Your memory is like a three legged stool.

When all three legs are strong the seat is strong and your memory is good.

When one or more of the legs are weak the seat is losing support and your memory is bad.

As the legs get weaker the seat loses more and more support.

AND YOU LOSE MORE AND MORE INFORMATION IN MEMORY

THE FIRST LEG of the stool makes new cells that capture new sensory information

For the first leg of the stool to be strong, and make new cells…

  1. Tissue must be hydrated and healthy
  2. The first leg must receive a brain derived neural growth factor (BDNGF) from the second leg.

The Second Leg involves you and you’re level of activity. 

Tissue and working cells need oxygen, water, carbs (energy) and protein to function.

They get them from the blood that’s available.

You make that blood available by your movement

When you’re active and moving blood is circulating at a good rate

Oxygen, water, carbs (energy) and protein are feeding cells at a good rate

When your blood is circulating at a good rate cells are communicating and getting things done faster  

Your blood circulates slowly when you’re sedentary  

Cells function slowly when you’re sedentary

The second leg can only produce and send BDNGF to the first leg when you’re active and moving

The first leg generates cells that capture new information so you can make new memories

At this point, you’re just making blood and what it carries available to the working cells in your brain.

 At this point, you need working cells to draw the available blood. That takes us to the third leg.

The Third Leg is about you and how you use your brain.

Learning new things or strengthening something you already know creates working cells that draw new blood