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Powering Your Brain
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Memory Boosters
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Foods to Eat | Eggs (with yolk!), legumes such as lentils, beans and peas, which are high in Choline and protein. Coffee or tea and sugar in moderation. A breakfast of eggs, toast and coffee may sound old-fashioned but it's the ideal fuel for a test. Bring along a muffin or a piece of fruit to munch on during a break. The boost in blood sugar will keep you going and helps in reading retention. |
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The Night Before | A big plate of pasta, (protein poor and rich in carbohydrates) is the last thing you should eat an hour before a test, but the night before, mangia! A nice baked potato will do the trick too, releasing L-Tryptophan, which aids in the production of Seratonin and Melatonin, chemicals your brain produces to help you sleep. Avoid alcohol, however, which depletes the body of B vitamins, and marijuana, which is bad for the memory.
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| Supplements and Vitamins | Choline and B vitamins. Don't crash diet or fast in the weeks before you'll be relying on your powers of recall. Nutritional deficiencies can alter brain waves, decrease memory and cause anxiety and confusion.
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Exercise | 1 hour the day before. 15 minutes the day of, just to wake up and get oxygen to your brain.
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| Mental Exercises | While memorizing facts, singing the material can help. Besides loosening you up, melodies aid memory. (How many times have you had an unwanted song in your head?) For tests of your analytical and mathematical skills, listening to Mozart has been shown to improve these capacities.
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Interviews and Meetings | Good Trips | Public Speaking | Sex and Dating
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