Gingko Biloba with Ginseng
Siberian ginseng (recommended for Parkinson's Disease) patients is a perfect additive to ginkgo biloba when you feel like your memory file cabinet is in Siberia in a deep freeze. You can also improve memory and thaw your brain with 100 mg of Panax ginseng and 60 mg of ginkgo biloba, according to a 2000 study by Cognitive Drug Research Ltd, Reading, UK.
Just be careful if you're pregnant and taking ginseng. Always consult a medical professional. Ginseng is great for energy, so you've been told, and in combination with ginkgo biloba, allows you to think creatively and devise ways to use that mojo that you've got working!
But do us a favor: When you're feeling your ginseng and taking ginkgo biloba, oh, behave! You can't get too ambitious when you're seven months pregnant. Save your energy for the three a.m. feedings and diaper changes.
Remember Your Vitamins
Remember to take your vitamins. But if you improve memory support, you don't need those pill organizers and reminders, right? Wrong. Everyone's brain gets so cluttered with to-do lists and random thoughts that?they need guidelines. It doesn't mean you're losing your memory completely--remembering to be organized is a sign that your vitamins are working. But first you have to organize your vitamins. You might make notations like this:
- Folic Acid/Vitamin B--800 mcg--supports memory and the heart
- Ginkgo Biloba--60 mg--supports memory
- Neuro PS--100 mg--improves neurotransmitter functions
- Coenzyme-Q10--200 mg--prevents neurodegenerative diseases
Post this on your pill organizer and on your refrigerator. Write yourself a Post-it note to remember to post your list! You can improve memory through a combo of vitamins and mental exercises. Now you can remember to take your vitamins so you can remember to...what was that again?
Anti-Inflammatory Vitamins
You're angry and hot under the collar because your boss just accused you of misplacing the Dobson report. Don't get inflamed. Temper will only worsen the plaque deposits that build up and block neural function. Those same plaque roadblocks have a mysterious way of speeding up Alzheimer's and dementia, as well as general absentmindedness. The solution? Add more spice.
While vitamin B, ginkgo biloba, neuro ps and coenzyme Q-10 can all improve memory, anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs such as ibuprofen can melt plaque. But if you can't take ibuprofen (even though an aspirin and a martini sound appealing right now), do what Asian cultures have been doing for centuries. Eat ginger and take turmeric capsules.
These hot stimulating spices keep the blood flowing and the nerves firing...so you don't get fired. You can also keep cool under pressure with a clearer memory...which helps, because your boss is Donald Trump and you're on "The Apprentice." Turmeric, you're hired!
What Is Gingko Bilboba?
If you saw Treebeard with your teens in "The Lord of the Rings" and if you remember fairy tales about ancient and wise trees, you've just answered the question, "What is ginkgo biloba and what does it do for me?" Ginkgo biloba, like NEURO-PS, coenzyme-Q10, and Vitamin B, is a brain tonic that makes memory perform more amazing feats than Peter Jackson's special effects team. Remembering where you parked your car and the name of the first guy you kissed in junior high is a miracle! Plus, you're less likely to get Alzheimer's, tinnitus, depression, cardiovascular disease, and asthma. How does ginkgo do all that? Ginkgolides A, B, and C, plus quercetin, bilobalide, and kaempferol help:
- Control plaque in the heart
- Act as powerful antioxidants
- Increase blood supply to the whole body, especially the brain
- Regulate the neurotransmitters such as dopamine.
Lack of dopamine, for example, is associated with Parkinson's Disease, and neurotransmitters help promote well-being and that general "good feeling" Think about it--when was the last time you saw a depressed, forgetful tree? With CGI effects, trees can even walk...and you can remember your mom's birthday! Because, you know, old wise trees never forget. Remember to jog your teens' memory after you watch "Return of the King" for the tenth time.
Gingko Biloba Dosage
Memory, all alone in the moonlight, I can smile at the old days...when I remembered to take ginkgo biloba! You need that ginkgo biloba to help your father who has Parkinson's. Actually,your father needs ginkgo biloba too, 300 mg, as well as 100-1,500 mg of co-enzyme-Q10 and 2,000-10,000 mg of vitamin C. POWER AGING from Bottom Line Publications has a complete list of a Parkinson's formula to improve memory.
Try NEURO-PS as well. But you, the caregiver and loving son or daughter, need 30-60 mg of ginkgo biloba twice daily, plus all the vitamins you can get to improve memory and keep your energy level. Now you and your father can sing "Memory" and "Try to Remember" together in September!
Vegetarian? You Still Need Memory Improvers
You think to yourself that being a vegetarian makes you a more enlightened being. It probably does. And you have a better memory too, right? After all, chickens and cows may feel pain, but they don't remember from day to day, do they? Unfortunately, despite all the kale and spinach (good for you with lutein), tempeh and Basmati rice, you're still forgetting where your best friend is having her one-woman "performance art" show. She's forgetting her lines too! Here's some very veggie advice:
- While the hormones in beef and in non-organic food may be harmful, you get a deficiency of vitamin B-12 when you don't eat meat. Vegetarians need the recommended vitamin B-12 dosage in B-Complex, or supplements or vitamin B-12 lozenges.
- If you consume soy, you may still need neuro PS, a nutrient you can take in capsule form. While the effects of soy are a source of debate, the soy phospholipids in neuro PS protect your grey matter and reduce the risk of cognitive dysfunction. After all, foggy thinking is what you try to avoid by going green, right?
- Coenzyme-Q10 is the wonder supplement. It can turbocharge your brain by speeding up the metabolism in your brain cells and shock-proof your mitochondria so that you still have strong dopamine levels. So even though you're calm in your yoga class and your mind is quiet, your brain is still lively. Or perhaps your mind is quiet because your brain is lively and you can concentrate.
- Ginkgo biloba and ginseng lubricate and energize your brain cells too. But you knew that, right? Forgot? Take more vitamin B-12. We mentioned shock-proofing. Your friend likes to shock with her post-feminist meditation, and you want all your cognitive powers so you can dissect it over a meal of tabbouleh and hummus--just bring the vitamin B-12 to the meal when your friend forgets her lines and goes into a rendition of "Oh What a Beautiful Morning."