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Of all of the natural sources of BCAA's, pork is an excellent source of balanced BCAA's.

The Lumosity programs are designed for cognitive enhancement but have not been researched nor shown to speed up recovery from mTBI's. As such, you should be cautious to not overdo you time spent with the programs.

I have the complete set of Posit Science software and know that it can be easy to over-exert my brain working the exercises. Both Lumosity and Posit Science can tend to show improvements due to the learned ability to improve with the exercises. By that I mean, you learn how to do the exercise and get better because of that learned ability, not from an improvement in cognitive ability.

There is also an enhancement of under-learned cognitive functions. By bringing these cognitive functions up to a normal level, the subject notices an improvement. The value here is enhancing the brain's ability to implement work-arounds and other accommodations.

I have learned new ways of accessing visual memory that are very different than the previous "mind's eye" visual memory where I could visualize in my mind and thus remember. Now, I have learned how to use a non-visual and more intuitive visual memory. It is like I have to ignore any attempt to visualize and instead use a more blind intuition of what I saw. It is like I see on the computer screen a shadow of the object in its proper location that I am trying to remember.
I don't know it this is a visual remnant on the retina or a remnant in the visual processing center of the brain. Either way, I find it works.

Both programs are designed for the aging community and even younger set that have become fearful of Alzheimer's Disease. The research shows that the exercises do not delay the end deterioration but do delay the onset of disabling symptoms. The progression is delayed until the end when it takes place over a shorter span of time. A worthwhile gain but not an extender of lifespan.

What ever way one works to improve, getting some level of improvement is what matters. I knwo that my measured abilities are the same as they were many years ago. But, my abilities to use other skills and functions to work at a higher level has allowed me to overcome many of my dysfunctions during the good days. My bad days do not seem to be any better or worse.