Wouldn’t it be great to have a better memory?
Think of it. To be able to remember people's names. To easily memorize school work or the things you need to learn for your job. To not forget where you put your car keys.
Think of how much time you could save if you could improve your memory. How you could impress other people with your knowledge. How much aggravation and frustration you could avoid!
Well, you can have a better memory. I built this website to show you how to get one.
Here are some things you can do to improve your memory:
EAT BRAIN FOODS:
Brain Foods for Memory
Here's the scoop on brain foods. Like you, I've always heard that certain brain foods can help you think better and improve memory. But I was never quite sure which foods to eat.
Well, after doing lots of reading, I found some answers. It turns out there are several types of foods that can protect your brain, improve how well it works, and even build new brain cells.
First, let me clear up a common myth: yes, you can grow new brain cells as an adult! The myth that your brain stops growing is false. Lots of new research proves that your neurons (brain cells) can put out new branches and make new connections no matter what your age.
Of course, all cells need nutrients to grow. So including brain foods in your diet gives your brain the building blocks it needs. More neurons and connections in your brain equals a stronger memory and a mind that simply works better.
1. Healthy Fats - Build Your Brain
Much of a brain cell's structure is made up of what are called "healthy fats". The most important of these are the Omega-3 fatty acids. As your brain repairs itself and grows new neurons, it needs an abundant supply of Omega-3s from your diet.
The best sources of Omega-3 fats include cold-water fish such as salmon and albacore tuna. Other foods with Omega-3 are canola oil, soybeans, walnuts, wheatgerm, eggs, and flaxseed oil.
Recent studies have shown that Omega-3 vitamins can greatly improve memory and attention in some people.
2. Antioxidants - Protect Your Brain
As we age, substances in our bloodstream known as "free radicals" attack and break down our brain cells. If you don't fight this, you are likely to experience age-related memory loss when you get older.
Fortunately, there are a lot of foods that contain a helpful substance called "antioxidants". These antioxidants merge with the free radicals in your blood and make them harmless. So it pays to eat lots of antioxidant foods every day.
Good sources of antioxidants include tea (especially green tea), blueberries and other berries, red grapes, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, spinach, carrots, whole grains, and soy.
3. High-Tyrosine Proteins - Spark Your Brain
Besides neurons, your brain also includes important chemicals called "neurotransmitters". Neurotransmitters are the messengers that carry brain signals from one neuron to the next. You may have a great brain structure, but if your supply of the different neurotransmitters is insufficient your brain won't function properly.
Some components of neurotransmitters, such as tryptophan, can't be made within the body but must be consumed directly from your diet. Others such as tyrosine can be made by the body but still require the right foods in your diet.
The best neurotransmitter-building foods for boosting alertness, energy, and concentration include seafood, meat, eggs, soy and dairy products. To avoid sabatoging yourself, eat the low-fat, low salt varieties (for example, eat lean cuts of meat or low-fat cottage cheese).
4. Water - Hydrate Your Brain
As you probably know, most of your body is water. It is very easy to not consume enough water and become dehydrated. Being even slightly dehydrated decreases your mental energy and can impair your memory.
Drink at least three or four liters of water a day. I like to carry around a one-liter bottle and just fill it up whenever I pass a water fountain.
5. Vitamins & Minerals - Brain Building Blocks
Certain vitamins and minerals are also important building blocks for your brain. You definitely want to avoid any kind of vitamin deficiency. The best way to do so is to supplement with vitamin and mineral tablets.
The most important for brain function are Vitamins C, B12, and B6. So take a Vitamin C supplement daily and consider taking a B Complex vitamin along with it.
Some important minerals for brain building include Iron (for women, especially) and Calcium. Deficiencies of either of these have been shown to impair learning.
An easy way to get most of your most important vitamins and minerals is to simply take a multivitamin each day. Personally, I take a multivitamin, a fish oil capsule (for Omega-3 fatty acids), a 1,000 mg Vitamin C tablet, and a B Complex vitamin.
Make sure you always take your vitamins with food and not on an empty stomach. Not only will you avoid a stomach ache, but vitamins and minerals need to combine with food in your digestive system or they will be to a large degree wasted.
6. Fiber - Regulate Your Fuel Supply
Fiber is a suprising brain food, but an important one. Okay, fine, it's not really a "food". But fiber does help your brain function at its best. The reason is that fiber helps slow the absorption of sugar from your diet.
Your brain operates 100% on sugar. But the trick is that the sugar must be delivered in a very steady stream and in the proper amount or your brain gets overwhelmed. Eating enough fiber slows your digestion and results in the sugar in your food being delivered into your bloodstream gradually.
Foods containing healthy amounts of fiber include dried fruits (such as raisins, dates, prunes, and apricots), vegetables (such as green peas, broccoli, and spinach), peas and beans (such as black-eyed peas, lima beans, and kidney beans), nuts and seeds (such as flaxseed and almonds), whole fruit (such as apples with the skin, oranges, avocados, kiwi, and pears), and whole wheat grains (such as barley, brown rice, and the various whole wheat pastas and cereals).
Play brain games
Do regular cardio exercise
Use memory techniques
Get enough restful sleep
Learn how to meditate
Take vitamins and supplements
Of course, you can’t really “get” a great memory the same way you can “get” some better clothes or “get” a new TV. You can’t swap your brain for a better one.
It’s like getting a better body. If you want to get stronger you have to exercise. If you want to get thinner you have to eat better food (and maybe eat less). If you want a strong immune system, you have to take vitamins and eat healthy foods.
“Getting” a better body means changing your body by forming new and better habits. A better memory is obtained the same way.
To improve you memory, you need to form habits that help your brain work at its best. And you need to change the way you learn information.
It’s not a long list. But each item requires forming a new, life-long habit. This will require commitment on your part.
Motivation and Persistence
You think you want a more powerful memory. But how badly do you want it? Are you motivated enough?
Playing brain games once or twice a month won’t improve your memory. Getting a good night’s sleep one night out of seven won’t give you a better memory, either. To improve your memory, you have to make these habits part of your regular routine.
Someone who wants to be strong and healthy will exercise several times a week for years – even for a lifetime. They know that if they lose the habit and stop exercising regularly, they will quickly start to get weaker and their muscles will shrink.
Strengthening your memory means adopting powerful new behaviors and creating the optimum environment for your brain. Like anything in life, the results you get depend on the effort you put into it.
The good news is that this website explains all the techniques and tricks you need to know to get started.
Is It Normal to Forget?
Our brains were designed to forget. Even the smartest person doesn’t remember everything. Forgetting protects the mind from becoming cluttered with trivial details.
Researchers at Stanford University's Memory Laboratory demonstrated last year that the more subjects forgot competing memories, the less work their cortexes had to do to recall a specific one. So a certain degree of forgetting is completely normal.
But some people (like me) seem to forget too much. Remembering a doctor’s appointment or your friend’s telephone number isn’t clutter. You need to remember those things.
That’s why I built this website. To help you learn powerful habits that will help you develop a better memory.
Are you ready? Let’s get started! Click on the links at left to learn more
Think of it. To be able to remember people's names. To easily memorize school work or the things you need to learn for your job. To not forget where you put your car keys.
Think of how much time you could save if you could improve your memory. How you could impress other people with your knowledge. How much aggravation and frustration you could avoid!
Well, you can have a better memory. I built this website to show you how to get one.
Here are some things you can do to improve your memory:
EAT BRAIN FOODS:
Brain Foods for Memory
Here's the scoop on brain foods. Like you, I've always heard that certain brain foods can help you think better and improve memory. But I was never quite sure which foods to eat.
Well, after doing lots of reading, I found some answers. It turns out there are several types of foods that can protect your brain, improve how well it works, and even build new brain cells.
First, let me clear up a common myth: yes, you can grow new brain cells as an adult! The myth that your brain stops growing is false. Lots of new research proves that your neurons (brain cells) can put out new branches and make new connections no matter what your age.
Of course, all cells need nutrients to grow. So including brain foods in your diet gives your brain the building blocks it needs. More neurons and connections in your brain equals a stronger memory and a mind that simply works better.
1. Healthy Fats - Build Your Brain
Much of a brain cell's structure is made up of what are called "healthy fats". The most important of these are the Omega-3 fatty acids. As your brain repairs itself and grows new neurons, it needs an abundant supply of Omega-3s from your diet.
The best sources of Omega-3 fats include cold-water fish such as salmon and albacore tuna. Other foods with Omega-3 are canola oil, soybeans, walnuts, wheatgerm, eggs, and flaxseed oil.
Recent studies have shown that Omega-3 vitamins can greatly improve memory and attention in some people.
2. Antioxidants - Protect Your Brain
As we age, substances in our bloodstream known as "free radicals" attack and break down our brain cells. If you don't fight this, you are likely to experience age-related memory loss when you get older.
Fortunately, there are a lot of foods that contain a helpful substance called "antioxidants". These antioxidants merge with the free radicals in your blood and make them harmless. So it pays to eat lots of antioxidant foods every day.
Good sources of antioxidants include tea (especially green tea), blueberries and other berries, red grapes, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, spinach, carrots, whole grains, and soy.
3. High-Tyrosine Proteins - Spark Your Brain
Besides neurons, your brain also includes important chemicals called "neurotransmitters". Neurotransmitters are the messengers that carry brain signals from one neuron to the next. You may have a great brain structure, but if your supply of the different neurotransmitters is insufficient your brain won't function properly.
Some components of neurotransmitters, such as tryptophan, can't be made within the body but must be consumed directly from your diet. Others such as tyrosine can be made by the body but still require the right foods in your diet.
The best neurotransmitter-building foods for boosting alertness, energy, and concentration include seafood, meat, eggs, soy and dairy products. To avoid sabatoging yourself, eat the low-fat, low salt varieties (for example, eat lean cuts of meat or low-fat cottage cheese).
4. Water - Hydrate Your Brain
As you probably know, most of your body is water. It is very easy to not consume enough water and become dehydrated. Being even slightly dehydrated decreases your mental energy and can impair your memory.
Drink at least three or four liters of water a day. I like to carry around a one-liter bottle and just fill it up whenever I pass a water fountain.
5. Vitamins & Minerals - Brain Building Blocks
Certain vitamins and minerals are also important building blocks for your brain. You definitely want to avoid any kind of vitamin deficiency. The best way to do so is to supplement with vitamin and mineral tablets.
The most important for brain function are Vitamins C, B12, and B6. So take a Vitamin C supplement daily and consider taking a B Complex vitamin along with it.
Some important minerals for brain building include Iron (for women, especially) and Calcium. Deficiencies of either of these have been shown to impair learning.
An easy way to get most of your most important vitamins and minerals is to simply take a multivitamin each day. Personally, I take a multivitamin, a fish oil capsule (for Omega-3 fatty acids), a 1,000 mg Vitamin C tablet, and a B Complex vitamin.
Make sure you always take your vitamins with food and not on an empty stomach. Not only will you avoid a stomach ache, but vitamins and minerals need to combine with food in your digestive system or they will be to a large degree wasted.
6. Fiber - Regulate Your Fuel Supply
Fiber is a suprising brain food, but an important one. Okay, fine, it's not really a "food". But fiber does help your brain function at its best. The reason is that fiber helps slow the absorption of sugar from your diet.
Your brain operates 100% on sugar. But the trick is that the sugar must be delivered in a very steady stream and in the proper amount or your brain gets overwhelmed. Eating enough fiber slows your digestion and results in the sugar in your food being delivered into your bloodstream gradually.
Foods containing healthy amounts of fiber include dried fruits (such as raisins, dates, prunes, and apricots), vegetables (such as green peas, broccoli, and spinach), peas and beans (such as black-eyed peas, lima beans, and kidney beans), nuts and seeds (such as flaxseed and almonds), whole fruit (such as apples with the skin, oranges, avocados, kiwi, and pears), and whole wheat grains (such as barley, brown rice, and the various whole wheat pastas and cereals).
Play brain games
Do regular cardio exercise
Use memory techniques
Get enough restful sleep
Learn how to meditate
Take vitamins and supplements
Of course, you can’t really “get” a great memory the same way you can “get” some better clothes or “get” a new TV. You can’t swap your brain for a better one.
It’s like getting a better body. If you want to get stronger you have to exercise. If you want to get thinner you have to eat better food (and maybe eat less). If you want a strong immune system, you have to take vitamins and eat healthy foods.
“Getting” a better body means changing your body by forming new and better habits. A better memory is obtained the same way.
To improve you memory, you need to form habits that help your brain work at its best. And you need to change the way you learn information.
It’s not a long list. But each item requires forming a new, life-long habit. This will require commitment on your part.
Motivation and Persistence
You think you want a more powerful memory. But how badly do you want it? Are you motivated enough?
Playing brain games once or twice a month won’t improve your memory. Getting a good night’s sleep one night out of seven won’t give you a better memory, either. To improve your memory, you have to make these habits part of your regular routine.
Someone who wants to be strong and healthy will exercise several times a week for years – even for a lifetime. They know that if they lose the habit and stop exercising regularly, they will quickly start to get weaker and their muscles will shrink.
Strengthening your memory means adopting powerful new behaviors and creating the optimum environment for your brain. Like anything in life, the results you get depend on the effort you put into it.
The good news is that this website explains all the techniques and tricks you need to know to get started.
Is It Normal to Forget?
Our brains were designed to forget. Even the smartest person doesn’t remember everything. Forgetting protects the mind from becoming cluttered with trivial details.
Researchers at Stanford University's Memory Laboratory demonstrated last year that the more subjects forgot competing memories, the less work their cortexes had to do to recall a specific one. So a certain degree of forgetting is completely normal.
But some people (like me) seem to forget too much. Remembering a doctor’s appointment or your friend’s telephone number isn’t clutter. You need to remember those things.
That’s why I built this website. To help you learn powerful habits that will help you develop a better memory.
Are you ready? Let’s get started! Click on the links at left to learn more
