Cause of Memory Problems?

[daisya]

Reading another thread regarding memory problems and many people saying they suffer from it too, I know several people who, like myself are forgetting relevant things "for no reason" and not everyone who says it is old or at the "old duffer" stage (lol) which is often attributed to memory problems.

It set me thinking that perhaps it could be to do with fluoride (or additives) having been introduced into our lives, some health authorities have requested fluoride be added to water supplies and of course it's in most toothpaste too (not mine, I buy fluoride free though!) and wherever else we may have contact with it. Having Googled "fluoride and memory" apparently there have been some interesting studies done re affects of fluoride on the brain. Having read some of what's written it seems to fit into my way of thinking though not totally sure at the moment.

What do others think? Do you feel there may be a link to fluoride or other additives to things we eat and drink that could possibly be causing memory problems which people seem to notice they have? I'd be interested to know if you think there could be a cause other than it being age related? (What's my name again...who are you.....)

[Sqad]

daisya.....what an interesting question......and I have no idea of the answer, just a few points.

From the age of about 20-30 years of age, one tends to start to lose brain cells which eventually lead to memory loss in the elderly....usually short time memory loss. In simpler terms you can remember grandad taking you to Skegness and buying you an ice cream sixty years ago, but you cannot now remember where you put your purse this morning.
This is by far and away the commonest cause of memory loss and well down the league comes Dementia, Altzheimers and certain Depressive states.

Fluoridation:

I have seen no scientifically and properly conducted trials which show that fluoridation of drinking water plays any part in the onset of memory loss.
One can trawl the net, as many do, and produce scientific papers published to support your point or "rubbish it" and in my opinion this usually means that there is no widely acclaimed answer OR that is matters not a "toss"

I'm going to watch footie on TV now.

[TWR]

My memory short term bad, long term good, I used to del paper reels to a place called S.Norwood London 30yrs ago, I cannot remember the comp name but I could find it now without the Map / Sat nav.