How Water Affects Your Memory

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// While you can go for weeks without any food, just a couple of days without water would spell death even for Gandhi.   Our bodies consist of roughly 60 percent water; and as for our brains – they’re made up of about 75 percent water. The brain needs enough water to function properly, otherwise the brain will dry out– also know as dehydration.  The more subtle, and initial stages of dehydration are a scratchy throat, light headedness and thirst.  This results in short-term ... Read More

Memory Improvement Exercise of the Day

daily brain puzzle

Keeping your mind active is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy memory and well functioning mind. Brain games, puzzles, and daily mind exercises are an excellent way of giving your brain the workout that it needs on a regular basis. Today's activity focuses on subtraction and reversal. Although they may seem easy at first, these increasingly difficult mental tasks will test your cognitive abilities: Beginning at 96, count backward, deducting 4 each time (96, 92, 88...) Starting with the letter Z, recall the ... Read More