Quick, Tasty Brain Food Meals

Quick, Tasty Brain Food Meals

Here are some more brain food suggestions for satisfying, healthy meals that are favourites with readers. Quick Spinach Smoothie Small cup of orange juice 3 – 4 dessertspoons of plain white yogurt Add all the spinach that the blender can handle.   Optional...
How To Use Mind Maps

How To Use Mind Maps

Have you used Mind Maps to help you remember? If not, try one out today. A mind map is a visual thinking tool that ANYONE can do All you need is paper and something to write with. Coloured pencils or pens are great to highlight links or thoughts. It’s simple....
How To Improve Your Balance

How To Improve Your Balance

Last year, the UK’s Medical Research Council found that 53-year-olds who could stand on one leg for ten seconds with their eyes closed were the most likely to be fit and well in 13 years’ time. The ability to balance on one leg is an important test for...
Is Red Wine Good for the Brain?

Is Red Wine Good for the Brain?

I want to look after my brain BUT Can I drink alcohol? Is wine good for the brain? Here’s the good news from neuroscientists.  Small intakes of alcohol will protect you against dementia. How do they know? Scientists in the UK analysed data from 23 studies looking for...
Brain Food Recipes

Brain Food Recipes

  First, a list of many healthy foods (names vary in different continents!)    GrandPa Collin’s Smoothie This was developed to ensure that the main areas of nutrition are covered and occasionally additional ingredients are added (e.g. zinc, iodine...