01 Thursday Nov 2018
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brain, brainpower, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, exercise, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, think, thinking, walk, walking
Take a brisk 30-minute walk every day. The reason? Because the connectivity between brain circuits diminishes as we age – which tends to slow our thinking and muddle our memories. But researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that exercise helps revive those flagging circuits – and helps keep your thinking sharp.
15 Thursday Feb 2018
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Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, board game, brain, brainpower, brains, chess, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, memory, play chess, scrabble
You know playing games, anything from Scrabble to chess, can boost brainpower. Well, neurologist Dr. Kenneth Kosik, who wrote “Outsmarting Alzheimer’s,” says games of skill strengthen memory, and sharpen our ability to strategize and predict what an opponent may do. And that’s the type of strenuous brain exercise that can keep a brain healthy by growing new cells and neural pathways.
10 Thursday Aug 2017
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auto-pilot, brain boost, brainpower, brush your teeth, close your eyes, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, focus, helps you to focus, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, memory, sense of touch, shower, showering, take a shower
If you want to boost your brainpower, shower with your eyes closed… And grab the soap and shampoo without looking. Or find your toothpaste and load up your toothbrush using only your sense of touch. That’ll give you a brainpower boost by taking your mind off auto-pilot. Because when we do routine things in a new way, it immediately stimulates the growth of new nerve cells that keep the brain flexible, while improving memory and focus.
17 Friday Jun 2016
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anxiety, bacteria, brain, brain neurons, brainpower, calm, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, garden, gardening, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, plant, planting, plants, reduce anxiety, relax, serotonin, soil, think, thinking
…indoors or out! Studies show that there’s a certain type of bacteria in soil that we breathe in, and seeps through our skin – and it makes us calmer and better thinkers! The bacteria stimulate the growth of brain neurons, and boost production of the brain chemical serotonin, which reduces anxiety.
08 Wednesday Jun 2016
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Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, antioxidant, brain, brainpower, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, drink red wine, grapes, heart health, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, memory, memory loss, peanut butter, peanuts, red grapes, red wine, resveratrol, Scientific Reports, wine
Preventing memory loss as we age may be as simple as eating peanut butter and red grapes for lunch, or drinking a glass of red wine with dinner. Resveratrol – an antioxidant compound in red grapes and peanuts – has already been shown to improve heart health… And new research in Scientific Reports shows it improves spatial learning and memory, too. In fact, resveratrol may even be able to boost the brainpower of people with severe neuro-degenerative conditions, like Alzheimer’s disease. So, have a peanut butter sandwich at lunch – and red grapes as a snack.
13 Wednesday Apr 2016
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aerobic exercise, aerobics, boost brainpower, brain, brainpower, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, exercise, Georgia Tech, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, lift weights, long-term memory, memory, push-ups, strength training
Got 20 minutes? That’s all it takes to boost your brainpower. That’s the takeaway of a new Georgia Tech study, which shows that SHORT bursts of strength training can increase and protect our long-term memory. And researchers say this fits with lots of previous studies showing that aerobic exercise helps us stay sharp well into old age. The reason? Aerobic exercise triggers the release of hormones linked to helping our brain form and keep memories. And all it takes is just 20 minutes of strength training a week – say, lifting weights, or doing push-ups.
09 Monday Jun 2014
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alert, brain, brainpower, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, increase energy, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, Stanford University, stimulate, stimulate your brain, stretch, stretching
Stretch! According to research from Stanford University, just one minute of stretching can stimulate your brain’s alertness center, and increase your energy and brainpower by 45% for an hour! So take a minute to stretch before you head out the door.
17 Monday Feb 2014
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brain, brainpower, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, emotions, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, men, mental, multi-task, multitask, sleep, suffer, women
Because they use their brains more than men! And one of the major functions of sleep is to allow the brain to recover and repair itself. And since women tend to multi-task — they do a lot at once and are more mentally flexible — they use more brainpower than men do. As a result, women’s brains need more time to rest and recover.
