5 Foods That Boost Your Memory


Updated 05/14/12 4:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Foods That Help Memory

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! By Mandy Oaklander, Prevention Leave it to scientists to burst our bubble. For years, studies have told us that chewing gum can boost memory recall, and as such, we’d pop Chiclets during noggin-twisting times: exams, high school reunions, Jeopardy. Did it ever work for us? Honestly, we can’t remember — and Read more

Fit Tip: Need to Remember Something? Go For a Run


Updated 05/09/12 11:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Exercise Makes You Smarter

Have a pregraduation final or an upcoming important presentation to nail? It may help to take a step back from your notes and go for a run or a bike ride. A new lab study, reported in The New York Times has found that exercise can improve your memory and learning skills. In the study, scientists fed a group of mice certain drugs that mimic muscle changes from exercise and compared them to Read more

Savvy Tip: Take Pictures of Items You Need to Remember


Updated 05/05/12 8:04 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Take Pictures of Important Items to Remember

If there are certain things you need to remember and you have a smartphone, perhaps you should take a quick snapshot of it and leave the picture in your phone's photo album. It reduces the clutter in your bag — you don't have have to dig around your bag for strips of paper — and it's super easy to do. All it takes is one snap and you don't have to key in any information. Apartment Therapy Read more

9 Items a Forgetful Person Must Keep in the Office


Updated 03/19/12 10:56 AM · Posted by · 12 comments

Items to Keep at the Office

I used to constantly forget to charge my phone overnight and would spend my day furiously switching my cell on and off just to conserve battery. That's until I bought another charger to leave in the office. I know that some of you with superhuman memories don't have this problem, but for my forgetful peers, here is a nice list of things you should keep in the office . . . just in case! All Types Read more

10 Smart Ways to Remember Things


Updated 03/19/12 10:56 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

How to Remember Things

If you've got too much on your plate, chances are you'll start forgetting things you need to do. Fortunately, there are plenty of tricks when it comes to remembering things. Here are a couple of them: Tying a string around your finger. You can go the old-fashioned route and tie a string around your finger to remember something. Having a string on your finger is something out of the ordinary and Read more

Binge Drinking May Be Tied to Memory Loss, Study Says


Updated 05/18/11 8:36 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Drinking Alcohol May Affect Your Memory

More often than not, I read about alcohol having detrimental effects on your health, rather than positive effects, so it wasn't shocking to learn that a recent study found a correlation between binge drinking and sharpness of memory. The study administered memory tests to college students — 62 who were binge drinkers and 60 who were not — and found that the binge drinkers experienced a Read more

4 Tricks to Becoming a Memory Fiend


Updated 02/22/11 5:05 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Have a Better Memory

I'm always envious of people with photographic memories, but according to a New York Times article, it's apparently a "detestable myth." People with great memories don't usually have brains that are more biologically advanced than their peers. Instead, being able to retain information is actually a skill you can hone on your own. Memory is a great tool to have in your work life, networking, or Read more

What Do You Remember About These Memory Boosters?


Updated 12/13/10 7:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Facts About Ways to Boost Memory

You are what you eat, and so is your brain. There are many ways to naturally boost mental acuity, and there's always another study around the corner about the benefits of something else. What do you know about natural memory remedies? Take our quiz and see! Take the Quiz Read more

Nap Time: It's Like Kindergarten All Over Again


Updated 02/24/10 5:22 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 9 comments

Study Finds That an Afternoon Nap Can Improve Memory and Make You Smarter

I hated it when my preschool and kindergarten teacher cued us to take out our nap mats — why nap when there was coloring to be done? Before I blame them for ruining my chance at becoming the next Picasso, it looks like they might have been on to something: a new study suggests that an afternoon nap might make you smarter. Pitting nappers against non-nappers, researchers gave a group of 39 Read more

Drink to Remember


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 1 comment

Moderate Alcohol Consumption Has Greater Health Benefits Than Heavy Drinking or Abstaining

Those couple of drinks you had over the weekend might actually be doing some good for your brain. Findings from a new study indicate that mild to moderate alcohol consumption may protect against cognitive disorders that come with growing older, like dementia. Researchers in Brazil tested a group of 1,200 elderly adults for a variety of age-related mental disorders, comparing the findings against Read more