute hearing plus to think and communicate clearly. Optimal brain health can be achieved by eating fresh, healthy foods and taking the potent, new inflammatory modulating brain-health product called MemoRx™. This formula provides Longvida® (an optimized extract of turmeric that ensures delivery to the brain of the potent antioxidant and metal chelating molecule, curcumin) plus vitamin D3, vitamin B3 as niacinamide, EGCG (the polyphenol from green tea) and serrapeptase, a proteolytic enzyme providing additional inflammation-modulating activity.

Another effective strategy to sustain healthy brain functions, is to use the neuron growth factors in Neuron Growth Formula to support the brain’s innate capacity to rejuvenate itself by activating the production of new neurons that are derived from stem cells in the brain. Neuron Growth Formula provides functional nutraceuticals that stimulate the development of new neurons and help to maintain the brain’s neural communication networks formed by the axons and dendrites that project from each of the new neurons.

The daily use of MemoRx and Neuron Growth Formula together is a novel and effective way to protect the brain from aging and the deleterious consequences of oxidative stress.