subject: Find Out How To Keep Your Brain In Good Health At All Times [print this page] Different organs of the body have different roles, but among them the brain may be considered as "the mastermind". It sounds funny but along with the heart, the brain is one organ you want to remain perfectly healthy because it controls almost all of the other organs in the nervous system. In order to keep your brain fit, you have to build it through good exercise and health habits.
Among other good brain-healthy habits you want to develop first of all is your habit of sleeping on time and getting enough of it. Sleep is a gift you don't want to take for granted because sleep is your brain's best friend. Your brain will not be able to perform its memory processing function properly if you always fail to get a good night's rest. If you want to remember things better, sleep early and spend at least eight hours on your bed.
Stress has always been the number one root for every sickness in the body. Don't stress too much if you want your brain to remain healthy. When people are stressed, the hormone called cortisol rises in their brain's hippocampus. The hippocampus is the part of your brain that controls the memory. With too much stress, some of your brain cells eventually dies and so affects your learning and memory.
Do you know that you can actually feed your brain? What I mean is, there are foods that are perfect for the brain as there are foods good for the heart. In fact, most of heart-healthy foods are also brain-healthy. Food rich in omega-3 like tuna, mackerel, and salmon are all good brain foods. Other brain-healthy food may include your favorite chocolate and almond, coffee and also berries. Delicious aren't they?
If you want to improve your memory, try working out with games that will require you to think deep and hard. Such games may include mastermind, crossword puzzle and many more. Whenever you play games like these your hippocampus produce more new cells and more cells means better memory.
You can also try out other games for the brain like Chess, boggle and other games that require you to think quick and fast. These kind of games will help you improve your brains ability to develop and process information more quickly, then you will have no problem remembering names of people and things.
