How to Improve Your Memory

How to Improve Your Memory

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In order for you to have a strong memory, the health and strength of your brain matters a lot. You may be in a working profession that demands you to always be mentally sharp or a student trying to study hard in order to pass exams, but all this depend on your memory. There are various things that you can do to help you improve your memory.

Below are the tips on how to improve your memory:

 

Eat a Well-Balanced Diet

The type of food that you eat and those that you avoid has a great effect on your memory. Try eating fresh vegetables and healthy fats, but avoid sugary foods and grain carbohydrates. For example foods such as Celery, broccoli, walnuts and cauliflower contain antioxidants that help in the protection of the brain and stimulate the making of new brain cells. Coconut oil is a good example of the healthy fat that is important for brain function. It is recommended that an individual takes only two spoons in a day.

Get a Good Night Sleep

Most people believe that if you get the amount of sleep that can help you get by then you have everything in control. But this is where they go wrong, in order for your brain to function at its best you need to sleep for approximately 7 to 9 hours every night. Sleep is important to learning and memory. According to recent research it was proved that sleep is quite essential for memory consolidation, because the main memory enhancement activities take place during the deep stages of sleep.

Ensure that you create a routine such that you go to bed every night the same time and wake up in the morning at the same time. Avoid watching TV at night because it suppresses the hormones that make you sleepy. You also need to stop using caffeine that frequently because they make you sensitive during the night and therefore you might end up breaking your routine.

Play Brain Games

When you don’t often challenge your brain with new ideas, it tends to deteriorate because it is dormant. Try something new that you have always wanted to do and can easily challenge you brain into solving it. There are a number of brain games online that a person can play and it helps to jog their mind. A good thing that brain games do is that you get to learn something new, it challenges your brain, you get a reward if you are fast and you will get to learn a new skill.

Memory can be improved in very many ways. Exercise is very important in order to keep you feeling active and alive. Always try not to stay idle as this is one of the reasons as to why some people tend to forget things very fast.

 

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