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Related: About this forumAn 81-year-old brain doctor's 7 'hard rules' for keeping your memory 'sharp as a whip'
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/81-year-old-neuroscience-shares-brain-rules-that-keep-his-memory-sharp-as-a-whip.htmlLike any other part of your body, your brain needs daily exercise. Neglecting your brain health can make you vulnerable to degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimers and other forms of dementia.
As a neuroscientist, Ive spent decades guiding patients with memory problems through brain-enhancing habits and exercises many of which I practice, too.
1. Choose fiction when you can.
You can learn a lot from non-fiction works, but they are often organized in ways that allow you to skip around based on personal interests and previous familiarity with the subject.
Fiction, on the other hand, requires you to exercise your memory, as you proceed from beginning to end and retain a variety of details, characters and plots.
Much more at link. Enjoy!

yonder
(10,105 posts)
Haha! I reald so much, at least 1 novel per day -I hope my brain stays healthy forever.
KS Toronado
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SheltieLover
(71,856 posts)Be well!
Botany
(74,784 posts)2 hours.
StClone
(11,869 posts)Botany
(74,784 posts)Tall glass 3/4 filled with ice cubes
4 oz O.J. 2 on the top 2 on the bottom
1.5 oz Jack Daniels (or any other American bourbon whiskey)
1.5 oz Meyers Rum
4 oz ginger beer
splash of grenadine
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StClone
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I read so much fiction it got to where I could predict where the author was going. When I first read Frank Lloyd Wright An Autobiography it was as if there was a lot to find in his writing. (It was his "fictional reality" made out of experiences trying hard to perceive and then describe his life). I have since read a lot of technical, historical, and biographical works.
Read it and much more here: https://archive.org/details/FrankLloydWrightAnAutobiography
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Hekate
(98,596 posts)Good sleep hygiene is critical I am told. Well, I have sleep apnea and insomnia, and I am a night owl, and apparently I am doooomed.
Ive only gotten so far, because Im trying to watch Nicole Wallace, but I like the part about naps being good for ones memory if one is an insomniac.
Botany
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phylny
(8,766 posts)is a game changer for him AND me.
No more snoring!
Hekate
(98,596 posts)Before that, as I said to people, my snoring would wake my husband up and then my sudden lack of breathing would scare him to death. What I didnt say was the obstructive apnea would hold me down in the deepest sleep as I struggled to breathe as if drowning.
Both of us sleep a whole lot better.
RobinA
(10,384 posts)Do you feel better in the morning? I am a night person, I know I snore these days, I've never been told I stop breathing when I sleep. Since teenagehood I have always felt like absolute crap in the morning. I didn't snore back then. I thought this was normal until I took a psychological test that asked me if I wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and ready to start my day. Whaaaaaaaaa? I'm supposed to feel refreshed in the morning???? Never once in my 65 years. I didn't even know that was a thing. I feel like I was run over by a truck in the morning.
I have considered the idea of a sleep study, at least for the snoring, but I never quite get around to it. I don't have a partner, so I am not keeping anyone awake on a daily basis. Plus, the last thing I want to do is drag a C-Pap around when I travel. If it could possibly make me feel better in the morning I might have more motivation to finaly do it.
FakeNoose
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SheltieLover
(71,856 posts)Be well!
Ferrets are Cool
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SheltieLover
(71,856 posts)I had a neighbor with leukemia who had transplant & fully recovered 100%. He was a custom home builder & was back to doing beautiful work pretty quickly!
Continued healing vibes to you both! 💓💓💓
unblock
(55,408 posts)
ancianita
(41,096 posts)Thank you. You've been missed around here! Hope you're doing okay, Sheltie.
SheltieLover
(71,856 posts)Awww, ty!
Just taking a break from reality, in favor of reading mass amounts of fiction. Fiction is much less strange than ruskie assets in our govt.
Be well!
mountain grammy
(28,019 posts)Will read it later. Hopefully Ill remember
Joinfortmill
(18,602 posts)tanyev
(47,173 posts)Pluvious
(5,045 posts)There are certain brands which have tested to contain excessive heavy metals like cadmium
IIRC consumer reports maintains a list
SheltieLover
(71,856 posts)I've seen that article.