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4.Try Intermittent Fast

4.Try Intermittent Fast

study out of King's College London. Researchers here wanted to determine if intermittent fasting might spur hippocampal neurogenesis  and improve the memory performance of lab mice.

  • A control group of mice who were treated and fed as always
  • A calorie-restricted group (CR), for which daily food intake was reduced by 10%
  • An intermittent fasting group (IF), for which food was similarly reduced, but that were fed only every other day during the study.

results-The study found that the intermittent fasting group had "improved long-term memory retention compared to the other groups."

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let's go to the neuroscience: five specific tricks to improve memory and recall things better. 

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1.Walk Backward

1.Walk Backward

Researchers from the University of Roehampton in London divided their subjects into three groups.

In Group 1, participants were asked to complete their task while walking forward.

In Group 2, participants completed the same tasks while walking backward.

In Group 3, participants ...

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2.Eat Fruits And Vegetables

2.Eat Fruits And Vegetables

  • massive study of 27,842 conducted by researchers associated with the Harvard School of Public Health, which found a link between diet and memory.
  • it's consumption of fruits and vegetables while young that counts the most.
  • you can't live on unhealthy food for 50 or 60 years an...

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5.Don't Worry

5.Don't Worry

Neuroscientists at Trinity College in Dublin surmised recently in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience that forgetfulness has a lot more to do with inability to access memories, as opposed to whether the memories were still physically stored in the brain.

These researchers say it might b...

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3.Get Better Lightening

3.Get Better Lightening

laboratory study out of Michigan State University determined that working in an environment with dim lighting can "change the brain's structure and hurt one's ability to remember and learn."

  • Half of a group of Nile grass rats were kept in an environment with dim lighting. 
  • The ...

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Animal studies on intermittent fasting

Animal studies on intermittent fasting

  • An early study on intermittent fasting showed that rats put on alternate-day fasting increased their lifespan by around 80 percent.
  • Feeding mice every alternate day led to better glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. It reduced the incidence of lymphoma.
  • Mice on a low ca...

Time-restricted eating

One intermittent fasting method is known as time-restricted eating: A person consumes all of their calories for the day within an 8-to-12-hour window. You might eat breakfast at 8 AM, including coffee, and finishing your dinner by 6 PM.

In an experiment, two s...

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