Monday, April 5, 2010

Brain Food: Can diet help preserve your memory?

WBTV Health News Report on March 31

Media report three is on a news report from WBTV news on preserving your memory. This news report was on new research that suggests that a heart-healthy diet is a promising strategy to help keep diseases such as Alzheimers away. You should limit cholesterol and bad fats. You should also increase vitamin B intake. You can also eat more fish and green foods. Weight and blood pressure should also be lowered. Studies have shown that a healthy diet can help prevent mental decline.

Chapter six discusses memory. The information-processing model is an approach which focuses on the way information is processed. The book informs readers that nearly four million Americans have Alzheimer's disease. Sympotms begin with changes in memory (mild then severe). There is no present cure for Alzheimer's disease. The report from WBTV provides viewers with a way to help preserve memory. Since memory is very important, then a heart-healthy diet is worth trying.

Suicide

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Ely Portillo and April Bethea
The Charlotte Observer April 4, 2010

Media report two was on suicide. A little girl was the only survivor in the four person murder/suicide. The mother and youngest daughter were suffocated and the older daughter was stabbed to death. Three victims and the man who killed them were all found dead. The victims were killed two weeks before murderer. The policed were tipped by the Uncle who was calling to check on his niece. Once police got to apartment officers called to the man upstairs and the man did not respond. Then they heard two gun shots. A child ran out. The man died from suicide.

Chapter 11 on stress, discusses a possible reaction to frustration. Escape or withdrawal are ways that people sometimes respond to their frustration. A drastic way of escape is suicide. One wonders how life can be so bad that you want to take your own life? This article deals with a man who was obviously stressed with unknown problems. This man reacted crazily by first murdering his family and then he tried to escape his enduring problems by taking his own life. Stress is serious.