Which exercises and vitamins can help sharpen your mind?

Answer 1

Take good quality vitamins and minerals. You need to order them from specialist companies. Good quality multi-vitamins and minerals cannot be purchases in stores.

Exercises: do puzzles, word puzzles, memory games (memorize your favorite quotes - and they have to be long quotes), reading every day - not magazines, but books and classics, best sellers, etc.

Additional InformationA good idea would be to focus on what you eat. Research has shown that eating breakfast made up of protein, fiber and whole grains helps you to think more effectively when compared to eating a high sugar breakfast or no breakfast at all.

Foods that contain the B vitamin, folic acid, which is found in Oranges and dark green leafy vegetables, can help perserve our brains through the years. In other words, if you eat these foods regularly, you may help sustain your thinking power.

Researchers say that at 30-something, we begin to lose brain tissue and we also start to lose brain function. However, when we do aerobic exercises like race walking, swimming, playing Basketball or even an aerobic class, we slow down this loss. Physical activity also helps reduce tension, depression and stress among teenagers. The take home message exercises that work the heart and brain help minimize brain tissue loss and improves mental outlook.

AnswerAny exercise that gets the heart pumping to accelerate circulation of blood is good. Exercise helps to increase the flow of blood to the brain and other parts of the body. This results in more oxygen and energy for our organs to perform their function. Performing mental exercises every day will help to retain memory, motor and cognitive functions. It could be crosswords, puzzles, riddles, concentration exercises, memory games, etc. Vitamins that can help sharpen your memory are Vitamins B12 and a form of Vitamin B called citocoline.