Watching Television doesn't work your Brain

i dont have alzhiemers however i sure have sometimers LOL

well my mom fiannly gave up on thinking she didnt have alzhimers and she dont she just has short term memory but she did have dementcia and then later they gave here pills to slow down the alzhimers which she still dont have she had a stroke she is 87 sharp as a tack on long term memory.She kept very busy by playing the organ and doing things never sat to long infront of tv. Me am at the computer all the time or chasing granddaughter so I dont think my brain is sleeping lool. but it is very hard on people to all of a sudden fall to alzhimers for it creeps up on you. I never heard of a shrinking brain but I guess it can happen if you dont use it .So sorry for your loss I hope you are ok.

I am sorry to learn that your father passed away last year. I don't watch much television myself nowadays. I had read that one can get alzheimer's disease later in life if one doesn't exercise ones' brain. So i try to read newspaper daily , do word puzzles occasionally. Hopefully keep my brain involved will help matters. Cheers:)

Watching TV has always given ill effects.. Its not good for your eyes, brain and overall body..

..!! That was scary. Now I guess I'll get a phobic of my TV! It was something new for me to my knowledge area! Thanks for letting us know about it! I guess I must indugle in more realistic life rather than this digital world! I tend to watch TV almost whole of the day( its my holidays) I must do somethings else rather than letting my brain shrink!! Thankyou Zandi458.

Do you mean to say that ....watching Tv is the cure for alzemeimer's disease ......? please tell me what were you saying and i am amazed while reading the story i never knew that kind of disease ever i must get more knowledge about it just for information thanks for sharing .........

I don't believe all television puts your brain in neutral. If you watch cartoons, adult dirt, and sit coms all the time maybe. There are plenty of good educational programs and good challenging game shows on there, for both children and adults. Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, science programs, National Geographic are all great for the mind, just to name a few. Although televangelists get a bad rap at times, there are many good solid Biblical shows on, and for some people who are unable to get out of their homes, that is all the church worship they have. I do believe one can worship without going to church, but sometimes structure can be good too.

It depends on what you watch. We watch shows that teach things. Gardening, weather, who dun its and even game shows can keep your mind working. Of course often when I watch I also am doing other things. Multi tasking. Anyway, Alzhiemers is a bad thing though little is understood and it probably is linked to diet in some way. Sorry for your loss and I hope Alzhiemers does not visit your family again.

I'm sorry to hear about your dad. i don't watch much television anymore and I have to really block out everything else to sit and focus and pay attention to a show. I guess that would cause the brain to shrink a bit. Who knows? I am always using my brain for something. It is a wander my head or brain hasn't got bigger, LOL.

This is really interesting. I didn't know that link. I think it is true that a lot of people just sit all evening watching TV and not exercising their brains at all, when they could be doing so much more interestint things. In my opinion the TV is the worst invention ever.

Wow this is interesting. I haven't really thought about it but it wonders. As for watching tv there is nothing good on anymore.

Over conciousness may comes depression for few times.. So plz dont think about much alzeimer's. You have two good points on your discussion like.. 1.Active work helps to grow our brain. 2.Vice versa Actually, it really should be.. I think so!!

Yes, I have heard that people that even do crossword puzzles or word search puzzles will stay alert much longer. The more you exercise your brain the better you are. I had never heard of the brain shrinking but I guess that is exactly what it does. It shrinks because of no exercise.

well that is scary....how about if you are playing computer all day....is it just like watching tv, would you get alzheimer's from doing it.