The sensory, short-term, and long-term categories are what make up the three different types of memory.

There are many factors that affect memory, such as age, overall health, hormone levels, and medications, among other things.

To help preserve memory, we must keep our minds active and maintain a healthy diet. Certain vitamins play a crucial role in brain health and memory, including B-vitamins, choline, ginkgo biloba, and other antioxidant nutrients.

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OK, let’s cut through the bee-ess. There’s no such thing as a “brain food,” if by that we mean something that will make you smarter. There aren’t Hemingwayberries or Richard Powers Grains or Sell Like Sebold Shakes. You’re already smart – smart enough to be skeptical. But the foods I’m going to describe help promote mental focus, a good, healthy energy, and most importantly, the function of your mitochondria, and thus, all of your body’s cells. I like to think of eating certain foods as a matter of not eating the wrong foods. You’re going to eat something, and these foods are the ones that will keep you from getting drowsy or lethargic as you polish your sterling prose. Click Here to Read Article …

I think I learned to be an optimist shortly after I became a freelance writer. It was either that or starve. I had to believe that my work was good enough and that some editor eventually would buy my latest piece of writing. If not, I would have to go and get a real job.

Applying this to the rest of my life, however, was not an easy task. It’s hard to believe that the Earth can survive climate change or man’s continual onslaught but I try and apply my own brand of mild optimism in everything I do, especially my work. Click Here to Read Article …

I spent the majority of my early adult life being entirely sedentary, battling with the extreme guilt I felt for not being more athletic and always resorting to using my laptop instead of my legs.

Of course having a job that required I be connected to the internet 30+ hours a week was a great excuse – how could I be active when my livelihood required that I be the opposite?

While I may have accepted this “reality” on the surface, I knew that I would feel better and be more productive if I actually took the time to fit in exercise — maybe not a full hour every day, but a little bit here and there.

Time was something I did have – and yes, most of us do – but the reality was that I had never tried to commit my time to something like exercise. I was content simply talking about how I was too busy to work out, then spending my nights watching TV or browsing the internet.

I finally reached the point where I felt like I had nothing to lose and everything to gain by simply committing to taking small steps towards a more active lifestyle.

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As more people become tied to their computers, posture is often compromised. Though the importance of good posture is typically understated, long hours hovering over a computer, iPad, or smart phone, sets the stage for chronic health issues including lower back pain, reduced circulation and increased risk of disease. Fortunately, for those that spend 8 hours at a desk, there’s plenty you can do to offset the affects of a bad posture and improve your health.

The word posture comes from the Latin verb ponere, meaning “to put or place.” Posture is the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole. The body was designed to move however, long hours spent at a desk with shoulders and back rounding, head jetting forward triggers not only poor posture but health risks. Click Here to Read Article …