Ways to Improve Your Memory

By Shaina Eldredge on February 19, 2017

We are well into another semester, and I like to talk a lot about methods for stress relieving, organizing, and studying when it comes to this time. Now I want to bring up a discussion about memory, which is kind of essential as a college student and aspiring adult.

My friend Renee, who I have talked about in other posts, is a great influence for a lot of the things that I write about. And here she is inspiring yet another topic for me to discuss.

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Renee is a 22-year-old interior design student from Atlanta. Renee is currently having a hard time remembering things. Not like her name or who she lives with or anything serious. But she is forgetting a lot of little things, like dates. She once set her keys and phone on a counter while talking with me, and a minute later asked me if I was the one who put her keys and phone on the counter. Again, nothing really serious, but with how frequent she is forgetting things, I worry that it can become a bit unnerving.

Renee is also a very natural person. She cares for her natural curls with pride and she only takes medicine, even ibuprofen, when she absolutely has to. That being said, I know that she isn’t going to try any medicine to help improve her memory. So here is a list for her, and for everyone else, of natural ways to repair or just improve your short term memory.

Understanding how memory works is important to know before you can begin to work on it. You wouldn’t put oil in a car without learning how the car works. This article very easily explains how the brain processes memory.

Food for Thought

Here is a list of a few foods to eat to help improve your memory.

•Strawberries

•Broccoli

•Salmon (and most other fish)

•Walnuts

•Extra Virgin

•Olive Oil

•Egg Yolk

Dark Chocolate

•Celery

•Blueberries

•Beets

•Avocado

•Bone Broth

•Hot Beverages

•Coffee

Activities

Crossword puzzles, sudokus, even jigsaw puzzles being done frequently can help improve brain and memory functions. Keeping your mind active is one of the most important things that you could do to help with memory problems now, and even prevent memory-related diseases later like dementia. Walking and other forms of exercise are also great and important ways to keep the mind, and also the body, young and fresh. Even activities like gardening, knitting, sewing, and any other craft to keep the mind engaged and the hands busy will help.

Other Things

Reducing stress, a topic I discuss fairly often, will help with everything, including memory loss. Getting a regular and decent sleeping schedule doesn’t hurt either. Anything to help with focus, and doing anything to prevent and avoid distractions, greatly improve your memory.

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