Seeking Sacred Sunni Knowledge

Ways to Improve One's Brain Function, Including Memory

    Many of us, including myself, have what I call ‘Brain farts’. The moment when you know you should remember or recall something, yet no matter how much energy you throw at the complication, no success! It is a ‘but it’s on the tip of my tongue’ moment. Or maybe it is a ‘where is my keys’ moment. Maybe it is reciting a surah that you have definitely memorized, yet when you need to recall it, a miserable blank overwhelms your mind. Some, if not all, of these previously mentioned scenarios happen to me, and I know they happen to others. Being the young person I am, I am a little worried that it is happening to me. So, when worried, turn to Allah and seek aid with His friends. I asked Shaykh Nuh what I could do about my memory/concentration problem and he recommended a book that addresses the problem(s) both physiologically, as well as spiritually. The book is written by a Sikh Doctor named Dharma Khalsa, who specializes in Alzheimers/dementia, titled Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Mind and Memory . His approach can be summarized as follows: exercise, nutritional therapy, stress management, and pharmacology.

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