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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Does Fish Oil Really Improve Your Memory?

By Dr. Bill

I'm having some hot chocolate at the moment, and I have to say that there are times when a hot chocolate is the best thing you can possibly have. I don't have this very often, but when I do, it just puts me in a great frame of mind in an instant.

I used to get that same mood lift in medical school after checking out my exam scores, but afterwards all I wanted to do was sleep. Drinking the hot chocolate revs me up and motivates me to accomplish whatever it is I have been putting off ...

I saw an interesting article in my local paper yesterday. I can't saw that I often find relevant news in my little local paper, but obviously, you never know.

The article was about the USA National Memory Championship, which is a competition that was begun in 1997 by Tony Dottino, owner of the Dottino Consulting Group. The upshot is that when the Dottino Group started applying neuroscience to business models, they discovered that most people have no idea of what remarkable things their own brains can accomplish.

Tony found that when discussing this topic with people, most seemed to want to avoid the topic altogether, and were especially interested in avoiding the subject of anything having to do with memory.

Here's what people were most afraid of: they didn't want to talk about memory loss that is related to aging.

Tony and his group were determined to get their message out: "Brains are like muscles -- they need exercise. When you exercise your brain it gets stronger, no matter what your age."

Tony had a friend named Tony Buzan, who ran a competition in a English pub where patrons were pitted against each other to test their memories.

The USA Memory Championship was born out of that link.

Okay, so what secret technique does Chester have?

I'm getting to that.

There are a number of different events that contestants in the Memory Championship participate in:

1. They must memorize 99 faces and names.

2. They must memorize the order in which a deck of cards is shuffled.

3. Poetry

4. Speed numbers

5. A list of 500 words or 1000 random numbers

Heck, just the list was enough to impress me.

Chester is the defending National Memory Champion, and has competed for the last seven years.

Chester does 3 hours a day of memory exercises, and he also takes fish oil, which he swears enhances the functioning of his brain. He also takes a B-complex vitamin, which he believes goes a long way towards enhancing his concentration.

Why? Well at least 30% of the brain is made of DHA, one of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil. DHA is used by the body to maintain brain cell membranes and boosts brain power. So it's not surprising that Chester finds fish oil a great resource in boosting his memory.

Good food, exercise, and pharmaceutical grade fish oil will keep your brain functioning at an optimum level, as demonstrated by the defending champ. You can keep your own brain sharp by using an ultra pure pharmaceutical grade fish oil from the deep arctic waters of Norway.

For Baby Boomers, their utmost health concern is the possibility of Alzheimer's and memory loss. What Boomers should know is that pharmaceutical-grade fish oil, combined with proper nutrition and exercise will go a long way towards keeping their minds focused and sharp well into the future.

So while we may not win the National Memory Championship, we have an excellent chance of remembering where our car is parked in the shopping mall. - 17273

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