給自己大腦充電的好方法
Have you ever felt exasperated when you bumped into someone at the store but absolutely couldn't remember their name? Sure, it happens to all of us.
你有沒有因爲在商店裏遇到某個人卻死活想不起他的名字而覺得又急又氣？當然了，我們每個人都碰到過這種情況。
Despite being the strongest computer on the planet, our brains do lapse. It's hard to blame them really. As humans, we spend much of or existence stuffing our brains with stuff. Some stuff is worthless, some of it's meaningful, some of it, well, it's just stuff and there is an endless amount of it.
即使被稱爲世上最強勁的計算機，我們的大腦還是會忘記一些東西。這不能責怪它們。作爲人類，我們花費了大量腦力，或者用東西填滿大腦。有些東西毫無價值，而有些東西很有意義，只是有些，是啊，就是這些東西，越來越多，沒完沒了。
No matter how powerful our brains are, they need recuperation time, to be kept in shape, and even an occasional charge. Think of it as a tune up for your brain. Skipping brain maintenance is as silly as the person wandering the parking garage because they forgot where they parked. Is that you? Are you that person? Sure. We all are at some point. No worries, there is hope.
不論我們的大腦有多麼強大，它們還是需要休息恢復的，保持狀態良好，甚至偶爾的充充電。請把這看作是大腦的休養生息。忽視大腦保養是很傻的，就像有人在停車場裏瞎走，因爲他們忘記自己把車停在哪裏了。你會這樣嗎？你是那個找不到車的人嗎？沒錯。從某種程度而言，我們都有這樣的問題。不過，別擔心，還是有希望的。
Now I am not a brain surgeon and I am not going to suggest you do anything surgical or dangerous. I am however an astute student of human behavior, so I always look for simple ways to super charge my brain.
我不是腦外科醫生，我也不打算建議你去做任何手術或者任何危險的事情。但我是一個聰明的人類行爲學學生，所以我一直在尋找簡單的方法來爲大腦充電。Eat Almonds
Almond is believed to improve memory. If a combination of almond oil and milk is taken together before going to bed or after getting up at morning, it strengthens our memory power. Almond milk is prepared by crushing the almonds without the outer cover and adding water and sugar to it.
1. 吃杏仁
杏仁被認爲能改善記憶力。睡覺前或起牀後將杏仁油和牛奶混合在一起喝下可以提高我們的記憶力。杏仁露的做法很簡單：除去外皮後將杏仁碾碎，然後加水和糖即可。Drink Apple Juice
Research from the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) indicates that apple juice increases the production of the essential neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain, resulting in an increased memory power.
2. 喝蘋果汁
倫威爾麻薩諸塞大學（UML）的研究表明，蘋果汁能增加大腦中重要的神經傳遞素——乙酰膽鹼的產生，從而提高記憶力。Sleep well
Research indicates that the long-term memory is consolidated during sleep by replaying the images of the experiences of the day. These repeated playbacks program the subconscious mind to store these images and other related information.
3. 睡得好
研究表明，通過重播白天經歷的場景，長期記憶在睡眠中得以鞏固。這些反覆播放使我們的下意識記住了這些畫面和其他有關信息。Enjoy simple Pleasures
Stress drains our brainpower. A stress-ridden mind consumes much of our memory resources to leave us with a feeble mind. Make a habit to engage yourself in few simple pleasures everyday to dissolve stress from your mind. Some of these simple pleasures are good for your mind, body and soul.
4. 享受簡單的快樂
壓力在榨乾我們的腦力。壓力之下的思考會消耗很多記憶資源，讓我們感到腦力疲憊。養成習慣讓自己每天都享受些簡單的快樂，來緩解思想上的壓力吧。這些簡單的快樂對你的大腦、身體和精神都非常有好處。
Enjoy music you love
聽喜歡的音樂
Play with your children
和你的孩子玩耍
Hug a stranger
擁抱一個陌生人
Appreciate others
感激別人
Run few miles a day, bike or swim
沒有跑幾里路，或者騎自行車、游泳
Start a blog
寫博客
Take a yoga class or Total Wellness routine
上瑜伽課或者綜合健身活動Fast for a day
Fasting cleans and detoxifies our body. It is known fact that heavy food not only causes stress on our digestive system but also drains our brainpower. Fasting relieves toxic emotions such as anger, grief, worry, and fears - before they accumulate and cause disease. By cleansing toxic emotions, fasting strengthens metal clarity with increases memory, concentration, creativity and insight.
5. 齋戒一天
齋戒能潔淨我們的身體並幫助排毒。衆所周知，過度飲食不僅會增加消化系統的負擔，還會消耗大腦能量。齋戒能夠緩解不良情緒，比如，憤怒、悲傷、憂慮和恐懼，請在這些情緒積累成疾之前排遣它們。通過清除不良情緒，齋戒能使頭腦更清醒，並能提高記憶力、注意力、創造力和洞察力。Take Vitamin B-complex
Vitamin B-complex strengthens memory power. Eat food and vegetables high in Vitamin B-complex. Stay away from the starch food or white bread, which depletes the Vitamin B-complex necessary for a healthy mind.
14. 服用複合B族維生素
複合B族維生素能增強記憶力。吃富含複合B族維生素的食物和蔬菜。遠離多澱粉食物和白麪包，因爲它們會消耗健康大腦所需要的複合B族維生素。
I don't believe these are that tough. If you find yourself increasing stumped, give a couple of these a try.
我相信以上這些事情並不難做到。如果你發現自己腦筋越來越不好使的話，不妨試試我講的這些方法。
Exercise your mindJust as physical exercise is essential for a strong body, mental exercise is equally essential for a sharp and agile mind. Have you noticed that children have far superior brainpower than an adult does? Children have playful minds. A playful mind exhibits superior memory power. Engage in some of the activities that require your mind to remain active and playful.
6. 練腦筋
體育鍛鍊對強壯的體魄很重要，同樣，頭腦鍛鍊對聰明靈活的大腦也非常重要。你有沒有注意到孩子們的腦力遠勝於成年人？孩子們愛玩遊戲。愛玩的頭腦表現出更好的記憶力。參加一些需要動腦的活動吧，讓你的頭腦保持活力和頑皮。
Play scrabble or crossword puzzle
玩拚字和填詞遊戲
Volunteer
做志願者
Interact with others
與他人互動
Start a new hobby such as blogging, reading, painting, bird watching
培養一個新的愛好，比如：寫博客、讀書、畫畫、觀鳥
Learn new skill or a language
學習新技能或語言Practice Yoga or Meditation
Yoga or Meditation relives stress. Stress is a known memory buster. With less stress, lower blood pressure, slower respiration, slower metabolism, and released muscle tension follows. All of these factors contribute significantly towards increases in our brainpower.
7. 練習瑜伽和冥想
瑜伽和冥想能緩解壓力。我們知道，壓力是佔用記憶的大塊頭。壓力越小，血壓越低、呼吸越慢、代謝越慢，然後肌肉隨之放鬆。所有這些因素對增加腦力有非常大的作用。Reduce Sugar intake
Sugar is a non-food. It’s a form of carbohydrate that offers illusionary energy, only to cause a downhill slump once the initial burst has been worn off. Excess intake of sugar results in neurotic symptoms. Excess sugar is known to cause claustrophobia, memory loss and other neurotic disorders. Eat food without adding sugar. Stay away from sweet drinks or excess consumption of caffeine with sugar.
8. 減少糖分攝入
糖不是食品。它是一種提供假想能量的碳水化合物，一旦最初燃料耗完它就只會讓身體走下坡路。過多的攝入糖分會導致神經病症。已知過多的糖會造成幽閉恐怖症、失憶和其他神經疾病。吃東西的時候請不要加糖。遠離甜的飲料或過多地喝加糖的咖啡。Control your temper
Bleached food, excess of starch or excess of white bread can lead to nerve grating effect. This results in a violent and some time depressive behavior. Eat fresh vegetables. Drink lots of water and meditate or practice yoga to relieve these toxic emotions of temper and violent mood swings.
13. 控制脾氣
漂白的食品、過多的澱粉或過多的白麪包會導致神經摩擦效應（nerve grating effect）。這會造成暴力行爲和偶爾的沮喪。吃新鮮蔬菜。喝很多水、冥想或者做瑜伽可以緩解這些負面情緒和暴力傾向。Sex
Our sexual imagination often empowers our ability to daydream, which strengthens our brainpower with greater imagination, visualization and association.
12. 性
我們的性幻想通常賦予我們做白日夢的能力，這可以增強大腦的想象力以及形象化和關聯的能力。Eat whole wheat
The whole wheat germs contain lecithin. Lecithin helps ease the problem of the hardening of the arteries, which often impairs brain functioning.
9. 吃整顆麥粒
完整的小麥胚芽含有卵磷脂。卵磷脂有助於減輕常影響大腦功能的動脈硬化問題。Eat a light meal in the night
A heavy meal at night causes tossing and turning and a prolonged emotional stress while at sleep. It’s wise to eat heavy meal during the day when our body is in motion to consume the heavy in-take. Eating a light meal with some fruits allows us to sleep well. A good night sleep strengthens our brainpower.
10. 晚上吃得少
晚上吃得很多會讓你睡覺時輾轉反側並增加情緒上的壓力。明智的做法是白天可以多吃些東西，那時我們身體處於運動狀態會消耗掉那些攝入的熱量。晚上吃得少而清淡，同時吃點水果，能讓我們睡得好。夜晚優質的睡眠會增強我們的腦力。Develop imagination
Greeks mastered the principle of imagination and association to memorize everything. This technique requires one to develop a vivid and colorful imagination that can be linked to a known object. If you involve all your senses - touching, feeling, smelling, hearing and seeing in the imagination process, you can remember greater details of the event.
11. 培養想象力
希臘人掌握了想象和關聯的原理來記住每件事物。這個技巧需要你擁有生動而豐富的想象力，與某個已知對象相關聯。如果你在想象過程中用上了所有的知覺——觸覺、味覺、嗅覺、聽覺和視覺，那麼就能記住那件事物更多的細節。
