Do you remember reading T. Boone Pickens donating $5 million dollars to the UT Dallas Center of BrainHealth recently? If not, you may be needing a "brain health physical".
Memory games and Sudoku are present day time fillers replacing tic tac toes and cross-word puzzles of yester year. The Alzheimer's rate is roughly 10% higher in US than 5 years ago, and the number of Canadians with Alzheimer's is expected to double by 2030 according to the Alzhiemer's Society of Cananda.
Dr. Sandra Chapman, director of the Center for Brain Health, explains that your mind needs a regular workout by testing "higher mental functions" as they do in their state of the art facility off Mockingbird in Dallas. I'm having a hard time visualizing this "brain gym", so I'm hoping for a visitors pass before I join.
We are aware that the injection of overprocessed carbohydrates and junk food on every corner is causing our obesity. But what's the culprit here? What is the blood sucking memory tic of today's fast paced world?
The information highway we are forced to drive day after day with no diet in sight. There's simply too much STUFF coming our way in every direction, every second, of every day. "Multi-tasking" has become a perceived necessity to survive: as a superstar in the boardroom or Super Mommy. But, it's time we slow down and stop.
We weren't designed to do 2 or more things simultaneously...it's unnatural and sooner or later, your brain is going to rebel.
(click HERE to read "How NOT to Multitask - Work Simpler and Saner" at ZenHabits.net)
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