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Brain Juice - Recent research at Vanderbilt University shows that drinking fruit or vegetable juice (any type) three times weekly can reduce your odds of getting Alzheimer's disease by up to 76%.

Curried Brains - A new study in Singapore shows that even a small dose of curry powder is a brain booster. The key ingredient seems to be curcumin, which in animal studies has been shown to improve memory, as well as reduce a toxin that is linked to Alzheimer's disease.

- 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced each year.

- Plutonium was the first man-made element. It's atomic weight was first determined in 1942 at the University of Chicago.

- Sotheby's auction house sold a piece of moon rock for $442,000 in 1996.

I rewrote "You Aren't Supposed To Know - A Book Of Secrets," improved the bonuses, and added: "99 Lies - Another Book Of Secrets" This is the best package I have ever put together. See the home page for a complete description:

Can you name five days of the week without saying (or writing) Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday?

(The answer is at the bottom of the page)

Crossword puzzles, lateral thinking puzzles, and even good riddles are a great way to get brain exercise. If you are short on time, you can work on them while waiting for a dentist appointment, or on the bus.

(Many subscribers are not aware of all the pages of the site. This section is a reminder of useful pages you may have missed. You can just ignore this part if you have read the following pages.)

I remember a birthday party I went to as a child. There was a contest that involved looking at a table covered in 15 various items. After a few minutes, the things were taken away, and then we each got a piece of paper and a pencil. The object was to write down as many items as we could remember. I struck out after seven or eight, but one little boy got all 15 items, and won the prize.

Only years later did I learn why he was able to do that. His father had taught him a simple technique that none of us other kids knew. All you have to do is tie the items together in an imaginative story. Imagine, for example, that you want to remember a list of the following things: milk, soap, forks, honey, and flowers.

Create a story, and...

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http://www.increasebrainpower.com/a-memory.html

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Until next time,

Steve

www.IncreaseBrainpower.com

Riddle Answer: The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow.

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