Boosting Your Intelligence

Make Me Smarter

Everyone wants a better memory and a higher IQ, but many people just don't know where to start. You could buy a book or a program, visit your hypnotist or you could even drink "smart drinks", but none of this will supplant the effort required to build a sharper mind.

When you mention the word effort, roughly half of your audience sigh and think "oh no", but the unavoidable truth with cerebral function is - you have to work your mind and work your mind hard. Just like muscles to a body builder the dictum "use it or lose it" applies.

So you are prepared to put in the hard yards, because for whatever reason you have, you know that having a better memory and a higher IQ will enrich your life.

What Next?

What to do now? - Well there are a few things that you should do to immediately start the ball rolling, the first of which is to complete puzzles. Not just word find puzzles - things like sudoku, crosswords, brain teasers and that sort of thing. These help to exercise your brain and keep you sharp and alert.

What else?

Cerebral activities, such as reading, researching and writing, all contribute to training your mind and preventing the brain drain.

The Brain Drain

Many things can and will dumb you down, but none more so than the idiot box, yes - T.V will zombiefy your mind and prevent you from reaching your full potential. Other things to avoid include; white sugar, white flour, salt and any high glycemic carbohydrates that will cause hyperglycemia.

Hydrate

Be sure to drink plenty of water, as dehydration will adversely affect your cognitive abilities and dumb you down.

In conclusion, the solution to a better memory and a higher IQ may reside in your ability to continuously use your mind for applications which require detailed thought and intense mental focus.

Don't throw your mind on the scrap heap - "use it or lose it"

I know that I don't want to lose it so I'm going to keep on training that old brain of mine, how about you?