Keeping your brain alive - natural ways of maintaining a healthy brain

Brain

Your health

· Vitamin D keeps minds young

· Elderly people are 50% less likely to have impaired brain function when they have high levels of vitamin D.

Reverse brain again by exercising

· Physical activity counteracts age-related changes in the brain.

· PEOPLE who participate in moderate exercise are 39% less likely to experience memory loss.

Perfect health

· Anthocyanins, found in blueberries, heighten learning capacity, motor skills, and memory.

Add 19 healthy years to your life

· Reading a mystery story has a positive effect on your brain - the more you challenge your brain, the more connections you build between brain cells.

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· Hot chocolate consists of flavanols, which help improve mental sharpness.

Trees boost brainpower!

· Stroll through a tree-filled park and your memory’s attention span will increase 20%!

Miracle

· Taking a whiff of rosemary will sharpen your memory.

Turmeric

· Turmeric’s active ingredient, curcumin, helps prevent the buildup of plaque in the brain and regulate the neurotransmitters that pass signals between brain cells.

Protect your memory for life

· Eating fish rich in omega-3s will improve blood flow in the brain.

· Folic acid keeps brain blood vessels clear.

· Sleep is an absolute essential for long-term brain health.

Stay sharp with a bowl of cereal

· Eating a bowl of cereal each morning is a real brain booster, keeping your mind alert for longer.

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· Taking a 30-minutue walk everyday can make your mind as supple as a 20 yr. old’s in a year’s time.

Beet juice improves brain power

· A daily dose of beet juice can fight the progression of dementia by increasing blood flow to the brain in older people.

Age-proof your brain

· Stay sharp by eating seafood

· Reverse memory loss with Huperzine – an extract form a Chinese herb known as club moss. Huperzine spurs brain cells to communicate to each other so much faster that it helps 50% of people reverse memory problems.

Juggling bumps up brainpower

· After three months, jugglers had grown by 3 to 4 percent in the areas that process visual and motor information.

Brain fruit

· Topping your daily breakfast cereal with a handful of berries can help stall brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.

Make brain fog go poof!

· Stimulating your fingertips – firmly massaging them for 30 seconds each - then filing and buffing your nails increase energy, alertness and concentration for up to two hours.

To rev your recall

· Drinking a non-diet soda can help people remember 11% more words than those who skipped the soda. Having two cans can help people recall 17%!

Brain booster

· By upping your eggplant intake, you’re less at risk of damage to fat tissue in the brain.

Prevent brain again

· Supplementing with Ashwagandha can switch on the genes that clear the brain of plaque deposits.

Grow your brain

· Practicing tai chi three times a week boosts the size of your brain!

Color yourself healthier

· Blue potatoes keep your brain young because they contain anthocyannis which are antioxidants that strengthen neural connections to the brain.

(C) tuchy Palmieri health collection 12/6/12