Ever grabbed your coat, jumped in the car and totally forgot where you were going? Or how about laughing and joking around with your very best friend in all the world, when suddenly you can't think of their name. You sluff it off, telling yourself, it's just a little brain slip, no big deal, I am young! Only old people are forgetful.

For the most part that is true. If you are over 40 years of age and you experience memory slippage, lack of coordination or balance, your attention span is shorter, can't concentrate for long periods of time, or your concentration is scattered you have something to be worried about. As we grow older these things can and do happen to many of us.

The astonishing truth is that if one or more of these things is happening to you, it could be the result of brain erosion. Brain erosion simply put means the brain actually erodes or shrinks. It is a scary fact YOUR brain can really shrink! In fact your brain can shrink 10 to 25 percent of total total volume due to the effects of stress alone.

Now the shocking part is this is happening to people as young as thirty years of age. According to 1970's, 1980's statistics brain erosion was only found in people over the age of 50. However, a major study conducted by Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) detected brain volume loss as early as age 30. Researchers also discovered that this brain volume loss often leads to dementia.

In addition people under 30 years of age may also lose cognitive function as a result of asthma, ADHD, allergies, digestive issues or diabetes. These medical issues result in a much lower B vitamins absorption rate, this literally is starving the brain for the right kind of nutrition, B vitamins. specifically B-12, vital to the absorption of so many other key nutrients.

Which begs the question, what is different now, what is causing brain erosion in much younger people than ever before? Stress, and it's damaging effects on our bodies is the biggest reason. Pollutants, lack of nutrition in our food, the relentless expectations we have for ourselves, mixed with other people's expectations of us all add up to stress personified! This nasty cocktail often times overload our bodies with ill effects such as brain erosion.

Young or old; if you feel you have experienced any of the above symptoms brain erosion might be taking place. Don't stress there is a solution to decreasing and even repairing the damage.

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