Many women who suffer from memory lapses during menopause describe them as aggravating, frustrating, and stressful. Preventing and overcoming all menopause symptoms is important, and knowing what foods to add to your diet can make all the difference.
Eating spinach can be important in the fight against memory lapses, among other benefits. There are three recommended ways of going about preventing and reducing menopause symptoms: lifestyle changes, natural supplements, and prescription medication. Eating spinach falls into the first category and contributes to a healthy diet and lifestyle plan to help ease symptoms of menopause. Read on for more about spinach and memory lapses.
Spinach and Memory Lapses
Lifestyle changes are the first recommendation for any woman suffering from problems associated with menopause, and with memory lapses, it's no different. A poor diet can often account for the frequency or intensity of many symptoms. The vitamin K in spinach helps memory processes as well as the calcification of bones.
Preliminary studies have shown that spinach may be able to help improve memory. However, there's more to spinach than this alone.
About Spinach
Popularized by Popeye, spinach has long since been looked at as the vegetable that makes you strong. However, the true benefits of spinach differ from cartoon-like strength. Alongside the vitamin K that it contains, which helps the nervous system and the brain, there are multiple other benefits of consuming spinach. These include:
Digestion
A single serving of spinach helps with digestion, prevents overeating, and maintains good blood sugar levels while providing almost 20% of your recommended daily fiber.
Benefits of vitamin A
The vitamin A helps not only skin but also the respiratory, intestinal, and urinary tracts. In addition, zeaxanthin and lutein - two vitamin A precursors, or carotenoids, found in spinach - help protect vision from macular degeneration and cataracts.
Healthy heart and bones
Blood pressure, osteoporosis, and atherosclerosis are all aided by the selenium, zinc, manganese, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E in spinach.
Anti-inflammatory action
Spinach contains a high level and wide variety of phytonutrients - including flavonoids and aforementioned carotenoids - which can function as anti-inflammatory agents.
More about Memory Lapses and Spinach
Alongside eating more spinach, try to ensure that your diet includes enough vitamin B, C, D, and E. There are a lot of vitamins and minerals that relate to mental function, and all of these are important in ensuring your memory remains sharp and strong. Physical and mental exercises are also beneficial in improving cognitive function in menopausal women.
Follow the links below for more information about memory lapses and treatments.
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- Devi, G. et al. (2005). Prevalence of memory loss complaints and other symptoms associated with the menopause transition: a community survey. Gender Medicine, 2(4), 255-264. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16464737
- U.S. Department of Agriculture. (1999). AgResearch Magazine; Can Foods Forestall Aging? Retrieved from http://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/1999/feb/aging
- U.S. Department of Agriculture. (n.d.). Nutrient Database: Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt. Retrieved February 25, 2016, from http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list