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PRINT10 Ways to Keep Your Mind Healthy
Don’t forget to exercise your brain as you age. Your memory can be improved by doing some of the following:
1. Crosswords/Sudoko/Word Finds: Take some time each day to challenge your brain to a crossword, Sudoko or word find challenge. Find them in the newspapers, online and in books.
2. Play Scrabble: Great thinking game. Can be played online too.
3. Lean to play a new instrument or take up a new hobby.
4. Use a different hand. If you’re right-handed, use your left hand to brush your teeth, or hair.
5. Physical exercise. Exercise is good for the brain. Get out and walk the dog, try a yoga class, go swimming, find something that keeps you moving.
6. Read, Read, Read. Read the Almanac, the newspaper, back of the cereal box, your e-mail, and more!
7. Eat Fish. Fish is the ultimate brain food; eat fish a few times a week for a healthy mind. Try to avoid mercury-laden fish such as swordfish and stick with safer fish such as salmon.
8. Superfoods. Avocados, olive oil and blueberries are also recommended memory-boosting foods.
9. Stimulate your senses by getting a massage, trying new food, and aromatherapy.
10. Keep balance in your life so stress is limited and sleeping habits are good.
Sandi Duncan is the Managing Editor of the Farmers' Almanac. Click here to read Sandi's full biography.Related Healthy Living Articles
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.