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September 2016
Health & Wellness TIPS
Trends ~ Information ~ Prevention Strategies
Ways to Improve Memory Inside this issue:
By Liz Brown, ACC, CMC, CWC diabetes. There are also recent studies Ways to Improve Memory 1
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There are few things more frustrating and elliptical trainer enhances your ability to 4
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Unfortunately, trouble with memory is an participants watched a twenty-minute Fact or Fiction
issue that plagues many adults on a daily humorous video and were given memory
basis. Stress, poor diet, too much to do tests immediately following. Those that
and not enough rest can contribute to watched the video as compared to a
memory issues. The study of the brain group who did not performed better on significant calories.
has shown that due to neuroplasticity the short term memory tests. One reason is Listen to classical music. This
concept was first studied in the
brain can change and learn new patterns that laughter reduces the stress hormone 1990’s and termed the Mozart
effect. The study suggested that
at any time and not just when we are cortisol which taxes our memory and listening to music by Mozart while
working or studying may induce a
young. The good news is that in addition raises endorphins which send dopamine short-term improvement on the
performance in spatial reasoning
to eating a brain healthy diet and getting to the brain, improves immune function and memory. In addition, in a
study of Alzheimer’s and
adequate rest, there are also many and increases brain waves associated dementia patients done by UC
Irvine, it was shown that scores
creative ways to improve memory at any with memory and recall. Laughter can be on memory tests of Alzheimer’s
patients improved when they
age. the best brain medicine! listened to classical music.
Classical music not your thing?
Ways to Improve Memory Have a cup of black coffee. Researchers Studies of non-classical music
have shown that if the music
Daily aerobic exercise is key! Not only is at Johns Hopkin’s University proved that
exercise great for your physical wellbeing, subjects who were given 200mg of (Continued on page 2)
it is also beneficial for brain health. caffeine and shown a group of objects
Studies have shown that 30 minutes of were better able to remember the
daily moderate aerobic exercise such as objects the following day than those who
walking, dancing, cycling or any activity were shown the same objects and were
that gets your blood moving and heart not given caffeine first. Be careful to
pumping increases the oxygen to the watch caffeine later in the day when
brain which helps improve memory. It caffeine may interrupt sleep which causes
also reduces risk of other disorders that negative effect on memory. And watch
lead to memory loss such as type II the sugar and cream which can add
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