2. How to
Boost
Brain Power
By: Raana Karimpour
Bachelor, Department of cellular and molecular
biology, Faculty of advanced science and technology,
Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University,
Tehran, Iran
Raana Karimpour
11. Optimize your gut flora
• Practice Natural and Organic Farming of Your Gut
Microbiome
• Cut Down on Animal Fat in Your Diet
• Maximize Your Gut Microbial Diversity
• Eat Fermented Foods and Probiotics
• Eat Smaller Portions
• Fast to Starve Your Gut Microbes
• Don’t Eat When You Are Stressed, Angry, or Sad
• Enjoy Meals Together
• Become an Expert in Listening to Your Gut
Feelings
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12. Challenge your mind
• Brush your teeth with the hand you don’t
usually use.
• Take a different route to work or the
store.
• Eat a bite or two of dinner with your eyes
closed.
• Listen to a new kind of music.
• Do 60 seconds of jumping jacks (or any
physical activity).
• Sit in a different spot in your house or at
a favorite restaurant
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13. Change your lifestyle
• Communicate
• Fasting
• Reading the shelves when shopping
• Smart use of smartphones, like:
1. Reading interesting content from
Google Reader
2. Audio learning
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14. • Test your recall
• Let the music play
• Do math in your head
• Take a cooking class
• Learn a foreign language
• Create word pictures
• Draw a map from memory
• Challenge your taste buds
• Refine your hand-eye abilities
• Learn a new sport
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16. Sports
• Play games that challenge & stimulate your
mind such as:
• Picture Puzzle
• Strategy Games
• Crossword Puzzles
• Card games
• Deduction Games(such as clue)
• Optical illhusion
• SUDOKU
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