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How to Give Yourself a Mental Boost-And
Live Longer!
Ever wish you could enhance
your focus, improve your energy and memory, perhaps even spark your creativity
without drinking one of those energy drinks?
You can snack your way to better brainpower by reaching for natural
goodies such as blueberries, walnuts, oats or matcha tea. Nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich foods
enhance your ability to create, protect and repair brain cells, producing a
renewed sense mental sharpness.
Oatmeal, for example, has a
well deserved reputation as a top brain food:
its low-glycemic index provides sustained energy or ‘brain fuel.’ Your brain will truly thank you however if
you add some raisins and matcha to the mix.
Matcha is powdered green tea which has L-theanine, an amino acid that
improves cognition which results in an improved creative juice flow!
Cook your oatmeal as usual,
stir in milk, cook 5 minutes longer, mixing often, then remove from heat and
stir in honey to taste and macha.
Transfer to a bowl and top with bananas or raisins, berries or nuts if
desired and enjoy.
Instantly Be More Creative
Feeling uninspired? Pretend to be someone famous or an expert at
the task you’re trying to tackle.
According to recent Harvard research, this simple trick supercharges
your ability to come up with creative ideas. Why?
Imagining yourself as someone successful relaxes creativity-controlling
areas of the brain, helping you come up with solutions and ideas you not have
otherwise thought of.
Happiness is About Choices
In a recent finding, people
with the highest levels of well-being were those who, no matter how much money
they made, were able to make choices, such as taking up a hobby, socializing
with friends and family, and visiting new places.
Lovemaking Boosts Brainpower
In a recent study, adults age 50 and up who engaged in physical
intimacy weekly scored higher on tests of verbal fluency, attention and memory,
reports The Journal of Gerontology. Researchers
theorize the effect is linked to the release of hormones such as dopamine and
oxytocin during sex.
Learn to Delegate
Some tasks are best left to others, especially as we age or if we do
not have the expertise or physical strength.
For example, do it your selfers who take to climbing on their own roof
clear gutters or operating a chainsaw to clear foliage can suffer horrific
accidents [more than 30,000 people are hospitalized annually from
chainsaw-related injuries].
Delegating such tasks are also a matter of saving money as it saves
time and time is money. In today’s
economy home improvement projects can be accomplished with the help of
HomeAdvisor or Angie’s List. Other tasks
can be handled with the freelance economy [or perhaps you might earn extra cash
through such gigs] via Fiverr, TaskRabbit, Elance, etc.
People Who Read Books - Fiction or Non, Live Longer And…
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health studied 3,600 men and
women over the age of 50 for 12 years and found those who read books [not just
magazines and newspapers] for as little as 30 minutes a day over several years
were living an average of two years longer than people who did not. [that included fiction, non-fiction, poetry
or prose]. Chapter books encourage ‘deep
reading’ which forces your brain to
think critically and boosts your brainpower.
Keep Your Brain Sharp
Medical technology is increasingly becoming wearable, implantable and
trackable via Fitbit, Apple Watch and other devices. Personally, I could care less for these
devices despite their so-called health advantages. Their ultimate next step is implantable
microchips into each human from birth – no thanks! Google, for example, is working on mind
reading technologies that allow people to surf the internet from a device that
connects directly to their brain.
For the sake of your mental health and to keep your brain sharp, take
time to read and to enjoy the real, physical world free from internet and
device distractions. Feed your brain a
healthy diet of fruits and vegetables and physical reading materials and
include some daily exercise.
NOTE: Books and other media have
become increasingly simple today to accommodate an ever decreasing attention
span limited vocabulary. For example,
presidential State of the Union addresses have from a 17th-grade
level pre-1900 to a 12th-grade level in the 1900s to below a 10th
grade-level in the 2000s, prompting a Guardian headline newspaper
headline to declare, “The state of our union is…dumber.”
Perhaps that is why broadcast media has been reduced to near
meaningless sound bites which communicate almost nothing to the public. Gone are the basic tenets of journalism – who,
what, why, when, where, when and how. As
a consequence, many Americans are left in the dark about what is going on in
the world.
Yours for freedom,
Bruce, the Poor Man!
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>>Want to improve
your brain? Learn how here:
I know everyone is short on time in this hectic world so I’ve kept this
PDF short and to the point with links to expert how-to articles and guides
including:
·
How to Increase Your Intelligence
·
6 Step Brain Exercise Steve Jobs Used to
Boost Creativity
·
6 Simple Habits to Boost Your Intelligence
·
The Best Vitamins to Increase Brain
Function
·
How a Harvard Brain Specialist Keeps Her
Brain Healthy
·
A Review of the Top 10 Brain [Limitless]
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How to Protect Your Cognitive Function
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2 comments:
Interesting tips. Too bad most Americans no longer read [most cannot even spell] as they're addicted to shiny devices. We've fallen behind so many other nations it is frightening.
Interesting insights but certainly it is true about how citizens here are becoming dumber. The wattage has dimmed considerably.
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