Comments on: Feed your brain: Best foods for healthy brain and nervous system http://going-well.com/2009/11/25/feed-your-brain-best-foods-for-healthy-brain-and-nervous-system/ On the Journey to Wellness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:41:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Natalia Golubkoff http://going-well.com/2009/11/25/feed-your-brain-best-foods-for-healthy-brain-and-nervous-system/#comment-2190 Natalia Golubkoff Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:33:57 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=2618#comment-2190 Thanks for your comment, Steven! Surely, we need to exercise and challenge the brain, if we want to be healthy and happy. Unused parts of the brain stop working, while challenging the brain with new activities wakes up new areas. How to exercise the brain? - Avoid using calculators - Swap TV for mind games or a book - Play games that involve memory (bridge) or thinking ahead (chess) - Take up a new hobby, learn a musical instrument, study a new language... Leave your brain sweating and boost your mental power! Natalia Thanks for your comment, Steven!
Surely, we need to exercise and challenge the brain, if we want to be healthy and happy. Unused parts of the brain stop working, while challenging the brain with new activities wakes up new areas. How to exercise the brain?
- Avoid using calculators
- Swap TV for mind games or a book
- Play games that involve memory (bridge) or thinking ahead (chess)
- Take up a new hobby, learn a musical instrument, study a new language…
Leave your brain sweating and boost your mental power!
Natalia

]]> By: Steven Aldrich http://going-well.com/2009/11/25/feed-your-brain-best-foods-for-healthy-brain-and-nervous-system/#comment-2189 Steven Aldrich Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:00:12 +0000 http://going-well.com/?p=2618#comment-2189 There are multiple pillars to improving brain health, with eating a healthy diet being one along with physically exercise, staying emotionally and socially engaged, and challenging your brain. Why is challenging your brain important? Because learning new stuff re-wires your neurons and improves brain performance at any age. So whether you want to improve your ability to learn a language or remember new friends’ names, you can do it. The next step is to take action. People tell me they want to do something for their brain that “works”. Posit Science, where I am CEO and Dr. Mike Merzenich is Chief Science Officer, makes scientifically-validated and engaging software that can help you think faster, focus better and remember more. Over 30 clinical studies from institutions like the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins show that our technology can have a range of benefits from improved memory to lowered health care costs to improved driving safety. For more information and to try free exercises, please visit www. positscience.com There are multiple pillars to improving brain health, with eating a healthy diet being one along with physically exercise, staying emotionally and socially engaged, and challenging your brain.

Why is challenging your brain important? Because learning new stuff re-wires your neurons and improves brain performance at any age. So whether you want to improve your ability to learn a language or remember new friends’ names, you can do it. The next step is to take action.

People tell me they want to do something for their brain that “works”. Posit Science, where I am CEO and Dr. Mike Merzenich is Chief Science Officer, makes scientifically-validated and engaging software that can help you think faster, focus better and remember more. Over 30 clinical studies from institutions like the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins show that our technology can have a range of benefits from improved memory to lowered health care costs to improved driving safety. For more information and to try free exercises, please visit www. positscience.com

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